Category: 1877

97 U.S. 96 97 U.S. 96 24 L.Ed. 977 COUNTY OF WARRENv.MARCY. October Term, 1877 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was an action brought in the court below by George O. Marcy, the defendant in error, against the County of Warren, to recover the […]

97 U.S. 697 97 U.S. 697 24 L.Ed. 1091 RAILROAD COMPANIESv.GAINES. October Term, 1878 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. 2 This was a suit in equity commenced in the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, by three railroad companies, the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, the Mobile and Ohio […]

97 U.S. 7 97 U.S. 7 24 L.Ed. 942 RUBBER-COATED HARNESS-TRIMMING COMPANYv.WELLING. October Term, 1877 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. J. C. Clayton and Mr. H. Q. Keasley for the appellants. Mr. Frederic H. […]

97 U.S. 80 97 U.S. 80 24 L.Ed. 971 GRANTv.NATIONAL BANK. October Term, 1877 Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This case arises upon a bill in equity, filed by Charles E. Grant, assignee in bankruptcy of John S. Miller, to set aside a mortgage, or […]

97 U.S. 83 97 U.S. 83 24 L.Ed. 933 COUNTY OF BATESv.WINTERS. October Term, 1877 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. The county of Bates, in the State of Missouri, brought this writ of error to reverse a judgment rendered against it in favor of Jonathan […]

97 U.S. 92 97 U.S. 92 24 L.Ed. 970 ELDRIDGEv.HILL. October Term, 1877 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Matt. H. Carpenter for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. E. W. Keightley, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER […]

97 U.S. 68 97 U.S. 68 24 L.Ed. 967 SHILLABERv.ROBINSON. October Term, 1877 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. The original transaction, which gave rise to the present suit, was a sale by John Shillaber of about three thousand acres of land, in the State […]

97 U.S. 682 97 U.S. 682 24 L.Ed. 1114 INSURANCE COMPANYv.LEWIS. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Everett W. Pattison for the plaintiff in error. Mr. J. D. S. Dryden, contra. MR. […]

97 U.S. 687 97 U.S. 687 24 L.Ed. 1098 MATTINGLYv.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Richard T. Merrick and Mr. T. A. Lambert for the appellant. Mr. A. G. Riddle, contra. MR. JUSTICE […]

97 U.S. 693 97 U.S. 693 24 L.Ed. 1101 RUCHv.ROCK ISLAND. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Submitted by Mr. Charles B. Waite for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. W. C. […]

97 U.S. 659 97 U.S. 659 24 L.Ed. 1036 FERTILIZING COMPANYv.HYDE PARK. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. The Northwestern Fertilizing Company, a corporation created by an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved March 8, 1867, filed its bill in equity to restrain the village of Hyde […]

97 U.S. 652 97 U.S. 652 24 L.Ed. 1063 BARNEYv.DOLPH. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. Ejectment by Dolph against Barney, for certain land in Polk County, Oregon, on which John Waymire, a married man, settled, under sect. 4 of the Donation Act of Sept. 27, 1850 (9 […]

97 U.S. 646 97 U.S. 646 24 L.Ed. 1057 ROBERTSONv.CEASE. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Halbert E. Paine for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Philip Phillips, contra. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered […]

97 U.S. 628 97 U.S. 628 24 L.Ed. 1086 DAVIEv.BRIGGS. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina. The history of this litigation is substantially as follows:—— The land, containing about two hundred acres, the proceeds of which are involved in this suit was […]

97 U.S. 642 97 U.S. 642 24 L.Ed. 1035 STACEYv.EMERY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Robert McPhail Smith for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Assistant-Attorney-General Smith, contra. MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered […]

97 U.S. 624 97 U.S. 624 24 L.Ed. 1027 HOWLANDv.BLAKE. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued by Mr. D. G. Hooker for the appellant, and by Mr. John T. […]

97 U.S. 575 97 U.S. 575 24 L.Ed. 1130 HOSMERv.WALLACE. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of California. This was a suit to charge the defendant, as trustee of certain land in California, and to compel him to transfer the title to the plaintiff. The District Court of the State, in which it […]

97 U.S. 581 97 U.S. 581 24 L.Ed. 1085 NEWCOMBv.WOOD. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. Nov. 1, 1872, John Wood, assignee in bankruptcy of Philip E. Robertson, filed his petition in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District […]

97 U.S. 584 97 U.S. 584 24 L.Ed. 1009 GAUSSENv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. This is an action by the United States against Bessie Elgee Gaussen, executrix of John K. Elgee, deceased, who was one of the sureties on the official […]

97 U.S. 594 97 U.S. 594 24 L.Ed. 1018 FORDv.SURGET. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. Ford filed his complaint against Surget in the Circuit Court of Adams County, Mississippi, on the 2d of October, 1866, alleging that he, ‘at his plantation in said county, on the fifth […]