New York Court of Appeals, 1868

143 opinions

Charles Kelsey, Respondent, v. Robert M. Ward et al., Appellants 1868-01
Charlotte M. Patchin, Executrix, Respondent, v. John M. Peck, Appellant 1868-01
Thaddeus A. Lawrence, Respondent, v. Alfred Ely, Appellant 1868-01
Robert M. Ward and Walter S. Gove, Respondents, v. Charles Kelsey, Appellant 1868-01
Samuel W. Bass and Joshua Clarke, Respondents, v. John K. Comstock, Appellant 1868-01
Hiram Slocum, etc., Respondents, v. Charles H. Barry, Appellant 1868-01
William Davis, Respondent, v. William E. Keyes, Appellant 1868-01
Seph Colwell, Respondent, v. Herbert Lawrence, Jr., and William Foulks, Appellants 1868-01
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Kendall Parker, Defendant in Error 1868-01
The People ex rel. Glens Falls Insurance Company v. Henry Ferguson et al., Assessors of Queensbury 1868-01
John Waffle, Respondent, v. John Dillenback, Appellant 1868-01
George Clarke, Appellant, v. George Tunnicliff and Henry H. Rathbone, Respondents 1868-01
The People ex rel. Thomas Reilly, Respondents, v. Frederick Johnson, etc., Appellants 1868-01
Thomas Maher et al. Respondents, v. Richard F. Carman, Appellant 1868-01
James W. Paige, etc., Respondents, v. James S. Willet, Appellant 1868-01
James K. Place et al., Appellants, v. William S. McIlvain, et al., Respondents 1868-01
Edgar Schermerhorn, Appellant, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondents 1868-01
James R. Wolfkiel, Respondent, v. The Sixth Avenue Railroad Company, Appellants 1868-01
Charles H. Winfield, Respondent, v. Samuel B. Potter, Appellant 1868-01
The Hatters Bank, Respondents, v. John D. Phillips et al., Appellants 1868-03
Thomas B. Wattson et al., Respondents, v. Anthony B. Campbell, Sheriff, etc., Appellant 1868-03
Mortimer Porter, Respondent, v. Elisha Ruckman, Appellant 1868-03
Charles G. Tell, Respondent, v. George H. Beyer, Appellant 1868-03
Joseph Hoxie, Respondent, v. Daniel B. Allen, Appellant 1868-03
Huntingdon, Appellant, v. Claffin, Respondent 1868-03
Peter Flora, Appellant, v. Peter Carbean, Respondent 1868-03
The People of the State of New York, Appellants, v. Hugh OBrien et al., Respondents 1868-03
F. C. Richtmeyer, Respondent, v. George Remsen, Sheriff, etc., Appellant 1868-03
Henry S. Redfield, Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. George Tegg, Appellant 1868-03
Daniel McCabe, Appellant, v. William P. Brayton, late Sheriff, Respondent 1868-03
Noah Worrall, Appellant and Respondent, v. David Munn, Respondent and Appellant 1868-03
Lydia Newkirk, Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. The New York and Harlem Railroad Company, Respondent 1868-03
Gibert, Appellant, v. Peteler and others, Respondents 1868-03
James Cassin, Respondent, v. Lawrence Delany and Ann A. Delany, Appellants 1868-03
Thomas V. Porter et al., Respondents, v. William Spence, Appellant 1868-03
William Coleman et al., Appellants, v. The Second Avenue Railroad Company, Respondent 1868-03
Morris, Respondent, v. Morange, Appellant 1868-03
George K. Roberts, Respondent, v. John W. Carter and Edmund Terry, Appellants 1868-03
Gideon Fountain, Respondent, v. Daniel L. Pettee, Appellant 1868-03
William Brown, Appellant, v. Jacob Weber, Jr., Respondent 1868-03
David O. Nichols, Respondent, v. The Sixth Avenue Railroad Company, Appellant 1868-03
John Wolfe v. The Security Fire Insurance Company 1868-03
Stephen Le Roy et al. v. The Park Fire Insurance Company 1868-03
Robert H. McKibbin, Respondent, v. Horatio N. Peck, Appellant 1868-03
Smith Kellogg, Respondent, v. John M. Adams et al., Appellants 1868-03
Philip Case, Appellant, v. Elbridge G. Phelps, Mary D. Phelps, his wife, and Willard Phelps, Respondents 1868-03
William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. William Barringer, Appellant; William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. George De Graff, Appellant; William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. George De Graff, Appellant; William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. Philip G. Hauer, Appellant; Stephen Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. Johannes B. Dietz, Appellant; William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. John Wheeler, Appellant; William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. John Wheeler, Appellant 1868-03
The People, ex rel. The Citizens Gas-light Company of Brooklyn, v. The Board of Assessors of the City of Brooklyn 1868-03
Lewis C. Taylor, Appellant, v. Henry M. Bradley, Respondent 1868-03
James Bartlett et al., Appellants, v. Charles Robinson, Respondent 1868-03
