| Title | Citation | Year | Summary | Most Relevant | Type | Status |
| Manier v. Trumbo |
30 F.Cas. 1111, Circuit Court, D Kentucky (September 01, 1855) |
1855 |
At law. |
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| Manning v. Johnson |
26 Ala. 446, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. ALEX. B. CLITHERALL. |
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| Marcenaro v. Mordella |
10 La.Ann. 772, Supreme Court of Louisiana (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Lea, J. |
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| Martha v. State |
26 Ala. 72, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. NAT. COOK. |
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| Martin v. Hardesty |
27 Ala. 458, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[ACTION UNDER CODE TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.] APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before the Hon. ANDREW B. MOORE. |
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| Masters v. Dunn |
1 George 264, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
If, at the time a joint cause of action accrues to several plaintiffs, all of them be under a disability to sue, the Statute of Limitations will not commence running until the disability be removed from all. See 5 Yerg. 1;5 Humph. 443;1 Swan. 501;3 Litt. 48;7 B. Monroe, 236;3 Monroe, 63; Ib. 146. |
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| Mathis v. Guffin |
8 Rich.Eq. 79, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
The will, after certain specific bequests, directed the residuum, which included a tract of land, to be sold, and the proceeds divided so as to equalize the legacies. Probate of the will was rejected, because the executor was one of the attesting witnesses: Held, that it was a case of intestacy as well to the land as to the personalty, the will... |
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| Matilda v. Autrey |
10 La.Ann. 555, Supreme Court of Louisiana (July 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of the parish of Monroe, R. W. Richardson, J. |
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| Matta v. Gayle |
10 La.Ann. 347, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of East Baton Rouge, Robertson, J. |
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| Matthews v. Pass |
19 Ga. 141, Supreme Court of Georgia (November 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] A person aids a debtor to remove himself and his property out of the State: Held, that an action on the case does not lie against that person, at the suit of the creditor. Case. Albert C. Matthews brought an action against William Pass, alleging that one James Bridges was indebted to him in the sum of five hundred dollars, on promissory notes... |
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| Mayo v. James |
12 Gratt. 17, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (January 15, 1855) |
1855 |
1. The mayor of the city of Richmond has authority to try cases in which a party is prosecuted for the violation of a city ordinance. QUÆRE: Whether in such a case a prohibition will lie to his proceeding to try the case, on the ground that the ordinance is in conflict with an act of the general assembly. And it seems it will not. 2. For the... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Mayo v. Whitson |
2 Jones (NC) 231, Supreme Court of North Carolina (May 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Upon a question, before a court of record, whether its own minutes, of a former term, shall be amended so as to set forth truly its own transactions, it is not bound by the ordinary rules of evidence, but may resort to any proof that is satisfactory to it. An ex parte affidavit, in such a case, therefore, taken before a justice of the peace, is not... |
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| McAlpin v. Jones |
10 La.Ann. 552, Supreme Court of Louisiana (July 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of Monroe, R. W. Richardson, J. |
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| McCall v. White |
10 La.Ann. 577, Supreme Court of Louisiana (July 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of Caddo, Land, J. |
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| McComb v. Gilkey |
7 Cushm. 146, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (April 01, 1855) |
1855 |
The powers of the legislature are much more ample than those appertaining to the courts; for they are both creative and administrative, and are not confined in their exercise to the rules applicable to tribunals merely judicial. Upon proper representation and due proof, made to the satisfaction of the legislature, that it was necessary to the... |
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| McCorkle v. Black |
7 Rich.Eq. 407, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1855) |
1855 |
In a devise of lands to two or more persons to be equally divided among them, to them during their lives, and after their death to their lawful issue; followed by a provision, that if any of the said devisees should die, leaving no lawful issue, the portion or portions of him or her so dying shall be equally divided among the survivors;held,... |
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| McDougald v. Maddox |
17 Ga. 52, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] William Moughon died testate, appointing John Mitchell his executor, who qualified and took possession of his estate; and subsequently was appointed guardian of Sarah, the infant daughter of his testator. Mitchell died testate, appointing Alexander McDougald and others his executors. McDougald qualified and took the exclusive possession and... |
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| McEvers v. The Sangamon |
22 Mo. 187, Supreme Court of Missouri (October 01, 1855) |
1855 |
The steamboat Sangamon hired the plaintiff's barge (the contract being in writing) at eight dollars a day, excluding the time it might be frozen in the ice, to be returned to plaintiff at Montezuma at any time, upon reasonable previous notice, and delivered in good order, the usual wear and tear excepted. The suit is for the non-delivery,... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| McGill v. Harman |
2 Jones Eq. 179, Supreme Court of North Carolina (August 01, 1855) |
