Case law

Harris v. Brown

184 Iowa 1288 · Supreme Court of Iowa · Dec 14, 1918

Brown, for the stated consideration of $1,000; that this was recorded, December 11, 1893. Defendant Brown claims that he, through himself and tenants, took and has ever since held possession of the land. … As said in Ault v.

Carstensen v. Brown

26 Wyo. 356 · Wyoming Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1919

Upton & Co. v. Ferebee, 100 S. E. 310 (N. C. 1919); Foard v. McAnnelly, 215 Mo. 371 , 114 S. W. 990 . … Brown,” does not show that he then knew its true location.

Brown v. Bennett

55 Ga. 189 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Jul 15, 1875

This was a motion to set aside a decree made by a court of equity in favor of Brown, the complainant, against Bennett, one of the defendants therein. .The motion to set aside,the decree was based on two grounds: First,that … To which judgment and decision of the court setting aside said decree, Brown, the complainant in the bill, excepted.

Brown v. . Sigourney

72 N.Y. 122 · New York Court of Appeals · Jan 15, 1878

(Pennie v. Life Ins. Co., 67 N. Y., 278 ;. Roosevelt v. Linkert, 67 N. Y., 447 .) … As is said in King v. Galvin ( 62 N.

Spitzer v. Brown

305 Mich. 455 · Michigan Supreme Court · May 18, 1943

In Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. (17 U. S.) 122, 200 ( 4 L. … Louisiana v. New Orleans, 102 U. S. 203 ( 26 L. Ed. 132 ).” Thompson v. Auditor General, 261 Mich. 624, 635 .

State v. Brown

228 Mont. 209 · Montana Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1987

Brown also contends that the readback improperly emphasized Detective Renman's testimony. We review issues of ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard of Strickland v. … McKaskie v. Wiggins (1984), 465 U.S. 168, 173, 104 S.Ct. 944, 948, 79 L.Ed.2d 122, 130.

Brown v. Parnell

386 So. 2d 1137 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Aug 8, 1980

Gosnell v. Slaughter , 364 So.2d 1154 (Ala. 1978); Jordan v. Empiregas, Inc. of Belle Mina , 337 So.2d 732 (Ala. 1976). … See, Jordan v. Empiregas, Inc. of Belle Mina, supra. Brown also presents the issue of whether defendants were guilty of abuse of process.

Brown v. Stark

83 Cal. 636 · California Supreme Court · May 2, 1890

Brown, plaintiff’s son, testified of it as “a lane from the Alameda back to the north end of Pillot’s lot”; and further said: “This lane was fifty feet wide when father bought it.” … The court having found an acceptance of the offer to dedicate, and a user by the public as well as by the purchasers of lots, the cases of People v. Reed, 81 Cal. 70 , and City of Eureka v.

State v. Brown

110 N.J. 198 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 23, 1988

King v. Brown

280 Ga. 747 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Jul 13, 2006

Langston v. Allen, 268 Ga. 733 (2) ( 493 SE2d 401 ) (1997). … See also Smith v. Smith, 75 Ga. 477 (1886).

Groves v. Brown

11 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1814

Brown v. Simpson

2 Watts 233 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 15, 1834

By the act of assembly of 1798, and the construction put on it by this court in the cases of Black v. Dobson, 11 Serg. & Rawle 94 , and Bombay v. … In Irvine v.

Brown v. State

244 Miss. 78 · Mississippi Supreme Court · May 7, 1962

Mattox v. … Commonwealth v. DeWan, a Pennsylvania case, 124 A. 2d 139 ; Mosely v. State, a Georgia case, 166 S. E. 455 , and Dukes v. State, a Georgia case, 107 S. E. 2d 727 .

Brown v. State

277 Ala. 108 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Sep 3, 1964

Alabama Co. v. Brown, 207 Ala. 18, 25 , 92 So. 490 ; Myers v. Moorer, 273 Ala. 18 , 134 So.2d 168 . It would appear that such justice should be one who was of the majority on original deliverance. … Chapman v. St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 105 Fla. 683 , 138 So. 630 , 84 A.L.R. 566 .

Brown v. Wood

227 Ga. 548 · Supreme Court of Georgia · May 6, 1971

Compare: Carparking, Inc. v. Chappell’s, Inc., 213 Ga. 637 ( 100 SE2d 896 ); Dorough v. Pettus, 215 Ga. 649 ( 112 SE2d 592 ); State Hwy. Dept. v. Hewitt Contr. Co., 221 Ga. 621, 623 ( 146 SE2d 632 ); Sutker v. … Co., 223 Ga. 58 ( 153 SE2d 540 ); Gifford v. Jackson, 223 Ga. 155 ( 154 SE2d 224 ); Stevenson v. City of Atlanta, 225 Ga. 190 ( 167 SE2d 151 ). Remanded to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur.

Brown v. State

285 Md. 105 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · May 4, 1979

Although this charging document was issued on February 19, 1975, Brown was not apprehended until September 15, 1977. … State v. Edwards, supra; Mulkern v. State, 127 Md. [41, 96 A. 3 (1915)]; Smith v. State, 130 Md. [482, 100 A. 778 (1917)].

Graff v. Brown

85 Ill. 89 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1877

In The State v. … In Hand v.

Brown v. Sullivan

195 Neb. 729 · Nebraska Supreme Court · Apr 1, 1976

Pettigrew v. Home Ins. Co., 191 Neb. 312 , 214 N. W. 2d 920 . … School Dist. of Omaha v. Adams, 151 Neb. 741 , 39 N. W. 2d 550 . See, also, Housand v. Sigler, 186 Neb. 414 , 183 N. W. 2d 493 .

Brown v. People

61 Colo. 27 · Supreme Court of Colorado · Jan 15, 1916

The jury returned a verdict finding defendant Brown guilty of grand larceny. … It is charged in the information that December 12, 1912, Brown gave a chattel mortgage to one James Davies upon a flock of goats in Rio Grande County of the value of $182.00; that during the existence of the lien and title

Brown v. State

258 Ark. 360 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 30, 1975

That rule, however, as we pointed out in Abbott v.