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# United States v. Winans

United States Supreme Court
198 U.S. 371
United States v. Winans
Argued: April 3, 4, 1905. --- Decided: May 15, 1905
Solicitor General Hoyt for appellants.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 371-375 intentionally omitted]
Messrs. Charles H. Carey, F. P. Mays, and Huntington & Wilson for appellees.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 375-377 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice McKenna delivered the opinion of the court:

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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Potts, Thomas (1778-1842)

​POTTS, THOMAS (1778–1842), compiler, born in 1778, was son of Edward Potts (1721–1819) of Glanton, near Alnwick, Northumberland (Gent. Mag. 1819, i. 279). Thomas was a solicitor, and at one time was connected with Skinners' Hall. In 1803 he was residing in Camden Town. Subsequently he seems to have lived at Chiswick and other places, and to have had chambers in Serjeants' Inn. He died at Upper Clapton on 8 Nov. 1842.
Potts published: 1. ‘A Compendious Law Dictionary, containing both an explanation of the terms and the law itself, intended for the use of country gentlemen, the merchant, and the professional man,’ 1803, dedicated to Lord Ellenborough; it was reissued ​in 1814. In 1815 a new edition, both in 8vo and 12mo, was enlarged by Thomas Hartwell Horne [q. v.] 2. ‘The British Farmers' Cyclopædia, or Complete Agricultural Dictionary, including every Science or Subject dependent on or connected with improved modern Husbandry,’ 1806, 4to, with forty-two engravings, dedicated to the Duke of Bedford. Donaldson says it was an advance on preceding works, and that the author had ‘added a large mite to the progress of the art’ of agriculture. 3. ‘A Gazetteer of England and Wales, containing the Statistics, Agriculture, and Mineralogy of the Counties, the History, Antiquities, Curiosities, Trade, &c. of the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, with Maps,’ 1810, 8vo. An historical introduction of twenty pages contains, among other statistics, a table of mitred abbeys, their valuation and founders.
G. Le G. N.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Poulett, John (1663-1743)

​POULETT, JOHN, fourth Baron and first Earl Poulett (1663–1743), statesman, only son of John, third baron Poulett, by his second wife, Susan, daughter of Philip Herbert, fourth earl of Pembroke [q. v.], was born in 1663. He succeeded to the barony in 1680, but did not take his seat in the House of Peers until 24 Nov. 1696, and then only under threat of committal for non-attendance. He threw in his lot with the tories, but was always a lukewarm politician. On the accession of Queen Anne he was appointed lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of Devonshire on 30 May 1702, and sworn of the privy council on 10 Dec. following. In 1706 he took part in the negotiation of the treaty of union with Scotland (commission dated 10 April), and was created on 29 Dec. Viscount Hinton St. George and Earl Poulett. From 8 Aug. 1710 to 30 May ​1711 he was nominally first lord of the treasury. Harley, however, was understood to preside behind the curtain. From 12 June 1711 to August 1714 he was lord steward of the household. He was also custos rotulorum of Somerset from 26 Feb. 1712 to 13 Sept. 1714. He was elected on 3 April 1706 F.R.S.; on 25 Oct. 1712 he was elected, and on 4 Aug. 1713, he was installed, K.G.
Poulett seldom spoke in parliament. He moved, however, on 11 Jan. 1710–11, the question as to the occasion of the reverse at Almanza, which formed the subject of the second debate on the conduct of the war in Spain. On a subsequent occasion (27 May 1712), in defending the Duke of Ormonde against the charge of slackness in the field, he brutally taunted Marlborough with squandering the lives of his officers in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions. At the close of the debate he received a challenge from Marlborough, and, being unable to conceal his agitation from his wife, disclosed its cause. She communicated the circumstance to Lord Dartmouth, who prevented the meeting by placing Poulett temporarily under arrest. As Poulett had not shown himself active in the interest of the House of Brunswick, he lost his places on the accession of George I, during whose reign he hardly spoke in parliament except to oppose the septennial bill on 14 April 1716 and the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury on 15 May 1723. During the reign of George II he lived the life of a country gentleman, but was rallied to the court party shortly before his death by the gift of a lord of the bedchamber's place to his eldest son, John, who was also called up to the House of Peers as baron of Hinton St. George on 17 Jan. 1733–4. On 10 Dec. 1742 he spoke in support of the proposal to take Hanoverian troops into British pay. He died on 28 May 1743.
Poulett married by license, dated 23 April 1702, Bridget, only daughter of Peregrine Bertie of Waldershare, Kent, and niece of Robert Bertie, third earl of Lindsey, by whom he had four sons and four daughters.
Macky describes him as of ‘a mean figure in his person’ and ‘not handsome.’ A portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller has been engraved.
J. M. R.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Poulson, George

