1. Hosmer v. Jewett Copy cite
   12 F. Cas. 543 N.D. New York October 15, 1872
   Cited by 2

   HALL, District Judge. This case, comes before the court upon a demurrer to the plaintiff’s bill, for want of equity. The bill sets forth the making of a policy of insurance by the bankrupt, by which the plaintiff was insured in the sum of $10,000, against certain

2. Halverson v. Nisen Copy cite
   11 F. Cas. 310 D. California March 16, 1876
   Cited by 13

   HOFFMAN, District Judge. This action is brought to recover compensation for injuries sustained by the libellant, a seaman on the schooner Twilight, by reason of the giving way of a rope to which a triangle on which the libellant was working, was attached. The

3. The J. M. Welsh Copy cite
   13 F. Cas. 643 E.D. New York July 15, 1875 No. 7,327
   Cited by 3

   BENEDICT, District Judge. The terms of the contract under which the libellant Austin claims to have towed the vessel proceeded against show beyond dispute that the libel-lant relied solely upon the personal credit of Easton & McMahon, and not upon the credit

4. The Hammonia Copy cite
   11 F. Cas. 398 S.D. New York July 15, 1879
   Not cited

   CHOATE, District Judge. The libellant in this suit, Henry A. Fleischmann, took a first-class passage for himself, his wife and son, a boy of three and a half years old, on board the steamship Hammonia, in April, 1873, for Hamburg. He complains in his libel that

5. The J. L. Hasbrouck Copy cite
   13 F. Cas. 639 S.D. New York June 15, 1871 No. 7,324
   Cited by 1

   BLATCHFORD, District Judge. For any damage to the canal-boat or her cargo up to the time of the arrival of the propeller and her tows off Fort Montgomery dock, the owners of the canal-boat and the owners of her cargo must, as respects the propeller, bear their

6. The John E. Holbrook Copy cite
   13 F. Cas. 667 S.D. New York June 15, 1874 No. 7,339
   Not cited

   BLATCHFORD, District Judge. I think that, under section 33 of the shipping act, the libellant is entitled to double pay for ten days. Under section G1 of the same act, wages due to a seaman cannot be attached, and a-payment of wages to a seaman, nothwithstanding

7. Ex parte Tetlow Copy cite
   23 F. Cas. 867 E.D. Missouri July 1, 1874
   Not cited

   [The case reported under above title in le Int. Bev. Rec. 205. and 6 Am. Law Rev. 575 , is the same as Case No. 16,456.)

8. Scott's Case Copy cite
   21 F. Cas. 812 E.D. Pennsylvania July 1, 1874
   Not cited

   No opinion found. Click here to view source material.

9. In re Wald Copy cite
   28 F. Cas. 1353 W.D. Missouri July 1, 1874
   Not cited

   KEEKEL, District Judge. Under the 43d section of the amended bankrupt act of June 22, 1S74 [ 18 Stat. 178 ], providing for the composition with creditors, the court made an order directing a meeting of creditors to be held to act upon a composition proposed by

10. In re May Copy cite
    16 F. Cas. 1205 S.D. New York March 15, 1874
    Cited by 2

    Blatchford, J. T. H. & T. W. Conkling have proved a claim against the bankrupts for $1,101.64, and interest from May 1st, 18-73, “ being a balance for rent of premises ” let to the bankrupts by T. H. & T. W. Conkling, by a lease bear *40 ing date February 17

11. The Don Juan Copy cite
    7 F. Cas. 888 E.D. New York July 15, 1876
    Not cited

    BENEDICT, District Judge. The damage ■complained of consists in the breaking of the yard of the bark Francisco Bellagamba, by the fore-rigging of the schooner Moss Glen. Tlie bark was moored alongside a pier, and the schooner was passing by the bark, going ■out

12. In re Franklin Copy cite
    9 F. Cas. 709 S.D. New York August 15, 1875 No. 5,053
    Not cited

    BLATCHFORD, District Judge. The only act of bankruptcy alleged is, that the debtor sold a stock of goods worth about $7,500, to his wife, for about $5.000: that he afterwards claimed to have lost the $5.000; that the sale was made by him with intent to delay,

13. Beardsley v. Littell Copy cite
    2 F. Cas. 1178 S.D. New York January 25, 1877
    Cited by 10

    BLATCHFORD, District Judge. This is an action at law to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent. It is at issue and ready for trial. The plaintiff now presents to the court his affidavit, setting forth that the testimony of the defendant Littell

14. In re Breck Copy cite
    4 F. Cas. 43 S.D. New York April 15, 1875
    Cited by 3

    BLATCHFORD, District Judge. While I concur in the general principles stated by the register in his opinion in this matter, I do not concur in his application of them to the facts of this case or in his conclusion. The tenants had a right, as against the landlord

15. The Jessie Russell Copy cite
    13 F. Cas. 573 E.D. New York June 15, 1877 No. 7,298
    Not cited

    BENEDICT, District Judge. This is an action to recover the value of a canal boat, alleged to have been sunk through the negligence of the tug Jessie Russell while towing her through a bridge on Newtown creek. The time when the accident is said to have-occurred

16. In re Bininger Copy cite
    3 F. Cas. 418 S.D. New York July 1, 1870
    Not cited

    By J. T. WILLIAMS, Register. The language of the 13th section' of the act is, “The judge * * * upon request in writing of any creditor who has proved his claim, shall require the assignee to give a good and sufficient bond to the United States with a condition

17. In re Binns Copy cite
    3 F. Cas. 420 S.D. New York May 15, 1870
    Not cited

    BLATCHFORD, District Judge. The transfer worked by the legal proceedings was, under section 35, prima facie evidence of fraud, not being made in the usual and ordinary course of business of the debtor. The creditor must rebut this. But his present petition is

18. In re Belden Copy cite
    3 F. Cas. 82 S.D. New York October 19, 1870
    Not cited

    BLATCHFORD, District Judge. The claim of Jay Cooke & Co. was duly proved, and the proof of it must be filed nunc pro tunc as of the 23d of May, 1S70. The proof of the claim of Rulli and Fachiri ought to have had appended to it the certificate of the commissioner

19. The Carlotta Copy cite
    5 F. Cas. 76 S.D. New York January 15, 1877
    Cited by 2

    BDATCHFORD, District Judge. William Bliss, as owner of tbe bark Carlotta, filed a libel on tbe loth of February, 1S74, against Raphael M. Gomez and Daniel V. Arguim-bau, to recover tbe amount due on a written charter of tbe bark Carlotta to the respondents. The

20. In re Carow Copy cite
    5 F. Cas. 101 S.D. New York July 1, 1871
    Not cited

    BLATCHFORD, District Judge. If the marshal, as messenger, has these ships in his possession and actual custody as the property of the bankrupt, it is proper they should be insured in such sums and for such time as shall seem to the register proper. In that view

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