Category: 1878

98 U.S. 440 98 U.S. 440 25 L.Ed. 198 THE ‘ABBOTSFORD.’ 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. Morton P. Henry for the ‘Abbotsford.’ Mr. Henry Flanders and Mr. James B. Roney, contra. […]

98 U.S. 447 98 U.S. 447 25 L.Ed. 192 UNITED STATESv.BENECKE. October Term, 1878 CERTIFICATE of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the United States. Mr. […]

98 U.S. 450 98 U.S. 450 25 L.Ed. 193 UNITED STATESv.IRVINE. October Term, 1878 CERTIFICATE of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the United States. No […]

98 U.S. 433 98 U.S. 433 25 L.Ed. 209 CARRv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. William Matthews for the appellant. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion […]

98 U.S. 410 98 U.S. 410 25 L.Ed. 164 SCULLv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. This is an appeal from a decree dismissing, on demurrer, the bill of the complainants, who, with the exception of one, their alienee, claim to be […]

98 U.S. 424 98 U.S. 424 25 L.Ed. 167 UNITED STATESv.BALTIMORE. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The Solicitor-General for the United States. Mr. Edward Janin, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of […]

98 U.S. 425 98 U.S. 425 25 L.Ed. 191 FOSTERv.MORA. October Term, 1878 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. Edmond L. Goold for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. John T. Doyle, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered […]

98 U.S. 428 98 U.S. 428 25 L.Ed. 251 UNITED STATESv.PEROT. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The Solicitor-General for the United States. Mr. Thomas J. Durant and Mr. C. W. Hornor, contra. MR. […]

98 U.S. 366 98 U.S. 366 25 L.Ed. 201 CLEVELAND INSURANCE COMPANYv.GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. October Term, 1878 MOTION to dismiss a writ of 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. Jacob D. Cox and Mr. John […]

98 U.S. 381 98 U.S. 381 25 L.Ed. 225 UNITED STATESv.NEW ORLEANS. October Term, 1878 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. 2 This was a petition presented in April, 1876, by Morris Ranger, the relator, for a writ of mandamus to compel the city of New […]

98 U.S. 398 98 U.S. 398 25 L.Ed. 231 RAILROAD COMPANYv.GRANT. October Term, 1878 MOTION to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This is a writ of error sued out by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, the defendant below, on the 6th of December, 1875, to […]

98 U.S. 403 98 U.S. 403 25 L.Ed. 206 BOOM COMPANYv.PATTERSON. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiff is a corporation created by the laws of Minnesota, known as the Mississippi and Rum River Boom Company, and the defendant is a citizen of […]

98 U.S. 315 98 U.S. 315 25 L.Ed. 139 BLAKEv.HAWKINS. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. George Pollock, who was seised and possessed of a large estate, consisting of lands, slaves, and personal effects, died in 1839. He devised and bequeathed it […]

98 U.S. 332 98 U.S. 332 25 L.Ed. 110 BANKv.McVEIGH. October Term, 1878 MOTION to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. The Bank of the Old Dominion sued the makers, and W. N. McVeigh, the indorser, of certain promissory notes which were payable at that […]

98 U.S. 334 98 U.S. 334 25 L.Ed. 198 UNITED STATESv.BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the appellant. Mr. J. M. Woolworth for […]

98 U.S. 343 98 U.S. 343 25 L.Ed. 180 UNITED STATESv.HALL. October Term, 1878 CERTIFICATE of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the United States. Mr. […]

98 U.S. 359 98 U.S. 359 25 L.Ed. 185 RAILROAD COMPANYv.GEORGIA. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. This case came before the Superior Court for Fulton County, Georgia, on an ‘affidavit of illegality’ filed by the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company in regard to an execution for taxes […]

98 U.S. 31 98 U.S. 31 25 L.Ed. 68 BATESv.COE. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. James Moore for the appellant. Mr. E. E. Wood, contra. MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion […]

98 U.S. 266 98 U.S. 266 25 L.Ed. 124 BECKWITHv.BEAN. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Vermont. The case was argued by The Attorney-General and The Solicitor-General for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. E. J. Phelps for the defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE […]

98 U.S. 308 98 U.S. 308 25 L.Ed. 108 LITTLE ROCKv.NATIONAL BANK. October Term, 1878 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This was an action brought by the Merchants’ National Bank of Little Rock, Ark., against the city of Little Rock. The first count of the […]