Category: 1878

99 U.S. 624 99 U.S. 624 25 L.Ed. 333 COMMISSIONERSv.SELLEW. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Matt. H. Carpenter for the plaintiff in error. Mr. E. Stillings, Mr. L. B. Wheat, and Mr. […]

99 U.S. 593 99 U.S. 593 25 L.Ed. 399 ALVORDv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho. Motion to reinstate cause dismissed under Rule 16. Mr. J. W. Denver in support of the motion. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE announced the judgment of the court. 1 This application comes […]

99 U.S. 594 99 U.S. 594 25 L.Ed. 399 WHISKEY CASES.UNITED STATESv.FORD;UNITED STATESv.FORD;UNITED STATESv.ONE STILL;UNITED STATESv.FIFTY BARRELS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS;UNITED STATESv.THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN BARRELS OF WHISKEY;UNITED STATESv.FOUR HUNDRED BARRELS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS;UNITED STATESv.FOUR HUNDRED PACKAGES OF DISTILLED SPIRITS;UNITED STATESv.ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BARRELS OF WHISKEY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of […]

99 U.S. 582 99 U.S. 582 25 L.Ed. 331 UNITED STATESv.COUNTY OF MACON. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. The United States, on the relation of Alfred Huidekoper, filed, on the eighth day of May, 1875, a petition for a mandamus against the […]

99 U.S. 592 99 U.S. 592 25 L.Ed. 293 TERHUNEv.PHILLIPS. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was a bill in equity by Matthias Terhune against John Phillips and Wellington Phillips, praying for an injunction restraining them from using or vending, or in […]

99 U.S. 567 99 U.S. 567 25 L.Ed. 378 McBURNEYv.CARSON. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Edward McCrady for the appellants. Mr. James Lowndes and Mr. Clarence A. Seward, contra. MR. JUSTICE […]

99 U.S. 573 99 U.S. 573 25 L.Ed. 292 ELLIOTTv.RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This is an action of trespass on the case by the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company against William B. Elliott, collector of internal revenue for the first […]

99 U.S. 578 99 U.S. 578 25 L.Ed. 420 PENCEv.LANGDON. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. C. K. Davis for the plaintiff in error. Mr. William Lochren, contra. MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the […]

99 U.S. 513 99 U.S. 513 25 L.Ed. 460 JACKSONv.LUDELING.VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT, AND TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANYv.JACKSON. October Term, 1878 APPEALS from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. John A. Campbell and Mr. H. M. Spofford for Jackson. Mr. Jeremiah […]

99 U.S. 539 99 U.S. 539 25 L.Ed. 355 YULEEv.VOSE. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. This was a suit commenced Feb. 16, 1868, in the Supreme Court of New York, by Francis Vose against the Florida Railroad Company, David L. Yulee, Edward N. Dickerson, Marshall […]

99 U.S. 547 99 U.S. 547 25 L.Ed. 357 HARTELLv.TILGHMAN. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. William Henry Rawle and Mr. M. D. Connolly for the appellants. The court below had no […]

99 U.S. 560 99 U.S. 560 25 L.Ed. 484 COLBYv.REED. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Edwin H. Abbot for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Matt. H. Carpenter, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD […]

99 U.S. 493 99 U.S. 493 25 L.Ed. 481 CLARKv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Matt. H. Carpenter and Mr. John J. Weed for the appellant. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra. MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the […]

99 U.S. 496 99 U.S. 496 25 L.Ed. 330 SHERRYv.McKINLEY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. This is a bill filed by McKinley and others in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, and for the purposes of the case it was conceded that they were the owners […]

99 U.S. 499 99 U.S. 499 25 L.Ed. 330 WILSONv.SALAMANCA. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This was an action brought by William C. Wilson against Salamanca Township of Cherokee County, Kansas, on three hundred and twenty-one interest coupons detached from bonds, issued by […]

99 U.S. 505 99 U.S. 505 25 L.Ed. 354 GRIGSBYv.PURCELL. October Term, 1878 MOTION to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Linden Kent in support of the motion. Mr. George Hoadly and Mr. John […]

99 U.S. 508 99 U.S. 508 25 L.Ed. 482 UNITED STATESv.GERMAINE. October Term, 1878 On a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the United States. […]

99 U.S. 482 99 U.S. 482 25 L.Ed. 375 MONTGOMERYv.SAMORY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Thomas Hunton for the appellant. Mr. Philip Phillips and Mr. Henry C. Miller, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD […]

99 U.S. 491 99 U.S. 491 25 L.Ed. 292 UNITED STATESv.SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The Attorney-General and Mr. Joseph K. McCammon for the plaintiff in error. […]

99 U.S. 460 99 U.S. 460 25 L.Ed. 291 UNITED STATESv.DENVER PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The Attorney-General and Mr. Joseph K. McCammon for the appellant. Mr. John P. Usher and Mr. S. W. Sanderson, contra. MR. JUSTICE […]