Category: 1878

99 U.S. 325 99 U.S. 325 25 L.Ed. 390 BANKv.PARTEE. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. Mr. William A. Maury for the appellants. No counsel appeared for the appellees. MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 In July, 1866, the […]

99 U.S. 291 99 U.S. 291 25 L.Ed. 324 MYRICKv.THOMPSON. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Surpeme Court of Minnesota. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. C. K. Davis for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. E. C. Palmer, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Lands […]

99 U.S. 298 99 U.S. 298 25 L.Ed. 473 PHELPSv.McDONALD. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was a bill filed Sept. 8, 1874, by Thomas J. Phelps against Augustine R. McDonald. By an amendment, William White was made a defendant. It alleges that McDonald was on his […]

99 U.S. 273 99 U.S. 273 25 L.Ed. 412 TRANSPORTATION COMPANYv.WHEELING. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia. This was an action of assumpsit brought for the recovery of the tax paid under protest to the city of Wheeling, by the Wheeling, Parkersburg, and Cincinnati Transportation […]

99 U.S. 286 99 U.S. 286 25 L.Ed. 352 TICEv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. J. W. Douglass for the appellants. The Solicitor-General, contra. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 By sect. 15 of an […]

99 U.S. 261 99 U.S. 261 25 L.Ed. 435 CAMPBELLv.RANKIN. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. J. Hubley Ashton and Mr. Nathaniel Wilson for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Richard T. Merrick, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered […]

99 U.S. 265 99 U.S. 265 25 L.Ed. 322 UNITED STATESv.PUGH. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. This was an action, broght by Walter Pugh against the United States, to recover the proceeds of certain property. The Court of Claims found the following facts:——1. In December, 1862, the claimant was in possession […]

99 U.S. 229 99 U.S. 229 25 L.Ed. 373 KINGv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Edward Bissell for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER […]

99 U.S. 235 99 U.S. 235 25 L.Ed. 339 FOSDICKv.SCHALL. October Term, 1878 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. 2 The Chicago, Danville, and Vincennes Railroad Company, an Illinois corporation, on the 10th of March, 1869, executed a mortgage to William R. Fosdick and James […]

99 U.S. 25 99 U.S. 25 25 L.Ed. 294 MILLSv.SCOTT. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Walter S. Chisholm for the plaintiff in error. Mr. A. T. Akerman for the defendant in […]

99 U.S. 256 99 U.S. 256 25 L.Ed. 344 FOSDICKv.CAR COMPANY. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Henry Crawford and Mr. Ashbel Green for the appellants. Mr. R. Biddle Roberts, contra. MR. […]

99 U.S. 258 99 U.S. 258 25 L.Ed. 344 HUIDEKOPERv.LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Henry Crawford and Mr. Ashbel Green for the appellants. Mr. R. Biddle Roberts, contra. MR. […]

99 U.S. 213 99 U.S. 213 25 L.Ed. 265 VANSANTv.GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. October Term, 1878 MOTION to dismiss for want of citation an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was a bill in chancery brought in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by John Vansant, and William A. Duncan, […]

99 U.S. 214 99 U.S. 214 25 L.Ed. 410 SUPERVISORSv.GALBRAITH. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the District Court of the United States for the District of Mississippi. This was an action brought by William B. Galbraith, a citizen of Tennessee, against the board of supervisors of Calhoun County, Mississippi, on certain bonds and coupons thereto […]

99 U.S. 221 99 U.S. 221 25 L.Ed. 321 FARRELLv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This action was brought April 12, 1872, on a bond bearing date June 13, 1870, executed by De Witt C. Farrell as principal, and Andrew W. […]

99 U.S. 225 99 U.S. 225 25 L.Ed. 273 UNITED STATESv.GLAB. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. This was a civil action, brought Oct. 24, 1874, to recover the penalty imposed for carrying on the business of a brewer without having paid the special […]

99 U.S. 20 99 U.S. 20 25 L.Ed. 314 HUSSEYv.SMITH. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. The act of March 2, 1867, entitled ‘An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands,’ approved March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 541), provides: Whenever […]

99 U.S. 201 99 U.S. 201 25 L.Ed. 431 GODDENv.KIMMELL. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued by Mr. James M. Johnston and Mr. John Scott for the appellant, and by Mr. Calderon Carlisle and […]

99 U.S. 188 99 U.S. 188 25 L.Ed. 473 KETCHUMv.BUCKLEY. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. In accordance with a special statute of Alabama, authorizing the appointment of a general administrator and general guardian for Mobile County, and for other purposes, approved Dec. 14, 1859, Wesley W. McGuire […]

99 U.S. 191 99 U.S. 191 25 L.Ed. 319 EXPRESS COMPANYv.RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina. This is a bill in equity, filed June 18, 1875, by the Southern Express Company, a corporation of Georgia, against the Western North Carolina […]