Category: 1876

94 U.S. 523 94 U.S. 523 24 L.Ed. 264 HYDEv.WOODS. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Edward B. Merrill for the plaintiff in error. No counsel appeared for the defendant in error. MR. […]

94 U.S. 493 94 U.S. 493 24 L.Ed. 146 CLARKv.HANCOCK. October Term, 1876 MOTION to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Mr. P. Phillips for the defendant in error, in support of the motion. Mr. Thomas J. Durant and Mr. C. W. Hornor, contra. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE […]

94 U.S. 494 94 U.S. 494 24 L.Ed. 146 THE ‘MARGARET.’ October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. William P. Lynde for the appellant. Mr. Alfred L. Cary, contra. MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered […]

94 U.S. 498 94 U.S. 498 24 L.Ed. 260 SUPERVISORSv.KENNICOTT. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. Argued by Mr. A. L. Knapp for the appellants. The court declined to hear further argument. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 […]

94 U.S. 50 94 U.S. 50 24 L.Ed. 64 DOYLEv.WISCONSIN. October Term, 1876 On motion to set aside proceedings in execution of a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin. On the fifteenth day of August, 1876, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin rendered a judgment ordering that ‘a peremptory writ of mandamus […]

94 U.S. 477 94 U.S. 477 24 L.Ed. 276 STARKv.STARR. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. This was a suit in equity, to restrain the defendant from enforcing a judgment recovered by him against the tenants of the complainant, for the possession of certain […]

94 U.S. 457 94 U.S. 457 24 L.Ed. 251 CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYv.SCHAEFER. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court. Mr. Edgar M. Johnson for the plaintiff in error. Mr. J. D. […]

94 U.S. 463 94 U.S. 463 24 L.Ed. 254 HOWELLv.WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Mr. A. S. Merrimon for the appellant. Mr. W. N. H. Smith, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The […]

94 U.S. 467 94 U.S. 467 24 L.Ed. 166 HINCKLEYv.GILMAN, CLINTON, AND SPRINGFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1876 MOTION to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. In the progress of a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage executed by the Gilman, Clinton, and […]

94 U.S. 469 94 U.S. 469 24 L.Ed. 256 MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY COMPANYv.KELLOGG. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. John W. Cary for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Myron H. Beach, […]

94 U.S. 429 94 U.S. 429 24 L.Ed. 129 MCCLUREv.TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This was an action by the plaintiff to recover upon twenty overdue interest coupons, detached from bonds held by him and issued by the defendant. The […]

94 U.S. 434 94 U.S. 434 24 L.Ed. 275 STEWARTv.SALAMON. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. Mr. Alexander H. Stephens for the appellants. Mr. P. Phillips and Mr. W. H. Phillips, contra. MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This […]

94 U.S. 437 94 U.S. 437 24 L.Ed. 176 NATIONAL BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTHv.MECHANICS’ NATIONAL BANK. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips for the plaintiff in error. Mr. William S. Opdyke, contra. MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of […]

94 U.S. 441 94 U.S. 441 24 L.Ed. 145 CONROv.CRANE. October Term, 1876 MOTION to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Fox & Howard were adjudged bankrupts by the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, June 5, 1875. Bradford Hancock was appointed […]

94 U.S. 455 94 U.S. 455 24 L.Ed. 165 EX PARTE SMITH. October Term, 1876 PETITION for a mandamus to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. Mr. S. P. Walker and Mr. Thomas H. Sneed, for the petitioners. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. […]

94 U.S. 405 94 U.S. 405 24 L.Ed. 232 GOULDv.DAY. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The action was on the case against Gould, the defendant in the court below, for selling lands, situated in the State of Michigan, under a power of […]

94 U.S. 415 94 U.S. 415 24 L.Ed. 164 PEOPLEv.COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. he relator, the Gallatin National Bank of the city of New York, was, prior to 1864, a State bank, incorporated under the general banking laws of […]

94 U.S. 418 94 U.S. 418 24 L.Ed. 165 EX PARTE LORING. October Term, 1876 PETITION for a mandamus to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This petition shows that at the June Term, 1874, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of […]

94 U.S. 419 94 U.S. 419 24 L.Ed. 249 SELDENv.EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Argued by Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Augustus Brandegee […]

94 U.S. 423 94 U.S. 423 24 L.Ed. 204 DAVISv.BROWN. October Term, 1876 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This action was against the defendants, as second indorsers of certain promissory notes, transferred by them to the Ocean National Bank of the city of New York. […]