Category: 1879

101 U.S. 320 101 U.S. 320 101 U.S. 320 25 L.Ed. 955 SMITHv.AYER.SMITHv.NATIONAL BANK. October Term, 1879 APPEALS from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The first case was argued by Mr. H. G. Miller and Mr. T. […]

101 U.S. 332 101 U.S. 332 101 U.S. 332 25 L.Ed. 1024 WATER-METER COMPANYv.DESPER. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Andrew McCallum for the appellant. Mr. J. E. Maynadier, contra. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY […]

101 U.S. 34 101 U.S. 34 101 U.S. 34 25 L.Ed. 948 ARTHURv.DODGE. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Between Aug. 28 and Oct. 18, 1874, Dodge and his partners, constituting the firm of Phelps, Dodge, & Co., imported into the port […]

101 U.S. 347 101 U.S. 347 101 U.S. 347 25 L.Ed. 853 CRESWELLv.LANAHAN. October Term, 1879 APPEALS from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, and John A. J. Crewell and others, its commissioners, filed, June 26, 1875, two bills in equity in the court below against Thomas […]

101 U.S. 301 101 U.S. 301 101 U.S. 301 25 L.Ed. 954 FLEITASv.COCKREM. October Term, 1879 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. Charles Case and Mr. Robert Mott for the plaintiff in error. Mr. William Grant, […]

101 U.S. 306 101 U.S. 306 101 U.S. 306 25 L.Ed. 999 KETCHUMv.ST. LOUIS. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Melville C. Day and Mr. James O. Broadhead for the appellants. Mr. […]

101 U.S. 337 101 U.S. 337 101 U.S. 337 25 L.Ed. 960 RAILROAD COMPANYv.TENNESSEE. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Submitted on printed briefs by Mr. Benjamin J. Lea, Attorney-General of Tennessee, and Mr. J. B. Heiskell, for […]

101 U.S. 263 101 U.S. 263 101 U.S. 263 25 L.Ed. 809 WESTv.SMITH. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. C. E. Perkins for the plaintiff in error. Mr. A. P. Hyde, contra. MR. […]

101 U.S. 274 101 U.S. 274 101 U.S. 274 25 L.Ed. 790 BRODERv.WATER COMPANY. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California. The facts of the case and the legislation bearing upon them are set out in the opinion of the court. Mr. John H. McKune for the plaintiff in […]

101 U.S. 278 101 U.S. 278 101 U.S. 278 25 L.Ed. 845 GREENLEAFv.GOODRICH. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Charles Levi Woodbury for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra. MR. […]

101 U.S. 285 101 U.S. 285 101 U.S. 285 25 L.Ed. 785 JEFFREYv.MORAN. 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. S. T. Crawford and Mr. Thomas S. Young for the appellant. Mr. M. […]

101 U.S. 289 101 U.S. 289 101 U.S. 289 25 L.Ed. 932 PACIFIC RAILROADv.KETCHUM. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This case presents the following facts:—— On the 10th of July, 1875, the Pacific Railroad, a Missouri corporation, mortgaged its road and other […]

101 U.S. 260 101 U.S. 260 101 U.S. 260 25 L.Ed. 910 SIMMONSv.WAGNER. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. A. L. Knapp for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles P. Wise for […]

101 U.S. 231 101 U.S. 231 101 U.S. 231 25 L.Ed. 797 MAYv.SLOAN. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Samuel Field Phillips for the appellant. Mr. Charles N. West for the appellee. […]

101 U.S. 240 101 U.S. 240 101 U.S. 240 25 L.Ed. 850 BANK OF AMERICAv.BANKS. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. W. B. Pittman for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James R. […]

101 U.S. 247 101 U.S. 247 101 U.S. 247 25 L.Ed. 826 WATTv.STARKE. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. John A. Meredith for the appellant. Mr. Robert Ould for the appellee. MR. […]

101 U.S. 256 101 U.S. 256 101 U.S. 256 25 L.Ed. 865 LEGGETTv.AVERY. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. M. D. Leggett for the appellants. Mr. John E. Hatch, contra. MR. JUSTICE […]

101 U.S. 219 101 U.S. 219 101 U.S. 219 25 L.Ed. 789 GAS COMPANYv.PITTSBURGH. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. This was a suit brought by the Pittsburgh Gas Company against the city of Pittsburgh, to recover certain moneys paid by the company to the United States. That […]

101 U.S. 22 101 U.S. 22 101 U.S. 22 25 L.Ed. 989 MISSOURIv.LEWIS. October Term, 1879 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. 2 This writ of error was brought by the State of Missouri, on the relation of Frank J. Bowman, to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of […]

101 U.S. 223 101 U.S. 223 101 U.S. 223 25 L.Ed. 840 POLLARDv.RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. This was an action of assumpsit by Jerome B. Pollard, a citizen of Illinois, against the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, a […]