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Homer V. Com. |
15 W.N.C. 337, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (April 04, 1884) |
1. An Act of Assembly cannot be repealed by non-user. It can be repealed only by express provision of a subsequent law, or by a clause of such subsequent law so positively repugnant to its provisions that the two cannot stand together, or be consistently reconciled. 2. The portion of the Act of August 26, 1721, section 4 (1 Cary & B. L., 157),... |
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Horn V. Star Foundry Co. |
23 W.Va. 522, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (March 15, 1884) |
The law question involved in this cause is, whether when two parties enter into a contract the purpose and effect of which is, that something by the terms of the contract is to be done which is contrary to public policy or is fraudulent, and both of the parties to such contract are equally guilty, will a court either of law or of equity enforce... |
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In re Look Tin Sing |
10 Sawy. 353, Circuit Court, D. California (September 29, 1884) |
On Habeas Corpus. |
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Louisville, N. & G. S. R. Co. V. Fleming |
82 Tenn. 128, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1884) |
This is an action brought by Fleming against the railroad company to recover damages for an alleged wrongful ejection from the company's train of cars while traveling from the town of Franklin to the city of Nashville. The verdict and judgment below were in favor of Fleming, and the company appealed in error. The Referees have reported that the... |
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Olmstead V. Dunn |
72 Ga. 850, Supreme Court of Georgia (June 10, 1884) |
[These cases were argued at the last term, and the decision reserved.] 1. Certain forms are necessary in order for a testator to put down his intention on paper, so that the courts may reasonably be assured that he made and published the paper as his will, such as a certain attestation, signature, etc. But when that assurance is had, and the... |
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Pannill's Adm'r V. Calloway's Committee |
78 Va. 387, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (January 31, 1884) |
In 1847, upon an inquisition of lunacy, the circuit court of Henry appointed John Calloway a committee for his son, George H. Calloway. Subsequently, in the year 1853, George Pannill, by order of the county court of Henry, was appointed committee for the same lunatic, so far as his interest in the estate of Robert Hairston was concerned, who,... |
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Rucker V. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. |
61 Tex. 499, Supreme Court of Texas, Docket Number 4962 (May 06, 1884) |
After a careful consideration of this record, we have reached the conclusion that there is no material or serious error contained in it, and that the judgment should be affirmed. The attending physician of appellant, who had fair opportunities of judging of his mental capacity and intelligence, testified that appellant had the ordinary intelligence... |
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Springer V. State |
16 Tex.App. 591, Court of Appeals of Texas (June 27, 1884) |
APPEAL from the County Court of Uvalde. Tried below before the Hon. T. S. Spencer, County Judge. |
1884 |
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State V. Mills |
91 N.C. 581, Supreme Court of North Carolina (October 01, 1884) |
We have examined the record in this case with that care which is due to the consideration of the serious crime with which the prisoner is charged. He has filed a great many exceptions, some of which are perfectly frivolous, but to such as are worthy of consideration we proceed to give the conclusions to which we have been led. 1. The exception to... |
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The Ku Klux Cases |
110 U.S. 651, Supreme Court of the United States (March 03, 1884) |
Petition for Writs of Habeas Corpus and Certiorari. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Thurston's Adm'r V. Sinclair |
79 Va. 101, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (May 05, 1884) |
The controversy in this case is as to the liability of the estate of Dr. William S. Thurston, executor of Robert Thurston, for a legacy of $1,250 to the appellees under the will of their grandfather, the said Robert Thurston, late of Gloucester. The facts are as follows: Robert Thurston died in the county of Gloucester early in the year 1857, the... |
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Wallamet Iron-bridge Co. V. Hatch |
9 Sawy. 643, Circuit Court, D. Oregon (March 03, 1884) |
Bill of Review. |
1884 |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Allen V. Mcveigh |
107 U.S. 433, Supreme Court of the United States (April 16, 1883) |
In Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. |
1883 |
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Anderson V. Smith |
2 Mackey 275, Supreme Court, District of Columbia, Docket Number 26636 (March 05, 1883) |
1. In ejectment in this District the general rule is that in making proof of record title the plaintiff must go back to the original source and show a grant either from the State of Maryland or the United States, and then, if there should be a hiatus in the chain of title, twenty years possession in conformity with the deeds will raise a... |
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Ballentyne V. Wickersham |
75 Ala. 533, Supreme Court of Alabama (December 01, 1883) |
Action for Malicious Prosecution. APPEAL from Mobile Circuit Court. The name of the presiding judge not disclosed by the record. |
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Baltimore & O.r. Co. V. Allen |
17 F. 171, Circuit Court, W.D. Virginia (May 15, 1883) |