Lewis Johnson et al., Respondents, v. Myron H. Clark et al., Appellants 1868-03
Stephen Le Roy, Respondent, v. The Market Fire Insurance Company, Appellants 1868-03
Hiram Curtiss, Respondent, v. Theodore P. Howell, Appellant 1868-03
Martha Ernst, Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondent 1868-03
In the matter of the Appraisal of Damages of Peter Townsend, Appellant, for Lands, etc., taken by Morris Canal and Banking Company, Respondents; In the matter of the Appraisal of Damages of Peter Townsend and William H. Townsend, Appellants, for Lands, etc., taken by Morris Canal and Banking Company, Respondents 1868-03
James De P. Ogden and Albert W. Wright, Survivors, etc., Appellants, v. D. Colden Murray, Receiver of The Accessory Transit Company, Respondent 1868-03
Catharine Hinnemann and Jacob Hinnemann, Administrators of Theodore Hinnemann, deceased, Appellants, v. Samuel Rosenback, Respondent 1868-03
John Hardmann and Daniel Geulfoyle, Respondents, v. John B. Bowen, Appellant 1868-03
Sanderson v. Morgan et al. 1868-03
Seth B. Grosvenor, Respondent, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Appellant 1868-03
In the Matter of the Attachment of Freeman B. Bird and Freeman B. Bird, Jr., v. The Steamboat Josephine, her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture 1868-03
Henry R. Hosford, Respondent, v. Benjamin Ballard, Appellant 1868-03
Joseph Fellows, Trustee, etc., Appellant, v. Lewis Northrup, impleaded, etc., Respondent 1868-03
Edwin K. Scranton and William H. Otis, Respondents, v. Alvah Clark, Appellant 1868-03
Samuel T. Champney, Admr., etc., Appellant, v. Fidelia Blanchard, Respondent 1868-03
John C. Winne et al., Survivors, Appellants, v. Francis McDonald et al., Respondents 1868-03
Wm. P. Van Rensselaer v. Wm. Barringer 1868-03
Moses W. S. Jackson (by his Guardian), Appellant, v. Anna Margaret Jackson and others, Respondents 1868-03
Maurice Lanergan, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1868-03
Stephen Le Roy and others, Respondents, v. The Market Fire Insurance Company of the City of New York, Appellants 1868-03
Isaac G. Milburn v. Robert Belloni et al. 1868-03
Theodore T. Edgerton, Respondent, v. The New York & Harlem Railroad Company, Appellant 1868-03
The Mayor, etc., of New York, Respondent, v. The Hamilton Fire Insurance Company, Appellants 1868-03
Charles H. Baker, Respondent, v. Joseph A. Bliss and James N. Pinner, impleaded, etc., Appellants 1868-03
John Kennedy, Plaintiff in error, v. The People of the State of New York, Defendants in error 1868-03
The People ex rel. Charles F. Livermore, and others, v. Alexander Hamilton, Jr. 1868-03
Charles Starbird, Appellant, v. Samuel H. Barrons, Edward Kirk, and Nathaniel Laird, Respondents 1868-06
Gerothman W. Cornell, Sheriff, etc., Respondent, v. James F. Dakin, Appellant 1868-06
William Wheeler, Appellant, v. Edwin A. Billings, Respondent 1868-06
George Grant, Respondent, v. Sanford P. Chapman, Sheriff, etc., Appellant 1868-06
Joshua T. Blanchard, Appellant, v. Hiram P. Trim and Orlando K. Weeks, Respondents 1868-06
Abram Fitch and Prosser Jones, Appellants, v. Adrastus Snedaker, Respondent 1868-06
Allen v. The City of Buffalo 1868-06
Eleanor Thurston, Respondent, v. Henry Cornell, Appellant 1868-06
William P. Angel, Respondent, v. Harriet Hollister, Executor, etc., of Levi Coon, deceased, Appellant 1868-06
The People ex rel. Thomas Kearney, Respondent, v. James A. Bell, Auditor, etc., Appellant 1868-06
Mary OGara, Appellant, v. Mary E. Eisenlohr, Administratrix of Patrick Donnery, Respondent 1868-06
John E. Stone v. The Western Transportation Company 1868-06
Alfred Webster, Respondent, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellants 1868-06
William Loeschick, Appellant, v. Richard Baldwin and others, Respondents 1868-06
Donald Kennedy, Respondent, v. Albert H. Goss, Appellant 1868-06
George P. Bradford, and others, Appellants, v. Lydia Fox, Executrix of Edward Fox, deceased, Respondent 1868-06
The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Appellants, v. Henry Erben and The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, Respondents 1868-06
Lewis F. Allen, Respondent, v. The Commissioners of the Land-Office of the State of New York et al., Appellants 1868-06
Patrick Kelly Respondent, v. The Indemnity Fire Insurance Company, Appellant 1868-06
Samuel Pindar, Assignee, etc., Respondent, v. The Continental Insurance Company, Appellant; The Same, Respondent, v. The Resolute Fire Insurance Company, Appellant 1868-06
William J. Blydenburgh, Executor of the last will of Richard F. Blydenburgh, deceased, Appellant, v. Amos F. Bingham, George G. Johnson and David H. Decker, Respondents 1868-06
