Category: 1880

102 U.S. 426 102 U.S. 426 102 U.S. 426 26 L.Ed. 189 McELRATHv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1880 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. On the 5th of June, 1866, Thomas L. McElrath transmitted to the Secretary of the Navy his resignation as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. By an official communication from the […]

102 U.S. 442 102 U.S. 442 102 U.S. 442 26 L.Ed. 193 SWIFTv.SMITH. October Term, 1880 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. William C. Goudy for the appellants. Mr. William T. Burgess and Mr. Van […]

102 U.S. 451 102 U.S. 451 102 U.S. 451 26 L.Ed. 141 PENNSYLVANIA COMPANYv.ROY. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. J. T. Brooks and Mr. George Willard for the plaintiff in error. […]

102 U.S. 461 102 U.S. 461 102 U.S. 461 26 L.Ed. 217 HALLv.LAW. October Term, 1880 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. James C. Denny and Mr. Charles E. Marsh for the appellants. Mr. Asa Iglehart […]

102 U.S. 467 102 U.S. 467 102 U.S. 467 26 L.Ed. 220 WALKERv.REISTER. October Term, 1880 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. Nathaniel Myers for the appellant. Mr. James O. Broadhead, contra. MR. JUSTICE MILLER […]

102 U.S. 375 102 U.S. 375 102 U.S. 375 26 L.Ed. 214 DENSMOREv.SCOFIELD. October Term, 1880 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. J. C. Clayton and Mr. A. Q. Keasbey for the appellants. Mr. George […]

102 U.S. 378 102 U.S. 378 102 U.S. 378 26 L.Ed. 167 UNITED STATESv.SCHURZ. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This is a petition for a mandamus, filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Oct. 11, 1879. It alleges that the relator, Thomas McBride, was, […]

102 U.S. 408 102 U.S. 408 102 U.S. 408 26 L.Ed. 184 MANUFACTURING COMPANYv.LADD. October Term, 1880 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. John S. Abbott and Mr. Henry W. Boardman for the appellant. Mr. Charles […]

102 U.S. 415 102 U.S. 415 102 U.S. 415 26 L.Ed. 187 DANIELSv.TEARNEY. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, State of West Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Daniel B. Lucas for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Charles J. Faulkner, contra. MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE […]

102 U.S. 422 102 U.S. 422 102 U.S. 422 26 L.Ed. 216 UNITED STATESv.KNOX. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Thomas J. Durant and Mr. Charles W. Hornor for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles Case, contra. […]

102 U.S. 333 102 U.S. 333 102 U.S. 333 26 L.Ed. 113 HUNNICUTTv.PEYTON. October Term, 1880 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. 2 This was an action brought by Bailie Peyton and others against Hunnicutt and others to recover possession of a tract of land […]

102 U.S. 318 102 U.S. 318 102 U.S. 318 26 L.Ed. 180 LANAHANv.SEARS. October Term, 1880 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. This was a suit in equity by James E. Sears and Clara Sears, against Samuel J. Lanahan. The case made by the bill is, […]

102 U.S. 322 102 U.S. 322 102 U.S. 322 26 L.Ed. 181 CLARKv.UNITED STATES. October Term, 1880 1 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. 2 This is a suit by James S. Clark and Edward Fulton, partners under the name and style of J. S. Clark & Co., to recover from the United States the […]

102 U.S. 370 102 U.S. 370 102 U.S. 370 26 L.Ed. 121 DRAPERv.DAVIS. October Term, 1880 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. William A. Meloy moved for a writ of supersedeas. Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The final decree in this cause was rendered […]

102 U.S. 372 102 U.S. 372 102 U.S. 372 26 L.Ed. 213 UNITED STATESv.ATHERTON. October Term, 1880 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 J. Johnston and Mr. James K. Redington for the appellant. No counsel […]

102 U.S. 273 102 U.S. 273 102 U.S. 273 26 L.Ed. 152 RAILROAD COMPANYv.COUNTY OF HAMBLEN. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. This was an action brought by the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad Company, against the County of Hamblen, Tennessee. The question at issue was as […]

102 U.S. 278 102 U.S. 278 102 U.S. 278 26 L.Ed. 138 BUCHANANv.LITCHFIELD. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This was an action of assumpsit, brought Nov. 25, 1876, by Alexander Buchanan against the City of Litchfield, Illinois, to recover the amount of […]

102 U.S. 294 102 U.S. 294 102 U.S. 294 26 L.Ed. 153 LOUISIANAv.WOOD. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Upon the facts found by the court below this case is as follows:—— The city of Louisiana, Missouri, had authority in law to borrow […]

102 U.S. 300 102 U.S. 300 102 U.S. 300 26 L.Ed. 87 SIMSv.EVERHARDT. October Term, 1880 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. This case shows that the complainant was married July 14, 1844, to John B. Sims. She was then a minor less than seventeen years old, […]

102 U.S. 314 102 U.S. 314 102 U.S. 314 26 L.Ed. 179 HAWLEYv.UPTION. October Term, 1880 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. This is an action brought July 25, 1873, by Clark W. Upton, assignee in bankruptcy of the Great Western Insurance Company of Chicago, Ill., to […]