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| Carlin v. Harding |
10 La. 223, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. |
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| Carr v. Holliday |
1 Dev. & Bat.Eq. 344, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The inquisition was prima facie evidence that Robert Carr was a lunatic, and had been and continued so from the month of November, 1827. The contracts mentioned in the pleadings would be declared void, if resting upon that evidence alone. To repel the force of the inquisition, and in support of his answer, the defendant has taken the depositions of... |
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| Casanova's Heirs v. Avegno |
9 La. 192, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. |
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| Chardon's Heirs v. Bongue |
9 La. 458, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. |
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| Charles v. State |
4 Port. 107, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
On the twenty-ninth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, a verdict of guilty was returned by a jury, into the Circuit Court of Madison County, against Charles, the plaintiff in error, upon an indictment for murder. The Court was adjourned on that day to the thirtieth of the same month, on the thirtieth to the thirty-first, on the... |
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| Charles v. State |
3 Port. 440, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
This is an application for a writ of error, to reverse a sentence of the Circuit Court of Madison County, in a case of felony, where the sentence is death. The record is before this Court, on a point reserved at the trial. The sentence of the Court was pronounced under the act of 1834, which requires that it shall be the duty of the Circuit Court,... |
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| Chase v. City of New Orleans |
9 La. 343, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| CHICKASAW RESERVATIONS. |
3 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 34 (February 05, 1836) |
1836 |
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| Christian's Guardian v. Christian |
3 Port. 350, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
This was a writ of error, to the County Court of Wilcox County, to reverse a decree of that Court, in the matter of the will of George Christian. The testator, by his will, after making sundry specific devises and bequests, to his wife, and several of his older children, makes the following bequest. 8. I give to my grand-son, John W. Christian, an... |
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| Clapier v. Banks |
10 La. 60, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| Clarke v. State, to Use of Darnall |
8 G. & J. 111, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
By the act of 1798, ch. 101, sub. ch. 14, sec. 4, a person appointed guardian to a minor by the Orphans' court, is not qualified to act as such, until he has bonded, and such qualification can only be established by the adduction of the bond, or office copy thereof, unless it has been lost and the record destroyed, when proof of an inferior... |
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| Cocke v. Trotter |
18 Tenn. 213, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
1. A preliminary question to be considered is whether this cause, consisting of bill and cross-bill, was so brought to hearing before the chancellor as that by the rules and course of a court of chancery he could pass upon the merits and determine the rights of the parties, or whether such irregularity took place as that this court, upon the... |
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| Com. v. King |
1 Whart. 448, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (April 18, 1836) |
1836 |
A miller in New Jersey having contracted to deliver a certain quantity of flour in New York, sent it to A. a carrier in Easton in Pennsylvania to be forwarded to New York. The Morris Canal being obstructed by the ice, a portion of the flour was sent in a canal boat by A. to B. another carrier in Philadelphia, to be forwarded by him by way of the... |
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| Cooper v. Cooper |
10 La. 249, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. |
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| Coward v. State, to Use of Worrel |
7 G. & J. 475, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
After a careful examination of the acts of Assembly in relation to the duties and obligations of executors and administrators, in regard to the distribution of estates; we have brought our minds to the conclusion, that it is their duty within thirteen months to pay the creditors; and any surplus they may have on hand after the lapse of that time,... |
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| Cox v. Rees |
10 La. 232, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. |
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| Darden v. Maget |
1 Dev. & Bat. 498, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
An application to the county Court, by an executor, for an order appointing commissioners to divide the estate of his testator among the legatees, without any proceeding to make those legatees parties, is merely ex parte, and will not authorise the court to enter judgment of confirmation, so as to bind the legatees; nor to make an order, that such... |
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| Darrington v. Borland |
3 Port. 9, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1836) |
1836 |
This is a writ of error, brought by the plaintiffs, to reverse a decree in Chancery, rendered against them, in the Monroe Circuit Court. The bill of complaint contains multifarious charges, which are substantially embraced in the following statement: That the complainant was a creditor of Joseph Philips, deceased, upon an account, which is set... |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| Darwin v. Tuscumbia, C. & D.R. Co. |
4 Port. 160, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
In error to the Circuit Court of Morgan. |
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| Davis's Heirs v. Elkins |
9 La. 135, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| Delahoussaye's Heirs v. Bienvenu |
10 La. 272, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. |
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| Derrick v. Kennedy |
4 Port. 41, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
Error to Limestone Circuit Court. |
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| Deverges v. Lanusse |
9 La. 176, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| Dick v. Pitchford |
1 Dev. & Bat.Eq. 480, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
Upon this case it is necessary in the first place, to ascertain the effect of the qualifications and restrictions imposed by the deed of settlement upon the use or beneficial interest thereby secured to Hezekiah Pitchford. The deed provides, that the trustee shall annually, during the life of the said Hezekiah, apply all the rents and profits to... |
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| Ditch v. Wilkinson's Curator |
10 La. 201, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF ST. MARY. |
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| Divers v. Fulton |
8 G. & J. 202, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
In the course of the trial two opinions were delivered by the court below, to which the appellant excepted, and which the appeal in this case brings before this court for examination. They both relate to the admissibility of evidence, and the question raised upon the first bill of exception is, as to the sufficiency of the notice given to the... |
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| Dufour v. Morse |
9 La. 333, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. |
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| Ely v. McClung |
4 Port. 128, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
This was a bill in Equity, filed in the Circuit Court of Madison county, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant, to foreclose a mortgage. The defencc set up is usury. The facts of the case, as disclosed by the answer and depositions, are, that the complainant, as commissioner of the funds of the American Asylum, at Hartford, Connecticut,... |