1904 Errata appended.
​POULSON, GEORGE (1783–1858), topographer, was born in 1783. His first publication was ‘Beverlac; or the Antiquities and History of the Town of Beverley, in the county of York, and of the Provostry and Collegiate Establishment of St. John's; with a minute description of the present Minster and the Church of St. Mary,’ 2 vols. London, 1829, 4to, with numerous illustrations. This was followed by his principal work, entitled ‘The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, in the East Riding of the County of York, including the Abbies of Meaux and Swine, with the Priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall: compiled from authentic charters, records, and the unpublished manuscripts of the Rev. W. Dade, remaining in the library of Burton Constable,’ 2 vols. Hull, 1840–1, 4to, with many illustrations. He also edited Henry William Ball's ‘Social History and Antiquities of Barton-upon-Humber,’ 1856, and added elucidatory remarks. He died at Barton-upon-Humber on 12 Jan. 1858.
T. C.
Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.226 N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line
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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Pounds, John

​POUNDS, JOHN (1766–1839), gratuitous teacher of poor children, was born in St. Mary Street, Portsmouth, on 17 June 1766. His father, a sawyer in the royal dockyard, apprenticed John, at twelve years of age, to a shipwright. In 1781 Pounds, then a youth six feet in height, fell into a dry dock, and was crippled for life. He put himself under the instruction of an old shoemaker in the High Street, and in 1803 started as a shoemender on his own account in a weather-boarded tenement in St. Mary Street. In 1818 he took charge of one of the children of his sailor brother, five years of age. Feeling that companionship for his nephew was desirable, he added first one child then another to his pupils. With a natural power of teaching and love of children, he thus became voluntary and gratuitous schoolmaster to the poorest children of Portsmouth. His numbers averaged about forty, including twelve little girls. His modes of teaching were chiefly interrogatory and realistic. He taught reading from handbills, and preferred old school-books to new. In arithmetic he taught up to the double rule of three. He instructed children how to cook their own food, mend their shoes, and make their playthings. He was doctor, nurse, master of sports, and companion on excursions into the country. His philanthropy also displayed itself in relieving his poor neighbours in winter notably in 1837-8, a winter of exceptional severity and his sympathy with and power over animals were remarkable.
In 1838 a characteristic portrait was painted of Pounds by H. S. Sheaf of Landport, a journeyman shoemaker. It is in the possession of the family of the late Edward Carter, esq., of Portsmouth. There was a lithograph, drawn by W. Mitchell and engraved by W. Charpentier. Pounds died on 1 Jan. 1839.
After his death came the recognition of his influence. Schools were established as memorials; publications in England, Scotland, and America extolled his virtues. In 1847 Dr. Guthrie wrote his 'Plea for Ragged Schools,' and proclaimed Pounds as originator of the idea. In 1855 a memorial stone was erected to Pounds, and placed on his grave in High Street Chapel burial-ground.
[Hawkes's Recollections of John Pounds; Blessley's Memoir of the late John Pounds of Portsmouth; Saunders's Annals of Portsmouth, pp. 169-72.]
F. W.-n.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Potts, Thomas (fl.1612-1618)

​POTTS, THOMAS (fl. 1612–1618), author of the ‘Discoverie of Witches,’ was brought up under the care of Sir Thomas Knyvet, lord Knyvet of Escrick [q. v.] He adopted the legal profession, and resided in Chancery Lane. In 1612 he went as clerk on circuit with Sir James Altham and Sir Edward Bromley, barons of the exchequer, and officiated at the trial of the famous Lancashire witches at Lancaster on 12 Aug. At the judges' request he compiled an account of the proceedings, which Bromley corrected before publication. It appeared in the following year under the title ‘The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster,’ &c., London, 1613, 4to. In the dedication to Sir Thomas Knyvet, Potts speaks of it as the first fruit of his learning. It was reprinted by Sir Walter Scott in ‘Somers Tracts,’ 1810 (iii. 95–160), and again by the Chetham Society in 1845, with an introduction by James Crossley. Scott refers to it in his ‘Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft,’ and it furnished the groundwork of Harrison Ainsworth's ‘Lancashire Witches,’ in which Potts is a prominent character. He was subsequently granted (17 April 1618) the office of collector of forfeitures on the laws concerning sewers.
A. F. P.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas

​POUNCY, BENJAMIN THOMAS (d. 1799), draughtsman and engraver, was a pupil of William Woollett [q. v.], and is said to have been his brother-in-law (Gent. Mag. 1799, ii. 726). At an early period he obtained employment at Lambeth Palace, and for many years previous to 1786 held the post of deputy-librarian there under Dr. Ducarel and his successor, Dr. Lort. During that time he assisted Ducarel in his researches, executed facsimiles of Domesday for Surrey and Worcestershire, and engraved the plates for many antiquarian and topographical works, such as Ducarel's ‘History of St. Katherine's Hospital,’ 1782; Astle's ‘Origin and Progress of Writing,’ 1784; ‘Some Account of the Alien Priories,’ edited by J. Nichols, 1779; and Ives's ‘Remarks upon the Garianonum of the Romans,’ 1774. During the latter part of his life Pouncy produced some excellent plates of landscape and marine subjects after popular artists, of which the best are: ‘Athens in its Flourishing State,’ after R. Wilson, and ‘Athens in its Present State of Ruin,’ after S. Delane (a pair); ‘Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar on 27 Nov. 1781,’ after A. Poggi; the building, chase, unlading, and dissolution of a cutter (a set of four), after J. Kitchingman, ​1783 and 1785; ‘N.W. View of Rochester,’ after J. Farington, 1790; ‘The Morning of the Glorious First of June 1794,’ after R. Cleveley, 1796; ‘The Windmill’ and ‘The Watermill,’ from his own drawings, 1787; and four landscapes after J. Hearne. Pouncy also executed many of the plates in Captain Cook's second and third ‘Voyages,’ after Hodges and Webber, 1777 and 1784; Sir G. Staunton's ‘Embassy of Lord Macartney to China,’ 1797; Farington's ‘Views of the Lakes in Cumberland and Westmorland,’ 1789; Bowyer's ‘History of England,’ Macklin's Bible, and the ‘Copperplate Magazine.’ He was a fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and exhibited topographical views with them in 1772 and 1773; he also sent works of the same class to the Royal Academy in 1782, 1788, and 1789. Woollett engraved ‘The Grotto at Amwell,’ from a drawing by Pouncy, as an illustration to John Scott's ‘Poems,’ 1782. Pouncy died in Pratt Street, Lambeth, on 22 Aug. 1799, and was buried in the graveyard of the parish church.
A portrait of Pouncy, drawn by Edridge, is in the print room of the British Museum.
[Gent. Mag. 1799, ii. 726; Redgrave's Dict. of Artists; Graves's Dict. of Artists, 1760–1880; Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, viii. 40, 625, ix. 534, 719; Nichols's History of Lambeth, 1786, App. p. 145; Lambeth burial register.]
F. M. O'D.
# United States v. Aluminum Company of America (389 U.S. 49)/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
389 U.S. 49
United States v. Aluminum Company of America
Upon consideration of the joint suggestion of mootness and motion to vacate, the judgment of the District Court of January 20, 1967, is vacated as moot and the case is remanded for further proceedings.
Mr. Justice MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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# United States v. Aluminum Company of America (389 U.S. 49)

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United States Supreme Court
389 U.S. 49
United States v. Aluminum Company of America
Solicitor General Marshall, Ralph S. Spritzer, Assistant Attorney General Turner, Robert A Hammond III and Howard E. Shapiro, for the United States.
Herbert A. Bergson, Howard Adler, Jr., Donald L. Hardison and William K. Unversagt, for appellees.
PER CURIAM.

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# United States v. Alviso/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
64 U.S. 318
United States v. Alviso
The appellee was confirmed in his claim to two square leagues of land in the county of Santa Cruz, and known as La Canada de Verde y Arroyo de la Purissima, by the board of commissioners and the District Court of California.
His testimony consists of a petition by his brother (Jose Maria Alviso) to the Governor of California, in 1838, for a grant of the land, and permission to occupy it, while the proceedings for the perfection of his title were pending. This petition was granted, and the administrator of the ex-mission of San Francisco, de Assis, was directed to make a report upon the subject.
In 1839, this order was exhibited to the prefect of that district, who agreed to reserve the land for the claimant, and that the claimant might occupy it, referring him to the Governor for a complete title. In 1840, the administrator reported that the land was unoccupied, and was not recognised as the property of the mission or of any private person. The claimant has a conveyance from his brother, the petitioner, dated in 1840.
The testimony shows that his occupation commenced in 1840, and has continued for fourteen years; that he has improved and cultivated the land, and that his family have resided on it.
The claimant appears to have been a citizen of the Department, and no objection was made or is suggested why he should not have been a colonist of that portion of the public domain he has solicited. No imputation has been made against the integrity of his documentary evidence, and no suspicion exists unfavorable to the bona fides of his petition, or the continuity of his possession and claim. He has been recognised as the proprietor of this land since 1840.
Under all the circumstances of the case, the court is not willing to disturb the decrees in his favor.
Decree of the District Court affirmed.