1855 |
It was properly conceded upon the argument, that, as the Montgomery land was not conveyed by the defendant, John Harman, the debtor, the case does not come within the operation of 13 Elizabeth, Rev. Stat. ch. 50 sec. 1 act of 1715, which is construed and explained by act of 1840, Ire. Dig. Man. 195. It follows that the remedy of the plaintiffs, if... |
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| McNabb v. Lockhart |
18 Ga. 495, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] [2.] [3.] We deem it unnecessary to notice, separately, the various assignments of error upon the charge of the Court. The Court instructed the Jury, in substance, that the undertaking by a person to receive money and deliver it to another, without reward, is a mandate; and in contracts of this kind, the mandatory is liable for gross... |
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| McNish v. Pope |
7 Rich.Eq. 186, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Trustee for sale purchased the land for one thousand five hundred dollars, and the sale was confirmed by the Court-the cestui que trusts being parties to the proceedings. Trustee afterwards sold the land for two thousand and twenty-five dollars, and the money was paid to the surety on his trust bond to be applied to that bond, the surety at the... |
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| Mercer v. State |
17 Ga. 146, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] Where Jurors, in a criminal trial, for an offence committed before the 16th day of February, 1854, as they were called up, were asked by the Solicitor General if they had any conscientious scruples as to capital punishment, and no objection was made by the prisoner or his Counsel, the attention of the Court not being called to the same, and no... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Michel v. Beale |
10 La.Ann. 352, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the Sixth Judicial District Court, parish of East Baton Rouge, Robertson, J. |
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| Miller v. Bomar |
9 Rich. 139, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Where plaintiff has a right, under contract, of occupying a house, he cannot, although not in the actual possession, maintain case against a wrong-doer for pulling the house down-his remedy is trespass. |
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| Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs |
26 Ala. 724, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
APPEAL from the Court of Probate of Chambers. |
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| Miller v. Jones |
26 Ala. 247, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
APPEAL from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. ALEX. MCKINSTRY. |
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| Miller v. Reinhart |
18 Ga. 239, Supreme Court of Georgia (June 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] A certificate of naturalization was to this effect: I, J F G, Clerk, &c. certify, that at a Superior Court held at Savannah, J M R, an alien, &c. petitioned the Court to be admitted a citizen and, having in all things complied with the law in such case made and provided, the said J M R was accordingly admitted a citizen of the U. S. having... |
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| Miller v. Saunders |
18 Ga. 492, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] Accurately, this is not a case in which a supplemental bill should be filed. It would have been better if the proceeding had been by petition, praying an interlocutory order. But this objection does not touch the merits of the case, and is little more than a question of form. If the complainants were entitled to have their prayer granted, the... |
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| Miller v. Saunders |
17 Ga. 92, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
This case comes up to us, by the decision of the Court below, upon exceptions to an answer in Chancery. [1.] The first objection is, that the Court erred in deciding that the answer was defective, because the defendant had not answered whether or not the copy of a marriage settlement exhibited, was a true copy of the original. The defendant has... |
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| Mobley v. Barnes |
26 Ala. 718, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Chambers. Tried before the Hon. ROBERT DOUGHERTY. |
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| Mohney v. Cook |
26 Pa. 342, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
The law relating to the observance of the Sabbath, defines a duty of the citizen to the state, and to the state only. A party who erects an obstruction in a navigable stream, and thereby occasions an injury to another, cannot, in an action for such injury, set up as a defence that the plaintiff was unlawfully engaged in worldly employment on... |
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| Molyneux v. Collier |
17 Ga. 46, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
[1.] Benefit to the creditor or injury to the debtor, will either constitute a sufficient consideration to support a new contract between the parties. [2.] The doctrine has gone to the extent of holding that the legal possibility of a benefit to the creditor, is sufficient to sustain a new agreement between him and his debtor. [3.] Ordinarily,... |
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| Montgomery's Ex'rs v. Kirksey |
26 Ala. 172, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before the Hon. JOHN GILL SHORTER. |
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| Moody v. Harper |
6 Cushm. 615, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (April 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Where property is sold under executions in favor of A., B., and C., and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction of the executions in favor of A. and B., to the exclusion of C.; or if the proceeds when applied pro rata would not satisfy all the executions: Held, that this is sufficient to rebut the presumption of satisfaction of C.'s... |
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| Moore v. Brooks |
12 Gratt. 135, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (February 28, 1855) |
