Category: 1876

93 U.S. 24 93 U.S. 24 23 L.Ed. 789 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYv.STATHAM ET AL.SAMEv.SEYMS.MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYv.BUCK, EXECUTOR. October Term, 1876 THE first of these cases is here on appeal from, and the second and third on writs of error to, the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of […]

93 U.S. 241 93 U.S. 241 23 L.Ed. 862 SCHACKERv.HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. W. T. Burgess for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. George O. Ide for the defendant in […]

93 U.S. 209 93 U.S. 209 23 L.Ed. 849 SHERMANv.BUICK. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California. The plaintiff in error brought suit in the proper court of the State of California to recover possession of a part of section 36, township 5 south, range 1 east, Mount Diablo […]

93 U.S. 217 93 U.S. 217 23 L.Ed. 860 MORGANv.LOUISIANA. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. This was an action by the State of Louisiana against Morgan, to recover certain taxes. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The judgment below was in favor of […]

93 U.S. 225 93 U.S. 225 23 L.Ed. 878 GRANT, COLLECTOR,v.HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This action was brought by the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company against Henry A. Grant, collector of internal revenue for the […]

93 U.S. 18 93 U.S. 18 23 L.Ed. 787 EX PARTE PARKS. October Term, 1876 MR. WILLIAM GREEN presented the petition of Richard S. Parks praying for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition is set forth, and the facts in the case are stated, in the opinion of the court. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered […]

93 U.S. 188 93 U.S. 188 23 L.Ed. 846 UNITED STATESv.FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY, ETC. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This is a libel of information by the United States against forty-three gallons of whiskey, sundry peltries, and other goods and merchandise, seized […]

93 U.S. 199 93 U.S. 199 23 L.Ed. 829 OBERv.GALLAGHER. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Thompson purchased from Fleming, Jan. 15, 1867, a plantation situated partly in Prairie County and partly in Pulaski County, Ark., at the price of $60,000, to be […]

93 U.S. 155 93 U.S. 155 23 L.Ed. 843 KERRISON, ASSIGNEE,v.STEWART ET AL. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. Edwin L. Kerrison and Herman Leiding, of Charleston, S. C., May 1, 1867, conveyed to Charles Kerrison, in trust, the real estate in controversy […]

93 U.S. 163 93 U.S. 163 23 L.Ed. 858 TILTON ET AL.v.COFIELD ET AL. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Colorado. Argued by Mr. George T. Curtis and Mr. George H. Williams for the appellants, and submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Amos Steck for the appellees. MR. JUSTICE […]

93 U.S. 169 93 U.S. 169 23 L.Ed. 812 FRENCHv.FYAN ET AL. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Argued by Mr. D. T. Jewett for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Montgomery Blair for the defendants in error. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered […]

93 U.S. 174 93 U.S. 174 23 L.Ed. 872 BANK OF KENTUCKYv.ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.PLANTERS’ NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISVILLEv.ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. These are actions by the plaintiffs in error to recover the value of certain packages containing money, which, […]

93 U.S. 116 93 U.S. 116 23 L.Ed. 825 HOME INSURANCE COMPANYv.CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. A statute of the legislature of Georgia, to regulate insurance business and insurance agencies in the State of Georgia, passed March 19, 1869, enacts as follows:——’SECTION 1. […]

93 U.S. 124 93 U.S. 124 23 L.Ed. 826 COUNTY OF CALHOUN ET AL.v.AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Submitted on the record by Mr. James Grant for the appellants, and […]

93 U.S. 130 93 U.S. 130 23 L.Ed. 833 CLAFLINv.HOUSEMAN, ASSIGNEE. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. This action was brought in May, 1872, in the New York Supreme Court, county of Kings, by Julius Houseman, as assignee in bankruptcy of Comstock and Young, against Horace B. […]

93 U.S. 14 93 U.S. 14 23 L.Ed. 785 FULLER ET AL.v.CLAFLIN ET AL. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Benjamin T. Duval for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Isaac Dayton for the defendants in […]

93 U.S. 143 93 U.S. 143 23 L.Ed. 855 HENDRICKv.LINDSAY ET AL. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. In March, 1871, one Ballantine recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan against the […]

93 U.S. 150 93 U.S. 150 23 L.Ed. 840 O’HARA ET AL.v.MACCONNELL ET AL., ASSIGEES. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. J. W. Kirker for the appellants. […]

93 U.S. 1 93 U.S. 1 23 L.Ed. 781 HOGE, COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, ET AL.,v.RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, a stockholder in the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad Company, obtained a decree in […]

93 U.S. 108 93 U.S. 108 23 L.Ed. 822 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTYv.LUCAS, TREASURER. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. By an act of the legislature of Indiana, passed on the twelfth day of May, 1869, counties and townships in that State were authorized to aid […]