101 U.S. 99 101 U.S. 99 101 U.S. 99 25 L.Ed. 841 BAKERv.SELDEN. October Term, 1879 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. Alphonso Taft and Mr. H. P. Lloyd for the appellant. Mr. C. W. […]
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101 U.S. 93
101 U.S. 93 101 U.S. 93 101 U.S. 93 25 L.Ed. 794 BASTv.BANK. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. F. W. Hughes for the plaintiff in error. Mr. R. M. Schick and […]
101 U.S. 98
101 U.S. 98 101 U.S. 98 101 U.S. 98 25 L.Ed. 860 RAILROAD COMPANYv.WHITE. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. H. M. Teller for the plaintiff in error. Mr. John Q. Charles, contra. […]
101 U.S. 822
101 U.S. 822 101 U.S. 822 101 U.S. 822 25 L.Ed. 836 UNITED STATESv.CLAMORGAN.CLAMORGANv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1879 APPEALS from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This was a suit for lands in Missouri, brought against the United States by parties claiming under James Clamorgan, who presented his […]
101 U.S. 832
101 U.S. 832 101 U.S. 832 101 U.S. 832 25 L.Ed. 973 RAILROAD COMPANYv.ALABAMA. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. The Revised Code of Alabama contains the following provisions:—— ‘SECT. 2534. State may be sued by citizens, or domestic corporations. A citizen of this State, or a domestic […]
101 U.S. 836
101 U.S. 836 101 U.S. 836 101 U.S. 836 25 L.Ed. 1009 RAILROAD COMPANYv.TURRILL. October Term, 1879 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. Enoch Totten and Mr. George Payson for the appellants. The court declined […]
101 U.S. 837
101 U.S. 837 101 U.S. 837 101 U.S. 837 25 L.Ed. 1081 HOWARDv.RAILWAY COMPANY. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This is an action of ejectment brought by Charles Howard against the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, to recover certain parcels of […]
101 U.S. 87
101 U.S. 87 101 U.S. 87 101 U.S. 87 25 L.Ed. 878 EMPIREv.DARLINGTON. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. Under the provisions of an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved Feb. 28, 1867, and in conformity to the result of a popular […]
101 U.S. 789
101 U.S. 789 101 U.S. 789 101 U.S. 789 25 L.Ed. 805 POWERSv.COMLY. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This suit was brought by Powers & Weightman, of Philadelphia, against the collector of that port to recover the additional duty of ten per […]
101 U.S. 791
101 U.S. 791 101 U.S. 791 101 U.S. 791 25 L.Ed. 921 WRIGHTv.NAGLE. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Fillmore Beall and Mr. O. A. Lochrane for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Joel Branham, contra. MR. CHIEF […]
101 U.S. 797
101 U.S. 797 101 U.S. 797 101 U.S. 797 25 L.Ed. 1021 TRENIERv.STEWART. October Term, 1879 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. 2 This was an action of ejectment brought by the defendants in error in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, for the recovery of a parcel of […]
101 U.S. 810
101 U.S. 810 101 U.S. 810 101 U.S. 810 25 L.Ed. 875 DUNCANv.GEGAN. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. Elam Bowman executed, Feb. 2, 1855, a mortgage in favor of Stephen Duncan on Waver Tree plantation, consisting of three thousand four hundred acres of […]
101 U.S. 814
101 U.S. 814 101 U.S. 814 101 U.S. 814 25 L.Ed. 1079 STONEv.MISSISSIPPI. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. The legislature of Mississippi passed an act, approved Feb. 16, 1867, entitled ‘An Act incorporating the Mississippi Agricultural and Manufacturing Aid Society.’ Its provisions, so far as they bear […]
101 U.S. 745
101 U.S. 745 101 U.S. 745 101 U.S. 745 25 L.Ed. 1040 GODDARDv.ORDWAY. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Walter D. Davidge and Mr. A. S. Worthington for the appellant. Mr. Richard D. Merrick and Mr. Martin […]
101 U.S. 755
101 U.S. 755 101 U.S. 755 101 U.S. 755 25 L.Ed. 915 WOLSEYv.CHAPMAN. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued by Mr. Galusha Parsons for the appellants, and by Mr. George […]
101 U.S. 773
101 U.S. 773 101 U.S. 773 101 U.S. 773 25 L.Ed. 925 LITCHFIELDv.COUNTY OF WEBSTER.COUNTY OF WEBSTERv.LITCHFIELD. October Term, 1879 APPEALS from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. Litchfield filed, Sept. 29, 1873, his bill of complaint against the county of Webster, Iowa, and Hutchinson, its treasurer, seeking to […]
101 U.S. 781
101 U.S. 781 101 U.S. 781 101 U.S. 781 LITCHFIELDv.HAMILTON COUNTY. October Term, 1879 1 —In Litchfield v. County of Hamilton, error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, which was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. George G. Wright for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Daniel D. Chase for the […]
101 U.S. 782
101 U.S. 782 101 U.S. 782 101 U.S. 782 25 L.Ed. 1044 YOUNGv.BRADLEY. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. William A. Bradley, of the city of Washington, died in 1867, leaving a last will and testament, as follows:—— ‘I, William A. Bradley, of the city of Washington, being […]
101 U.S. 711
101 U.S. 711 101 U.S. 711 101 U.S. 711 25 L.Ed. 872 EX PARTE RAILWAY COMPANY. October Term, 1879 PETITION for mandamus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued by Mr. Roscoe Conkling and Mr. Samuel Shellabarger for the petitioner, and by Mr. Sidney Bartlett and Mr. George […]
101 U.S. 731
101 U.S. 731 101 U.S. 731 101 U.S. 731 25 L.Ed. 816 STEWARTv.PLATT. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This is an appeal from a decree whereby the distribution of a fund in court was ordered, and certain conveyances of real estate […]