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# United States v. Ambrose

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* United States v. Ambrose, 2 F. 552 (C.C.S.D. Ohio 1880)
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# United States v. Alviso

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United States Supreme Court
64 U.S. 318
United States v. Alviso
THIS was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern District of California.
The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
It was argued by Mr. Stanton for the United States, and by Mr. Robinson and Mr. Leigh for the appellee.
The arguments upon the value of the title are omitted.
Upon the subject of possession, the counsel for the appellee said:
In such a case as this, lapse of time may operate for, but not against, the petitioner. As was said by the Court of Appeals of Virginia, its weight 'is thrown if favor of the party who insists that the state of things existing during that lapse shall not be disturbed.'
Evans, &c., v. Spengin, &c., 11 Grat., 622.
In these cases the court said: 'The appellees seek only to preserve the existing state of things; they and those under whom they claim have been in possession of the subject in controversy, and have held it since August, 1809, at least. They are demanding nothing at the hands of the appellants; they seek to defend their long-continued actual possession by means of their superior equitable title-a title fully proved by the direct testimony, and confirmed by the lapse of time. There is nothing on the record on which to found the allegation that the appellees, or those under whom they claim, have abandoned or waived their rights; on the contrary, from 1805 or from 1809 they have, in the most emphatic manner, asserted these rights, by holding and enjoying their property.' With a change of dates, according to the facts, these remarks emphatically apply to the present case.
Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. Ambrose (108 U.S. 336)

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United States Supreme Court
108 U.S. 336
United States v. Ambrose
Sol. Gen. Phillips, for the United States.
Geo. Hoadly, E. M. Johnson, and Edward Colston, for Ambrose.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 337-338 intentionally omitted]
MILLER, J.

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# United States v. Estate of Grace

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## Dissenting Opinion

    Douglas
United States Supreme Court
395 U.S. 316
UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. ESTATE of Joseph P. GRACE, Deceased, et al.
Argued: April 22, 1969. --- Decided: June 2, 1969
See 90 S.Ct. 147.
Sol. Gen. Erwin N. Griswold, for petitioner.
William S. Downard, Dallas, Tex., for respondents.
Mr. Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States v. Estate of Grace/Dissent Douglas

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United States Supreme Court
395 U.S. 316
UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. ESTATE of Joseph P. GRACE, Deceased, et al.
Argued: April 22, 1969. --- Decided: June 2, 1969
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, dissenting.
The object of a reciprocal trust, as I understand it, is for each settlor to rid himself of all taxable power over the corpus by exchanging taxable powers with the other settlor. Yet Joseph P. Grace and his wife did not exchange taxable powers. Each retained a sufficient power over the corpus to require the inclusion of the corpus in his or her taxable estate. Each settlor, as one of the three trustees, reserved the right to alter the trust by paying to the chief beneficiary 'any amounts of the principal of the said trust, up to and including the whole thereof, which the said Trustees or a majority of them may at any time or from time to time deem advisable.' I have quoted from Janet Grace's trust. But an almost identical provision is in the trust of Joseph P. Grace.
I would conclude from the existence of this reserved power that the corpus of the Janet Grace trust was includible in her estate for purposes of the estate tax. Lober v. United States, 346 U.S. 335, 74 S.Ct. 98, 98 L.Ed. 15.
That is to say the use of a reciprocal trust device to aid the avoidance of an estate tax is simply not presented by this case.
I would dismiss the petition as improvidently granted.

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# United States v. Evans

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* United States v. Evans (195 U.S. 361)
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See also Evans v. United States.
# United States v. Acme Process Equipment Company (385 U.S. 138)

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United States Supreme Court
385 U.S. 138
United States v. Acme Process Equipment Company
Argued: Nov. 9, 1966. --- Decided: Dec 5, 1966
See 385 U.S. 1032, 87 S.Ct. 738.
Sol. Gen. Thurgood Marshall, for petitioner.
Jack Rephan, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States v. Adams

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* United States v. Adams, 73 U.S. 101, 6 Wall. 101, 18 L.Ed. 792 (1868)
* United States v. Adams, 74 U.S. 463, 7 Wall. 463, 19 L.Ed. 249 (1869)
* United States v. Adams, 76 U.S. 554, 9 Wall. 554, 19 L.Ed. 584 (1870)
* United States v. Adams, 281 U.S. 202, 50 S.Ct. 269, 74 L.Ed. 807 (1930)
* United States v. Adams, 383 U.S. 39, 86 S.Ct. 708, 15 L.Ed.2d 572 (1966)
# United States v. Acosta

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United States Supreme Court
42 U.S. 24
United States v. Acosta
THE facts in this case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court.
It was submitted by Mr. Legare, the attorney-general, without argument, on the usual obiections assigned, pro forma, for error.
Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

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