1855 |
Testator gives his estate to his wife during her life; and at her death it is to be equally divided amongst all his children. And the shares of his two daughters, M and B, to be held by them during their natural lives and no longer, and then equally divided between their heirs lawfully begotten. And at his wife's death he directs his lands to be... |
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| Moore v. Love |
3 Jones (NC) 215, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
In an action for enticing away an apprentice, where there has not been an entire loss of the apprentice, (as by removing him to a distant country,) it is erroneous for a jury to give damages for the loss of services for a period elapsing after the commencement of the suit. ACTION on the case for enticing away apprentices, tried before BAILEY,... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Moore v. Paul |
7 Rich.Eq. 358, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Testatrix bequeathed personalty to M. T. for and during the term of her natural life, and after her decease to her lawful issue, if any. But in case of her decease without lawful issue, then over to P. T. and W. H., share and share alike:-Held, that there was no valid limitation to the issue of M. T. as purchasers. |
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| Moore v. Rogers |
3 Jones (NC) 90, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
One aids or assists a debtor, who is temporarily absent, on business, from the county of his residence, to abscond, or go to parts unknown, for the purpose of defrauding his creditors: to this end, he supplies him with money to enable him to pay his travelling expenses, goes a part of the way with him, persuades him not to go back home, and to... |
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| Morancy v. Police Jury of Madison |
10 La.Ann. 222, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of the Parish of Carroll, Snyder, J. |
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| Morrison v. Bean |
15 Tex. 267, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Where the plaintiff sues for judgment on a note and a foreclosure of a mortgage made to secure its payment, the defendant may demur to the prayer for foreclosure on grounds apparent in the petition; and where this was done and the entry was that the demurrer was overruled, and, the case being submitted without a jury, judgment was rendered in favor... |
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| Morrison v. McDaniel |
1 George 213, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
The act of 20th of October, 1852, providing that all the property, real and personal, of a deceased person, which by law was exempt from execution, in his lifetime, shall go and descend to his widow and children, exempt from his debts, saves the property to the widow and children, as well against the claims of creditors whose debts were created... |
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| Moulton v. Scruton |
39 Me. 287, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
In an action on a warranty for the soundness of a horse, a witness who testifies for plaintiff as to the appearance and action of the horse, but who is not an expert, cannot be asked on cross-examination whether he had observed the same appearances in horses who had been hard driven and then exposed. In such an action, the measure of damages is the... |
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| Mouton v. Beauchamp |
10 La.Ann. 666, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Martin, Dapre, J. |
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| Moye v. Beaman |
3 Jones (NC) 140, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Upon an issue of fraud, under the insolvent debtors Act, where a debtor conveyed all his visible property in trust, and many circumstances tended to show, that by a fraudulent collusion with the trustee and another, a large amount of property had been transferred to his son, a youth of 18, without means, it was error in the Judge, after assuming... |
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| Moye v. Herndon |
1 George 110, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (December 01, 1855) |
1855 |
1. EXPERTS: OPINIONS OF-EVIDENCE.-The opinion of an expert is competent evidence to go to the jury, on an issue involving the genuineness of a written instrument, although such expert be unacquainted with the handwriting of the writer of the instrument: but such evidence is intrinsically weak, and ought to be received and weighed by the jury, with... |
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| Mudd v. Rogers |
10 La.Ann. 648, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Landry. |
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| Murphy v. Cook |
10 La.Ann. 572, Supreme Court of Louisiana (July 01, 1855) |
1855 |
Appeal from the District Court of Morehouse, Richardson, J. |
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| Nachtrieb v. the Harmony Settlement |
3 Wall.Jr.C.C. 66, Circuit Court, WD Pennsylvania (April 01, 1855) |
1855 |
In the year 1805, one Rapp, calling himself the Reverend George Rapp, as chief or superintendent, with a number of his countrymen, emigrants from Germany, formed, by a solemn compact in writing, embracing many particulars, the well known social arrangement at Harmony, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, called sometimes Rapp's Settlement, and sometimes... |
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| Nailing v. Nailing |
2 Sneed (TN) 630, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1855) |
1855 |
This case is an issue devisavit vel non, on a script purporting to be the will of Nelson Nailing, deceased. The verdict of the jury was in favor of the contestant, declaring that the script is not a will; thereon the plaintiff, who propounded it, appealed in error to this court. The question is, Did the circuit judge err in refusing to grant a new... |
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| Nelson v. Bondurant |
26 Ala. 341, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1855) |
1855 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before the Hon. NAT. COOK. |
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