Category: 1879

100 U.S. 483 100 U.S. 483 100 U.S. 483 25 L.Ed. 628 HAUENSTEINv.LYNHAM. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. William L. Royall for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James G. Field, Attorney-General of Virginia, and […]

100 U.S. 491 100 U.S. 491 100 U.S. 491 25 L.Ed. 558 KIRTLANDv.HOTCHKISS. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Errors, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut. Charles W. Kirtland, a citizen of Connecticut, instituted this action for the purpose of restraining the enforcement of certain tax-warrants levied upon his real estate in the […]

100 U.S. 508 100 U.S. 508 100 U.S. 508 25 L.Ed. 631 UNITED STATESv.BOWEN. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Charles Bowen filed in the court below his petition alleging that the United States unlawfully withheld from him $270, being the amount due him from Sept. 13, 1876, when he was admitted […]

100 U.S. 47 100 U.S. 47 100 U.S. 47 25 L.Ed. 544 FAIRFIELDv.COUNTY OF GALLATIN. October Term, 1879 4. Where, therefore, pursuant to the authority conferred by a legislative enactment, such a donation was voted by a county in Illinois before the adoption of that Constitution, the donation may be thereafter completed by the issue […]

100 U.S. 434 100 U.S. 434 100 U.S. 434 25 L.Ed. 743 GUYv.BALTIMORE. October Term, 1879 Section 4 of an act of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1827, chapter 162, entitled ‘An Act to appoint State wharfingers in the city of Baltimore, and to authorize the collection of wharfage in certain cases in said […]

100 U.S. 446 100 U.S. 446 100 U.S. 446 25 L.Ed. 695 CASEv.BANK. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. This is an action by the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana against Frank F. Case, receiver of the Crescent City National Bank, to recover damages for […]

100 U.S. 457 100 U.S. 457 100 U.S. 457 25 L.Ed. 593 REMOVAL CASES.MEYERv.CONSTRUCTION COMPANY;CONSTRUCTION COMPANYv.MEYER;RAILROAD COMPANYv.MEYER. October Term, 1879 1 THE first case is here in error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. 2 The remaining cases are appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of […]

100 U.S. 399 100 U.S. 399 100 U.S. 399 25 L.Ed. 715 EX PARTE CLARKE. October Term, 1879 PETITION for writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. George Hoadly and Mr. Richard T. Merrick for the petitioner. The Attorney-General and Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra. MR. JUSTICE […]

100 U.S. 423 100 U.S. 423 100 U.S. 423 25 L.Ed. 688 PACKET COMPANYv.ST. LOUIS. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. James H. Davidson, for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Leverett Bell, […]

100 U.S. 43 100 U.S. 43 100 U.S. 43 25 L.Ed. 543 TILLSONv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1879 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. This was a suit brought by Robert Tillson & Co. against the United States. The Court of Claims found the following facts:——’I. The claimants and the defendants entered into the various contracts […]

100 U.S. 430 100 U.S. 430 100 U.S. 430 25 L.Ed. 690 VICKSBURGv.TOBIN. 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. Philip Phillips, for the plaintiff in error. Mr. W. B. Pittman, contra. MR. […]

100 U.S. 444 100 U.S. 444 100 U.S. 444 25 L.Ed. 735 PIERCEv.WADE. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Nelson Cobb for the plaintiffs in error. No counsel appeared for the defendant in […]

100 U.S. 339 100 U.S. 339 100 U.S. 339 25 L.Ed. 676 EX PARTE VIRGINIA. October Term, 1879 PETITION for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. James G. Field, Attorney-General of Virginia, and Mr. William J. Robertson for the petitioner. Mr. Attorney-General Devens and Mr. […]

100 U.S. 37 100 U.S. 37 100 U.S. 37 25 L.Ed. 541 MINING COMPANYv.TAYLOR. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada. This was an action of ejectment brought Dec. 23, 1874, by James D. Taylor against The Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company, to recover the […]

100 U.S. 371 100 U.S. 371 100 U.S. 371 25 L.Ed. 717 EX PARTE SIEBOLD. October Term, 1879 [Syllabus from pages 371-373 intentionally omitted] The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Bradley T. Johnson for the petitioners. The Attorney-General, contra. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The […]

100 U.S. 257 100 U.S. 257 100 U.S. 257 25 L.Ed. 648 TENNESSEEv.DAVIS. October Term, 1879 CERTIFICATE of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. James M. Davis, was, in the Circuit Court for Grundy County, in the State of Tennessee, indicted […]

100 U.S. 303 100 U.S. 303 100 U.S. 303 25 L.Ed. 664 STRAUDERv.WEST VIRGINIA. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Charles Devens and Mr. George O. Davenport for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Robert […]

100 U.S. 313 100 U.S. 313 100 U.S. 313 25 L.Ed. 667 VIRGINIAv.RIVES. October Term, 1879 PETITION for mandamus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. James G. Field, Attorney-General of Virginia, and Mr William J. Robertson for the petitioner. Mr. Charles Devens and Mr. W. Willoughby, contra. MR. JUSTICE STRONG […]

100 U.S. 33 100 U.S. 33 100 U.S. 33 25 L.Ed. 539 UNITED STATESv.HIRSCH. October Term, 1879 CERTIFICATE of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. An indictment, consisting of four counts, was found, Feb. 3, 1877, against Hiram Hirsch and […]

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. […]