Category: 1896

161 U.S. 29 16 S.Ct. 480 40 L.Ed. 606 ROSENv.UNITED STATES. No. 424. January 27, 1896. Mr. Justice WHITE, with whom concurs Mr. Justice SHIRAS, dissenting. William N. Cohen, for plaintiff in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United States. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The plaintiff in error […]

161 U.S. 208 16 S.Ct. 544 40 L.Ed. 673 AINSA et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 429. March 2, 1896. This was a proceeding on behalf of the United States, instituted by direction of the attorney general in the court of private land claims, under the third clause of section 8 of the act of March 3, […]

161 U.S. 235 16 S.Ct. 452 40 L.Ed. 682 DURHAMv.SEYMOUR. No. 769. March 2, 1896. This was a bill brought by Caleb W. Durham, under the provisions of section 4915 of the Revised Statutes, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, to obtain a decree authorizing the commissioner of patents to issue a […]

161 U.S. 240 16 S.Ct. 500 40 L.Ed. 684 BALTZERv.STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. No. 93. March 2, 1896. Simon Sterne, for plaintiff in error. J. E. Shepherd and C. M. Busbee, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 By an ordinance of the constitutional convention of the state […]

161 U.S. 247 16 S.Ct. 523 40 L.Ed. 688 LYNCHv.MURPHY el al. No. 129. March 2, 1896. Bill by Christeina Murphy against Jane Lynch and others. From a judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia affirming a judgment in favor of complainant and certain defendants, said Jane Lynch appeals. The complainant below […]

161 U.S. 186 16 S.Ct. 468 40 L.Ed. 664 MEMPHIS CITY BANK et al.v.STATE OF TENNESSEE, to Use of CITY OF MEMPHIS. No. 674. March 2, 1896. Bill by the state of Tennessee, for the use of the city of Memphis, against the Memphis City Bank, James Frost, and Frederick Fowler. A decree for defendants […]

161 U.S. 193 16 S.Ct. 466 40 L.Ed. 667 PLANTERS’ FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. et al.v.STATE OF TENNESSEE, to Use of CITY OF MEMPHIS. No. 678. March 2, 1896. Bill by the state of Tennessee, for the use of the city of Memphis, against the Planters’ Fire & Marine Insurance Company and F. B. […]

161 U.S. 200 16 S.Ct. 450 40 L.Ed. 670 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAv.LYON. No. 135. March 2, 1896. This was an action of assumpsit to recover from the District of Columbia the sum of $4,082.70, with interest from October 5, 1881, and was tried, by stipulation, without a jury, by the supreme court of the District […]

161 U.S. 149 16 S.Ct. 558 40 L.Ed. 650 SHELBY COUNTY et al.v.UNION & PLANTERS’ BANK No. 766. March 2, 1896. S. P. Walker, for appellants. Wm. H. Carroll, for appellee. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of the United […]

161 U.S. 161 16 S.Ct. 461 40 L.Ed. 656 MERCANTILE BANK et al.v.STATE OF TENNESSEE, to Use of CITY OF MEMPHIS. No. 676. March 2, 1896. Bill by the state of Tennessee, for the use of the city of Memphis, against the Mercantile Bank and C. H. Raine. A decree for defendants was reversed by […]

161 U.S. 174 16 S.Ct. 471 40 L.Ed. 660 PHOENIX FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. OF MEMPHIS et al.v.STATE OF TENNESSEE, to Use of CITY OF MEMPHIS. No. 269. March 2, 1896. Bill by the state of Tennessee, for the use of the city of Memphis, against the Phoenix Fire & Marine Insurance Company of […]

161 U.S. 104 16 S.Ct. 532 40 L.Ed. 633 BEEBE et al.v.UNITED STATES. No 71. March 2, 1896. This was an action ‘in the nature of ejectment,’ as so denominated in the Alabama Code, brought by the United States against Eugene Beebe, Sims Phillips, and Adeline Thomas, for the recovery of an undivided one-fourth interest […]

161 U.S. 115 16 S.Ct. 537 40 L.Ed. 638 CAREY et al.v.HOUSTON & T. C. RY. CO. et al. No. 642. March 2, 1896. This was a bill filed by Carey, a citizen and resident of New Jersey, and seven other persons, citizens and residents of New York and citizens of Great Britain, respectively, as […]

161 U.S. 134 16 S.Ct. 456 40 L.Ed. 645 BANK OF COMMERCE et al.v.STATE OF TENNESSEE, to Use of CITY OF MEMPHIS. SAME v. STATE OF TENNESSEE et al. Nos. 668, 669. March 2, 1896. Separate bills in equity by the state of Tennessee, for the use of the city of Memphis, and by the […]

161 U.S. 1 16 S.Ct. 439 40 L.Ed. 595 CHEMICAL NAT. BANK OF CHICAGOv.HARTFORD DEPOSIT CO. No. 735. February 3, 1896. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the Hartford Deposit Company against the Chemical National Bank of Chicago and the receiver of the bank in the superior court of Cook county to recover […]

161 U.S. 10 16 S.Ct. 443 40 L.Ed. 599 BELKNAP et al.v.SCHILD. No. 22. February 3, 1896. This was a bill in equity, filed January 20, 1887, in the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of California, by George Schild against George E. Belknap, Joseph Feaster, Christopher C. Wolcott, and Jesse […]

161 U.S. 101 16 S.Ct. 492 40 L.Ed. 632 BOARD OF FLOUR INSPECTORS FOR PORT OF NEW ORLEANS et al.v.GLOVER et al. No. 88. March 2, 1896. J. R. Beckwith, for appellants. W. W. Howe, for appellees. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court: 1 This was a bill filed by complainants […]

160 U.S. 77 16 S.Ct. 231 40 L.Ed. 355 WASHINGTON & I. R. CO.v.COEUR D’ALENE RY. & NAV. CO. et al. No. 585. December 2, 1895. On May 15, 1889, the Washington & Idaho Railroad Company, describing itself as a corporation duly organized under the laws of Washington territory, brought an action of ejectment in […]

160 U.S. 688 16 S.Ct. 433 40 L.Ed. 583 STATE OF MISSOURIv.STATE OF lowa. No. 10. Original. February 3, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 688-690 intentionally omitted] R. F. Walker, for complainant. Milton Remley, for defendant. PER CURIAM. 1 This cause coming on to be heard on the original bill filed herein by the state of […]

160 U.S. 70 16 S.Ct. 216 40 L.Ed. 343 GOLDSBYv.UNITED STATES. No. 620. December 2, 1895. Crawford Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill, was convicted of murder, and brings error. Affirmed. The plaintiff was indicted on the 8th of February, 1895, for the murder of Ernest Melton, a white man, and not an Indian. The crime was […]