Category: 1896

161 U.S. 85 16 S.Ct. 483 40 L.Ed. 626 SMITHv.UNITED STATES. No. 608. March 2, 1896. This was an indictment in the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of Arkansas for the murder, at the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian country, on September 27, 1894, of John Welch, a negro, and […]

161 U.S. 91 16 S.Ct. 493 40 L.Ed. 628 UNION PAC. RY. CO.v.CALLAGHAN. No. 271. March 2, 1896. This was an action brought by James Callaghan against the Union Pacific Railway Company in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Colorado, to recover damages for injuries received by him through the […]

161 U.S. 646 16 S.Ct. 705 40 L.Ed. 838 PEARSALLv.GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO. No. 768. March 30, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 646-648 intentionally omitted] This was a bill in equity filed by Pearsall, a stockholder in the Great Northern Railway, against the company, which is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the […]

161 U.S. 65 16 S.Ct. 497 40 L.Ed. 619 FRANCEv.CONNOR et al. No. 68. March 2, 1896. This was a petition for the assignment and setting off of dower in lands in the county of Carbon and territory of Wyoming, filed April 1, 1889, in the district court for that county, and alleging that the […]

161 U.S. 677 16 S.Ct. 714 40 L.Ed. 849 LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO.v.COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY et al. No. 722. March 30, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 677-679 intentionally omitted] This was a bill in equity, styled a ‘petition,’ originally filed by the commonwealth of Kentucky against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company (hereinafter called the […]

161 U.S. 72 16 S.Ct. 554 40 L.Ed. 622 BALLv.HALSELL. No. 471. March 2, 1896. This was an action brought August 18, 1893, in the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Texas, by Thomas Ball, a citizen of the state of Virginia, against Julia F. Halsell, a citizen of the […]

161 U.S. 591 16 S.Ct. 644 40 L.Ed. 819 BROWNv.WALKER. No. 765. March 23, 1896. This was an appeal from an order of the circuit court, made upon the return of a writ of habeas corpus, remanding the petitioner, Brown, to the custody of the marshal, the respondent in this case. 70 Fed. 46. It […]

161 U.S. 639 16 S.Ct. 694 40 L.Ed. 835 SOUTHWORTHv.UNITED STATES. No. 652. March 23, 1896. Geo. A. King and Lewis Abraham, for appellant. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dodge, for the United States. Mr. Justice BREWER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 On December 16, 1878, the testator of plaintiff filed his petition in the […]

161 U.S. 642 16 S.Ct. 693 40 L.Ed. 837 OWENSv.McCLOSKEY. No. 143. March 30, 1896. June 17, 1861, judgment was entered on a bond and warrant of attorney, dated March 1, 1861, for $10,000, conditioned for the payment of $5,000 on the 2d day of March, 1861, with interest, in favor of Bernard Owens against […]

161 U.S. 573 16 S.Ct. 663 40 L.Ed. 812 GILDERSLEEVEv.NEW MEXICO MIN. No. 89. March 16, 1896. The relief sought by appellant in the lower court was to have the New Mexico Mining Company, to whom certain letters patent were issued by the United States for a Mexican mining grant, declared a trustee for his […]

161 U.S. 583 16 S.Ct. 611 40 L.Ed. 816 POSTv.UNITED STATES. No. 694. March 23, 1896. At June term, 1894, of the district court for the district of Minnesota, held at St. Paul, in the Third division of the district, the grand jury for the district presented, on July 20, 1894, two indictments against George […]

161 U.S. 588 16 S.Ct. 610 40 L.Ed. 817 ROUSEv.HORNSBY. No. 706. March 23, 1896. James Hagerman and T. N. Sedgwick, for plaintiff in error. Nelson Case, for defendant in error. Mr., chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The Mercantile Trust Company, a corporation of New York, filed its bill against […]

161 U.S. 57 16 S.Ct. 488 40 L.Ed. 616 HARRISON et al.v.FORTLAGE et al. No. 14. March 2, 1896. This was an action of assumpsit, brought April 22, 1890, in the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, by Hermann Fortlage and others, aliens, partners under the name of A. […]

161 U.S. 545 16 S.Ct. 621 40 L.Ed. 802 ST. LOUIS & S. F. RY. CO.v.JAMES. No. 242. March 2, 1896. On December 24, 1892, Etta James, defendant in error, brought this action in the circuit court for the Western district of Arkansas, against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, plaintiff in error, […]

161 U.S. 502 16 S.Ct. 689 40 L.Ed. 787 ORNELAS, Consul,v.RUIZ et al. No. 622. March 16, 1896. Habeas corpus proceedings by Inez Ruiz, Jesus Guerra, and Juan Duque. From a judgment discharging said petitioners, Plutarco Ornelas appeals. Reversed. On complaints made by Plutarco Ornelas, consul of the republic of Nexico, charging Juan Duque, Inez […]

161 U.S. 513 16 S.Ct. 637 40 L.Ed. 791 DUSHANEv.BEALL. No. 134. March 16, 1896. Attachment execution by Alpheus Beall against Abraham O. Tinstman, with clause of scire facias to the Pittsburgh & Connellsville R ilroad Company, as garnishee. Joshua M. Dushane, as assignee in bankruptcy of defendant, Tinstman, intervened. From a judgment affirming a […]

161 U.S. 519 16 S.Ct. 600 40 L.Ed. 793 GEERv.STATE OF CONNECTICUT. No. 87. March 2, 1896. Information by the state of Connecticut against Edward M. Geer for violation of the game law. A conviction was affirmed by the supreme court of errors of the state, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. The statutes of the […]

161 U.S. 52 16 S.Ct. 487 40 L.Ed. 613 In re EMBLEN. No. 9, Original. March 2, 1896. In February, 1885, and long before, the land in question, situated in the Denver land district, Colo., was a part of the unappropriated public domain, suitable for agricultural purposes, and subject to entry and purchase under the […]

161 U.S. 483 16 S.Ct. 631 40 L.Ed. 780 SPALDINGv.VILAS. No. 81. March 2, 1896. W. Willoughby, for plaintiff in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This writ of error brings up for review a judgment of the supreme court of the […]

161 U.S. 499 16 S.Ct. 637 40 L.Ed. 786 SPALDINGv.DICKINSON. No. 82. March 2, 1896. W. Willoughby, for plaintiff in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The defendant in error succeeded Mr. Vilas in the office of postmaster general. The declaration in […]