Category: 1879

100 U.S. 24 100 U.S. 24 100 U.S. 24 25 L.Ed. 531 RAILROAD COMPANYv.FRALOFF. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Elliott F. Shepard for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James W. […]

100 U.S. 251 100 U.S. 251 100 U.S. 251 25 L.Ed. 626 TRENOUTHv.SAN FRANCISCO. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Walter Van Dyke for the plaintiff in error. Mr. S. M. Wilson, Mr. Edward Janin, and Mr. […]

100 U.S. 235 100 U.S. 235 100 U.S. 235 25 L.Ed. 645 UNITED STATESv.PERRYMAN. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the United States. Mr. Robert S. Davis, contra. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the […]

100 U.S. 213 100 U.S. 213 100 U.S. 213 25 L.Ed. 612 HOUGHv.RAILWAY COMPANY. October Term, 1879 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. Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. James Turner for the plaintiff in error, […]

100 U.S. 226 100 U.S. 226 100 U.S. 226 25 L.Ed. 577 CRAIGv.SMITH. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued for the appellant by Mr. Charles S. Whitman, and for the […]

100 U.S. 149 100 U.S. 149 100 U.S. 149 25 L.Ed. 573 CLARKv.TRUST COMPANY. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The cause was argued by Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. J. D. Bigelow for the appellant, and by […]

100 U.S. 153 100 U.S. 153 100 U.S. 153 25 L.Ed. 591 HINCKLEYv.RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. G. W. Kretzinger for the appellant. Mr. R. Biddle Roberts for the […]

100 U.S. 158 100 U.S. 158 100 U.S. 158 25 L.Ed. 632 DOWv.JOHNSON. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued by The Attorney-General and Mr. E. B. Smith, Assistant Attorney-General, for […]

100 U.S. 195 100 U.S. 195 100 U.S. 195 25 L.Ed. 621 SAVINGS BANKv.WARD. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. R. Ross Perry for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Joseph H. Bradley and Mr. John J. Johnson […]

100 U.S. 208 100 U.S. 208 100 U.S. 208 25 L.Ed. 603 PHILLIPSv.MOORE. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas. This was an action by Moore against Phillips and Hancock to recover possession of a tract of land in Texas. There was a finding […]

100 U.S. 124 100 U.S. 124 100 U.S. 124 25 L.Ed. 554 HATCHv.OIL COMPANY. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The Standard Oil Company of Cleveland brought replevin against Alonzo S. Hatch for a quantity of staves whereof it claimed to be the […]

100 U.S. 13 100 U.S. 13 100 U.S. 13 25 L.Ed. 538 EX PARTE REED. October Term, 1879 1 MR. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL presented the following petition of Alvin R. Reed for a writ of habeas corpus:—— 2 ‘To the Supreme Court of the United States: 3 ‘The petition of Alvin R. Reed, of Medford, […]

100 U.S. 138 100 U.S. 138 100 U.S. 138 25 L.Ed. 574 BROWNSVILLEv.CAVAZOS. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Thomas J. Durant for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James R. Cox for […]

100 U.S. 145 100 U.S. 145 100 U.S. 145 25 L.Ed. 590 MOOREv.SIMONDS. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. Motion to dismiss the appeal and to affirm the decree below. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Richard De Gray […]

100 U.S. 147 100 U.S. 147 100 U.S. 147 25 L.Ed. 591 PAVING COMPANYv.MULFORD. October Term, 1879 MOTION to dismiss an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. A. S. Worthington in support of the motion. Mr. William A. Cook, contra. […]

100 U.S. 113 100 U.S. 113 100 U.S. 113 25 L.Ed. 587 LANSDALEv.DANIELS. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California. The facts and the assignment of errors are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Rodney Mason for the plaintiff in error. Mr W. W. Cope and Mr. […]

100 U.S. 119 100 U.S. 119 100 U.S. 119 25 L.Ed. 571 UNITED STATESv.CURTIS.CURTISv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was an action of debt, brought by the United States on a joint and several bond in the penal sum of $20,000, […]

100 U.S. 1 100 U.S. 1 100 U.S. 1 25 L.Ed. 529 EX PARTE FRENCH. October Term, 1879 PETITION for a mandamus against the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. Upon the showing made by French in his petition, it appears that he brought a suit in ejectment in the […]

100 U.S. 104 100 U.S. 104 100 U.S. 104 25 L.Ed. 527 RICKERv.POWELL. 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. Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Melville W. Fuller and Mr. W. C. Goudy […]

100 U.S. 110 100 U.S. 110 100 U.S. 110 25 L.Ed. 547 ELASTIC FABRICS COMPANYv.SMITH. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This is a bill in equity, filed Nov. 19, 1868, by William Smith against the Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company, wherein he alleges that […]