The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-01
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
WASHINGTON, Nov 3O.-The Supreme Court
rendered the following decisions to-day:
Titus VS.. United States, in error to the Cir
cult Court for the Southern District of Geor-
gia.-This was a proceeding by Titus to
enforce his rights as an informer III respect to
certain lands i'll Bib county, Ga, which had
been conveyed by will to the Confederate
States, to aid the cause of the rebellion.
1t is here held that. as the land had already
become by conquest the property of the
United States and required no legal process
to make it such, no person could claim as an
informer in respect OF it, and that the act OF
1861, relating to informers, was clearly in
tended to apply to private not public property,
to such property OF persons as required under
the laws of war judicial sentence of condem-
nation to divest the title Of its owner; not
such property o. q hostile government as had
already been captured by the army and sub
jected to the complete and undisputed owner
ship of the conquering power. Affirmed.
The Chief Justice delivered the opinion.
The Steamboat Mile Mooler ct oil. VS..
Home Insurance Company-Appeal from the
Circuit Court for the Eastern District Of Wis
consin.-This was the affirmance OF a decree
charging the officers of the steamer with a
wrongful act in attempting to pass through
the piers of a bridge near st. Paul, on the
Mississippi, when navigating that river in
May, 1866, in very rough weather. AS her
cargo of wheat, insured by the company, was
lost in consequence Of the act, the decree was
for the amount of insurance taken, and it is
sustained here. Mr.. Justice Davis delivered
the'opinion.
Amber vs. Whipple ct al. Appeal from the
Supreme Court of the District OF Columbia
This was the reversal Of decree below in
proceeding based on a partnership between
the parties which was entered into for the
purpose or perfecting an invention for gener-
ating gas from petroleum which could be util-
lied The decree below found that by dissi-
pated conduct and neglect of the business,
Ambler had lost his rights under the contract
of copartnership, and was not entitled to share
in the success of the invention. The Court
sees nothing in the case which deprives him
OF his rights, and reverses the decree. Mr..
Justice Miller delivered the opinion.
Edwards ct al. VS.. Elliott, ct al-Error to
the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jer-
sey. This is the at1irmance Of q judgment Of
the New Jersey court, which decided that the
lien law Of this State OF 1857, providing for
the collection of demands against ships, and
creating lien to charge them, is not in any
sense repugnant to the Federal Constitution
or laws OF the United States, because it makes
no provision for trial by jury, and allows u
proceeding by name against the vessel for
such collections Mr. Justice Clifford de-
livered the opinion.
Douglass vs. Douglas Error to the Supreme
Court for the District of Columbia. 1t is
decided in this case that where a plaintiff
sues out writ for the recovery of personal
property, and when it is seized and rendered
to him by the Marshal, finding it in condi-
ton not as he expected, refuses to receive il,
such tender by the Marshal, is q discharge
of the obligation of the defendants bonds to
surrender the property, in case it is decided to
be the plaintiffs.
Vannevor ct al, versus Bryant Error to
the Superior Court OF Massachusetts-In this
case it is held that it is too late, after cause
is heard and decided in the State court, to ask
for its removal to the Federal court also that
the case is Within the point decided in the
sewing machine cases, Is Wallace, that an
action bya plaintiff who was a citizen of
State in which the suit was brought, against
two defendants who were citizens of other
States, and third who was q citizen of the
same State as the plaintiff, is not removable to
the Circuit Court I'M Ter the act of 1867, upon
the petition of the two nonresident defend
ants.
The Chief Justice delivered the opinion
Douglass VS.. Douglass. Error to the Supreme
Court of the District OF Columb ia.-In this
case it is held that where plaintiff replevins
property and the property is returned to the
defendant on his giving bond, STIMULATING to
surrender it in case the judgment is against
him, and the case being decided in favor of
the plaintiff and he sues out process and
seizes the property, the delivery OF the prop
erty to him by the Marshal in pursuance Of
such process, is a discharge of the defendants
bond, although the plaintiff claiming to find
the property i'll proper condition, refuses to
receive it. Judgment reversed. Mr.. Justice
Swayne delivered the opinion.
Evansville and Charlottesville Railroad
Company VS.. Androscoggin Mills-Error to
the Circuit Court for the District Of Indiana.
This was an action to recover for thirty bales
of cotton burned while in course OF Transport
tation by the railroad company from Mssis-
sippi to the mills in Maine. A Judgment was
recovered below based on construction of
agreement between the parties limiting the
exemption from liability of the company to
certain portions of the line of transit. That
Judgment is here reversed-the court finding
that the exemption covered the entire route
Mr.. Justice Hunt delivered the opinion.
Cooper ct al; VS.. Coates ct al. Error to the
Circuit Court for the Northern District of
Illinois. In this case it is decided that while
at common law it is necessary that parties who
sue as co-plaintitfs, alleging themselves to be
partners, shall make proof of that allegation;
also that the same is true of persons who are
alleged to be co-partners and sued as such, as
defendants. Yet that the statute of Illinois
renders such proof unnecessary. The present
case is affirmed. Mr.. Justice Hunt delivered
the opinion.
Six years ago the cultivation Of tobacco in
North Carolina was confined to a few counties
On her northern borders, but since that time
the area Of cultivation has extended rapidly,
and now embraces large portion of the State,
the crop having become a leading industry.
A male beast with three wives and nine
children constitute thea average Mormon family