HUGHES, J. dissents. In Equity. On motion for a preliminary injunction. |
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Bertles V. Nunan |
47 Sickels 152, Court of Appeals of New York (January 01, 1883) |
On August 1, 1868, certain land which is the subject of this controversy was conveyed by deed to Cornelius Day and Hannah Day his wife and to their heirs and assigns; and the sole question for our determination is whether the grantees took the land as tenants in common or whether each took and became seized of the entirety. By the common law when... |
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Britton V. Atlanta & C.a.l. Ry. Co. |
88 N.C. 536, Supreme Court of North Carolina (February 01, 1883) |
The court has found no difficulty in concurring in many, if not all, of the propositions propounded in the charge of His Honor to the jury, or in the positions assumed by counsel at this bar. No sort of doubt is entertained as to the right, and, in some cases, the duty, of carriers, who undertake to convey passengers for hire, to establish and... |
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Burke V. Adair |
23 W.Va. 139, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (December 08, 1883) |
( SNYDER, JUDGE, Absent.) If a tract of land is conveyed to a trustee as security for a debt with authority to sell the tract of land at public auction, after advertising it in a specified manner, and the trustee makes such sale and conveys the land to a purchaser, who has his deed duly recorded, and a suit is then brought by the grantor or one... |
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Bush V. Commonwealth of Kentucky |
107 U.S. 110, Supreme Court of the United States (January 29, 1883) |
In Error to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. WAITE, C. J., FIELD and GRAY, JJ., dissenting. |
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Cavitt V. State |
15 Tex.App. 190, Court of Appeals of Texas (December 01, 1883) |
APPEAL from the District Court of Brazos. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard. |
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Central R.r. V. Brinson |
70 Ga. 207, Supreme Court of Georgia (August 27, 1883) |
[Two justices presiding. Argued at the last term, and decision reserved. The head-notes below report the views of Justice Hall and Chief Justice Jackson, respectively.] HALL, J. 1. Railroads, for the benefits and privileges conferred upon them, owe important duties to the public, which they are strictly enjoined to perform; and to enable them to... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Civil Rights Cases |
109 U.S. 3, Supreme Court of the United States (October 15, 1883) |
HARLAN, J., dissents. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Claybrook V. City of Owensboro |
4 Ky.L.Rptr. 876, District Court, D. Kentucky (January 01, 1883) |
Motion for Injunction. |
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Coit V. Comstock |
51 Conn. 352, Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut (October 01, 1883) |
A testator made a bequest to his executors upon a trust stated in the will as follows: to hold, manage and receive the income thereof until an act of incorporation can be obtained from the General Assembly of this state, by the name of the Smith Memorial Home, and with such powers as may be necessary to carry into full effect the object of... |
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Dingle V. Mitchell |
20 S.C. 202, Supreme Court of South Carolina (November 22, 1883) |
1. If copy-deeds are received in evidence without objection, they become competent testimony in the cause, and proof of loss of the originals is dispensed with. 2. There being evidence of possession for more than twenty years by those through whom the plaintiff claims title to the land in dispute, and also evidence of plaintiff's title from a... |
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Eans' Adm'r V. Eans |
79 Mo. 53, Supreme Court of Missouri (October 01, 1883) |
This is a proceeding begun in 1878, in the probate court of Cole county, by the administrator of the estate of Wm. H. Eans, against the widow of said Eans, to recover certain assets of the estate, and is based on the following sections of Wagner's Statutes, page 85: Section 7. If the executor or administrator, or other person interested in any... |
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Fairfield V. Lawson |
50 Conn. 501, Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut (January 01, 1883) |
A testator gave certain property to a trustee, for the use of his widow during her life, and after her death the income to be devoted to the education of the freedmen, and paid over annually to the proper officers of the Freedmen's Association for that purpose by the trustee. The term freedmen was one generally applied... |
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Foote V. State |
59 Md. 264, Court of Appeals of Maryland (January 26, 1883) |
This case comes before us upon a writ of error from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The plaintiff in error, Foote, was indicted in that Court under the Act of 1882, ch. 120, for brutally assaulting and beating his wife, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in jail for sixty days, and to be whipped seven lashes by the sheriff. He assigns... |
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Hill V. Umberger |
77 Va. 653, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (July 26, 1883) |
This is a contest between the wards of a foreign guardian, who was their father, and the heirs at law of the surety of a domestic guardian, in which the former, the appellants here, and plaintiffs below, seek to recover from the latter money alleged to be due, and unaccounted for by said domestic guardian. The circumstances are these: On the 23d... |
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