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| Emory v. Erskine |
7 Leigh 267, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (February 01, 1836) |
1836 |
(Absent Cabell, J.) Petition to this court for a supersedeas is rejected, and order entered accordingly; afterwards, at same term, a motion is made for reconsideration, and the court agrees to reconsider, but by inadvertence no entry is made setting aside the order denying the supersedeas; more than three years afterwards the motion to reconsider... |
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| Evans v. Merriken |
8 G. & J. 39, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
By the deed of mortgage, the legal estate becomes vested in the mortgagee, defeasible at law upon the performance of the condition and payment of the money at the time stipulated; but upon default of the mortgagor in the non-payment of the money at that time, it becomes indefeasible at law, and defeasible only in equity, where the mortgage is... |
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| Fastin v. Eastin's Heirs |
10 La. 194, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. |
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| Felter v. State |
17 Tenn. 397, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The question is whether the charge of the circuit court in this case is, in point of law, correct. In the year 1795 a jury, in the case of The State v. Long, reported in 1 Hay, 154, found a special verdict which, in substance, stated that Long borrowed a mare of Parks to ride to the house of Candles, about four miles from that of Parks, and was to... |
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| Fogartie v. Hubbell |
3 Hill (SC) 30, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (January 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The effect of a Sheriff's sale is to transfer to the purchaser all the legal title of the defendant; and therefore, after a sale under execution, against husband and wife, of personal property previously conveyed in trust, for the use of the wife, husband and wife cannot maintain trover against the purchaser for the property sold: And although... |
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| Foreman v. Murray |
7 Leigh 412, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (March 01, 1836) |
1836 |
I am of opinion, that it is too late for the appellant to object, that, in the settlement of his guardianship accounts, he has been charged with interest as having been received from Wallace the administrator of John Foreman, when in fact he did not receive it. The account of Wallace's administration had been reformed by the commissioner by... |
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| Forrest v. Robinson |
4 Port. 44, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Jefferson, exercising Chancery jurisdiction. |
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| Foutelet v. Murrell |
9 La. 291, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE FOURTH PRESIDING. |
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| Foutelet v. Murrell |
9 La. 299, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
ON AN APPLICATION FOR A RE-HEARING. |
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| Freeman v. Hill |
1 Dev. & Bat.Eq. 389, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
An ante-nuptual settlement in articles, is in equity, if registered, valid as a lien upon the property agreed to be settled, against the general creditors of the settlor, and of course is valid against one claiming in place of a creditor. Therefore a purchaser at execution-sale of the property included in the settlement, is bound to execute it,... |
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| Galt v. Dibrell |
18 Tenn. 146, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1836) |
1836 |
Randolph Ross, a citizen of White county in the state of Tennessee, being indebted to William Galt, of the city of Richmond and state of Virginia, in the sum of $3,457, by bond bearing date the 3d day of July, 1816, and due on the 3d day of July, 1817, and to the Bank of Virginia in the sum of $15,000, due on the 12th day of August, 1820, did, for... |
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| Gasper v. Donaldson |
1 Whart. 227, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (February 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The imputation of fraud rested mainly on the ground of inadequacy of consideration. Was not the will, not only competent, but powerful evidence to repel it, by showing that the grantor meant to stipulate, not for an outside price, but a living; and that, at a preceding period, when there was no imputation of imbecility on the one side, or artifice... |
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| Gasquet v. Dimitry |
9 La. 585, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| German v. Gay |
9 La. 580, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| Gibbons v. Wright |
10 La. 112, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. |
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| Gibson v. Gibson |
17 Tenn. 329, Supreme Court of Tennessee (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
Three distinct grounds have been taken by the plaintiff in error upon which a reversal of the judgment of the circuit court is claimed: First, that the verdict of the jury, which affirmed the contested paper to be the last will and testament of John Gibson, deceased, is not sustained by the testimony heard on the trial, but that the weight of the... |
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| Gilchrist v. Buie |
1 Dev. & Bat.Eq. 346, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The decree on the bill of review does not state the grounds of it. Whether they were those stated specially in the demurrer, or that the original decree was not erroneous in any of the respects stated in the bill. The signature of one counsel is sufficient to bills of review, for if filed upon newly discovered evidence, they are allowed by the... |
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| Gornto v. Bonney |
7 Leigh 234, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (February 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The circuit court erred in refusing to let the copy of Cason's will go in evidence to the jury. It was sufficiently authenticated. Judgment reversed, and cause sent back for a new trial. |
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| Graham v. Graham's Ex'rs |
Ril. 142, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
On appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Judge, at the Williamsburgh Court of Law, on a special verdict, on a feigned issue. The case was as follows. This was a feigned issue, to try the validity of a paper, purporting to be the last will of S. E. Graham, and the jury found the following special verdict. We find that Rebecca Campbell, on... |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| Gray v. Bowls |
1 Dev. & Bat. 437, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1836) |
1836 |
We regret that this case has not been argued on the part of the plaintiff, as possibly that argument might have enabled us to see it in other lights than those cast upon it by our unaided reflections. It seems to us, that the instructions given to the jury were erroneous. (His Honor here stated briefly the facts of the case as above, and... |
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| Gray v. State |
2 Harr. 76, Superior Court of Delaware (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
The act conferring jurisdiction on the Mayor's Court of the city of Wilmington, to try assaults and batteries, and the other offences mentioned in Sec. 15, Art. 6, of the amended constitution, is constitutional. That court has not jurisdiction over larcenies, riots, routs, and the other offences not mentioned in said section. The legislature may... |
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| Gray v. State |
2 Harr. 76 (April 01, 1836) |
1836 |
Covenant will not lie in this state, on a contract to be performed in Pennsylvania, with a scrawl and the word seal in the locus sigilli, tho', by the law of that state, this constitutes a... |
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