Category: 1875

92 U.S. 473 92 U.S. 473 23 L.Ed. 735 MILLER ET AL.v.DALE ET AL. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Mr. S. O. Houghton for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Jeremiah S. Black, contra. MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is an action […]

92 U.S. 447 92 U.S. 447 22 L.Ed. 496 OTIS ET AL.v.CULLUM, RECEIVER. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. Mr. Alfred Ennis for the plaintiff in error. Mr. George R. Peck, contra. MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This case […]

92 U.S. 449 92 U.S. 449 23 L.Ed. 730 BARNEY, COLLECTOR,v.WATSON ET AL. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Edwin B. Smith for the plaintiff in error. Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, contra. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of […]

92 U.S. 454 92 U.S. 454 23 L.Ed. 620 TERRYv.COMMERCIAL BANK OF ALABAMA. October Term, 1875 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. 2 Mr. Harvey Terry for the appellant. 3 No opposing counsel. 4 MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. The defendant, […]

92 U.S. 457 92 U.S. 457 23 L.Ed. 497 WILLIAMS ET AL.v.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the District of California. Mr. E. L. Goold for the appellants. Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Concessions or grants of […]

92 U.S. 462 92 U.S. 462 23 L.Ed. 731 CITY OF ST. LOUISv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Mr. Montgomery Blair for the appellants. Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The subject of this controversy is the title to the land known […]

92 U.S. 412 92 U.S. 412 23 L.Ed. 684 BUTLERv.THOMSON ET AL. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Mr. William M. Evarts for the plaintiff in error. Mr. E. H. Owen, contra. MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court. 1 […]

92 U.S. 418 92 U.S. 418 23 L.Ed. 504 CLEMENTSv.MACHEBOEUF ET AL. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Colorado. The case was argued by Mr. J. W. Denver for the appellant, and by Mr. R. T. Merrick for the appellees. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. […]

92 U.S. 426 92 U.S. 426 23 L.Ed. 494 IVES ET AL.v.HAMILTON, EXECUTOR. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Charles J. Hunt for the plaintiffs in error. It is the duty of […]

92 U.S. 432 92 U.S. 432 23 L.Ed. 724 THE ‘AMERICA.’ October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Mr. B. D. Silliman for the appellants. Mr. W. R. Beebe, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Sailing rules were […]

92 U.S. 439 92 U.S. 439 23 L.Ed. 727 THE ‘GALATEA.’ October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Mr. R. D. Benedict for the appellants. Mr. William M. Evarts, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Owners of ships […]

92 U.S. 382 92 U.S. 382 23 L.Ed. 660 SAVAGE, EXECUTRIX,v.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. The case was argued by Mr. Conway Robinson for the appellant. The court declined to hear Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Edwin B. Smith for the appellee. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. […]

92 U.S. 390 92 U.S. 390 23 L.Ed. 508 SMELTZERv.WHITE. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The plaintiff in error, who is a citizen of Iowa, having sold to the defendant in error, a citizen of Maryland, certain warrants purporting to be issued by […]

92 U.S. 397 92 U.S. 397 23 L.Ed. 613 HOBSON ET AL.v.LORD. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts and the assignment of errors are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. William G. Choate for the plaintiffs in error. […]

92 U.S. 41 92 U.S. 41 23 L.Ed. 646 ROBERTS ET AL., TRUSTEES,v.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Thomas Wilson for the appellant, and by Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips for the appellee. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Immediately after the […]

92 U.S. 347 92 U.S. 347 23 L.Ed. 719 RECKENDORFERv.FABER. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Charles F. Blake and Mr. Edmund Wetmore for the appellant. Mr. John S. Washburn and Mr. George Gifford for the appellee. MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered […]

92 U.S. 358 92 U.S. 358 23 L.Ed. 499 POTTS ET AL.v.CHUMASERO ET AL. October Term, 1875 Sect. 1 of an act of the legislature of the Territory of Montana, approved Feb. 11, 1874 (Laws of Montana, 8th sess., 1874, p. 43), provides,——’That the seat of government of the Territory of Montana be, and the […]

92 U.S. 362 92 U.S. 362 23 L.Ed. 483 SCAMMONv.KIMBALL, ASSIGNEE. October Term, 1875 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The complainant, a private banker in Chicago, held several policies of insurance issued to him by the Mutual Security Insurance Company, of which he was a […]

92 U.S. 372 92 U.S. 372 23 L.Ed. 657 PACEv.BURGESS, COLLECTOR. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. The question raised in this case was, whether the charge for the stamps required to be placed on packages of manufactured tobacco intended for exportation was […]

92 U.S. 377 92 U.S. 377 23 L.Ed. 610 PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE-INSURANCE COMPANYv.EWING, ADMINISTRATOR. October Term, 1875 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. The case was argued by Mr. E. C. Carrington for the plaintiff in error, and submitted on printed argument by Mr. Britton […]