Isabella Draper, Appellant, v. Jane Stouvenel, Executrix, etc., of Joseph Stouvenel, deceased, Respondent 1868-06
Austin Sherman, Appellant, v. Michael McKeon, Respondent 1868-06
Isaac Snyder, Respondent, v. William H. Trumpbour, and others, Commissioners of Highways of the town of Saugerties, and John Plass, Appellants 1868-06
Benjamin G. Hitchings, Appellant, v. Ellen Van Brunt, Adminstratrix, etc., of John H. Hubbard, deceased, Respondent 1868-06
Junius Hatch, Respondent, v. The City of Buffalo, Appellant 1868-06
Henry Van Schaick, Executor of Myndert Van Schaick, deceased, Respondent, v. The Third Avenue Railroad Company, Appellants 1868-06
Bushnell Stevens, Appellant, v. John Hauser, Respondent 1868-06
George Juliand, Respondent, v. Peter B. Rathbone et al., Appellants 1868-06
George W. Hurst and James Coburn v. Elisha C. Litchfield 1868-06
Solomon Keller et al., Appellants, v. Henry L. Phillips, Respondent 1868-06
James Heney and Alicia Heney, Appellants, v. The Trustees, etc., of The Brooklyn Benevolent Society and others, Respondents 1868-06
Fanny Wilcox, Administratrix, etc., of John Wilcox, deceased, Respondent, v. The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh Railroad Company, Appellants 1868-06
Harvey M. Soule et al., Appellants, v. Thomas B. Chase, Respondent 1868-06
George W. Dickson, Respondent, v. Luther J. McCoy, Appellant 1868-06
Henrietta Mali, Respondent, v. Samuel Lord and others, Appellants 1868-06
William Algeo, Appellant, v. William E. Duncan, Respondent 1868-06
Lewis F. Allen and others, Respondents, v. The City of Buffalo, Appellant 1868-06
Aaron Bissell, Appellant, v. Charles Balcom, Respondent 1868-06
Harriet Ostrander, Respondent, v. Abiram Fellows, Appellant 1868-06
John S. Fake, Respondent, v. Jonathan E. Whipple and Isaac T. Grant, Appellants 1868-06
George W. Card, Appellant, v. John H. Card et al., Respondents 1868-06
The Winsted Bank, Respondent, v. Archibald Webb et al., Appellants 1868-06
John G. Spraights, et al., Executors, etc., of John G. Dudley, deceased, Respondents, v. J. Dean Hawley, Appellant 1868-06
Thomas D. Green, Respondent, v. William H. Shumway and Damon Coats, impleaded with Francis A. Thayer, Appellants 1868-06
Thomas W. Olcott, Respondent, v. Thomas B. Carroll, Appellant 1868-06
The International Bank, Respondent, v. William Monteath, Appellant 1868-06
John Craig, Respondent, v. The Rochester City and Brighton Railroad Company, Appellant 1868-06
Charles Durand et al., Respondents, v. William Hankerson (who was impleaded with James Arnold and others), Appellant 1868-06
In the Matter of the Inventory of the Estate of Andrew J. Butler, deceased, to be returned by Benjamin F. Butler, Executor 1868-09
Edward P. Brewster and Ulysses B. Brewster, Jr., Administrators, etc., of Ulysses B. Brewster, deceased, Respondents, v. Robert F. Silliman and others, Appellants 1868-09
The People, ex rel. Sidney D. Roberts, Respondent, v. Edward Matthews, Appellant 1868-09
Margaret Tracy, Administratrix of Dennis Tracy, Appellant, v. The Troy and Boston Railroad Company, Respondent 1868-09
Elizabeth Gonzales, Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. The New York and Harlem Railroad Company, Appellant 1868-09
The Hope Mutual Life Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Dennis Perkins, Appellant 1868-09
James M. Bundy and others, Respondents, v. Clarissa M. Bundy, Appellant 1868-09
Michael OMara, Administrator of Thomas OMara, Respondent, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellants 1868-09
John F. Booth, Respondent, v. Solomon N. Bierce and Henry Monell, Appellants 1868-09
Catherine N. Forrest, Respondent, v. Charles G. Havens, etc., Appellant 1868-09
Harvey Mangam, Jr., per Guardian, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Railroad Company, Appellant 1868-09
John Wilson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People of the State of New York, Defendants in Error 1868-09
Francis Hitchins, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1868-09
The People ex rel. Stephen L. Cook, Respondents, v. The Board of Police of the Metropolitan Police District of the State of New York, Appellants 1868-09
Lucy A. Warner, as Administratrix and Respondent, v. The Erie Railway Company, Appellant 1868-09
Joseph Osgood, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People of the State of New York, Defendants in Error 1868-09
Lucy Wheelock, Executrix, etc., Respondent, v. Westel R. Tanner and others, Appellants 1868-09
Jane Voorhees, Appellant, v. George W. Voorhees, Respondent 1868-09