Category: 1896

160 U.S. 646 16 S.Ct. 417 40 L.Ed. 568 CHEMICAL NAT. BANK OF CHICAGOv.CITY BANK OF PORTAGE. No. 736. January 27, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 646-648 intentionally omitted] Hiram T. Gilbert, for plaintiff in error. S.P. McConnell and D.K. Tenney, for defendant in error. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER, after stating the facts in the foregoing […]

160 U.S. 654 16 S.Ct. 415 40 L.Ed. 570 UNITED STATESv.THORNTON. No. 138. January 6, 1896. Claim by Robert Thornton against the United States. From a judgment for claimant, defendant appeals. Reversed. The petition in this case set forth that the petitioner enlisted as a private in the marine corps, November 10, 1886, at Mare […]

160 U.S. 660 16 S.Ct. 412 40 L.Ed. 573 FIRST NAT. BANK OF GARNETTv.AYERS, Sheriff, et al. No. 446. January 27, 1896. Action by the First National Bank of Garnett, Kan., against R. H. Ayers, sheriff of Anderson county, Kan., and others. A judgment for defendants was affirmed (36 Pac. 724), and plaintiff brings error. […]

160 U.S. 668 16 S.Ct. 427 40 L.Ed. 576 UNITED STATESv.GETTYSBURG ELECTRIC RY. CO. (two cases). Nos. 599 and 629. January 27, 1896. These are two writs of error to the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania. They involve the same questions. By the act of congress approved August […]

160 U.S. 686 16 S.Ct. 433 40 L.Ed. 583 SIOUX CITY & ST. P. R. CO.v.UNITED STATES. No. 20. January 13, 1896. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 In the opinion of this court, 159 U. S. 349, 367, 16 Sup. Ct. 17, it was said: ‘Upon examination of the certified […]

160 U.S. 598 16 S.Ct. 402 40 L.Ed. 551 UNITED STATESv.STATE OF NEW YORK. STATE OF NEW YORK v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 45 and 136. January 6, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 598-599 intentionally omitted] David B. Hill, for the State of New York. Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United States. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered […]

160 U.S. 624 16 S.Ct. 420 40 L.Ed. 560 NALLE et al.v.YOUNG et ux. No. 17. January 20, 1896. Edward Nalle & Co., composed of Edward Nalle and Walter C. Flower, doing business in the city of New Orleans, filed their petition in the district court for the Ninth district of Louisiana, holding sessions in […]

160 U.S. 643 16 S.Ct. 431 40 L.Ed. 566 GREGORYv.VAN EE. No. 601. January 27, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 643-645 intentionally omitted] F. A. Brooks and E. J. Phelps, for appellant. Russell Gray, for appellee. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The […]

160 U.S. 553 16 S.Ct. 388 40 L.Ed. 532 CARVERv.UNITED STATES. No. 721. January 13, 1896. Frank Carver was convicted of the murder of Anna Maledon in the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of Arkansas, and sentenced to be hanged, whereupon he sued out this writ of error. The fatal […]

160 U.S. 556 16 S.Ct. 389 40 L.Ed. 536 MISSOURI PAC. RY. CO.v.FITZGERALD. No. 627. January 13, 1896. This was a petition filed December 24, 1888, in the district court for Lancaster county, Neb., by John Fitzgerald, suing on behalf of himself and all other stockholders of the Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company against that […]

160 U.S. 584 16 S.Ct. 373 40 L.Ed. 543 DICKSONv.PATTERSON et al. No. 15. January 6, 1896. W. W. Morsman, for appellant. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This suit was brought to procure a decree rescinding certain sales of real estate on the ground of fraud. 2 The case made […]

160 U.S. 593 16 S.Ct. 386 40 L.Ed. 549 UNITED STATESv.FULLER. No. 805. January 20, 1896. Petition by Henry C. Fuller against the United States. From a judgment in favor of petitioner the United States appeals. Affirmed. This was a petition for a commutation of rations alleged to be due to claimant as a mate […]

160 U.S. 514 16 S.Ct. 379 40 L.Ed. 515 JACKSONVILLE, M., P. RY. & NAV. CO.v.HOOPER et al. No. 80. January 13, 1896. In the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Florida, on the 4th day of December, 1889, Mary J. Hooper, Henry H. Hooper, her husband, and William F. […]

160 U.S. 53 16 S.Ct. 210 40 L.Ed. 337 UNITED STATESv.WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. et al. No. 19. November 18, 1895. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., Sol. Gen., for the United States. Rush Taggart, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This action was brought by the United States to […]

160 U.S. 531 16 S.Ct. 366 40 L.Ed. 525 LAINGv.RIGNEY. No. 79. January 13, 1896. This was an action brought on August 4, 1887, in the supreme court of the state of New York, against Thomas G. Rigney, on a final decree of the court of chancery of the state of New Jersey, whereby had […]

160 U.S. 546 16 S.Ct. 377 40 L.Ed. 529 JOHNSONv.UNITED STATES et al. No. 325. January 13, 1896. Claim by Benjamin H. Johnson against the United States and the Ute Tribe or Nation of Indians. From a judgment dismissing the case for want of jurisdiction, claimant appeals. Affirmed. On March 3, 1891, congress passed an […]

160 U.S. 469 16 S.Ct. 353 40 L.Ed. 499 DAVISv.UNITED STATES. No. 593. December 16, 1895. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for the United States. [Argument of Counsel from pages 470-473 intentionally omitted] Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Dennis Davis was indicted for the crime of having, on the 18th day […]

160 U.S. 493 16 S.Ct. 371 40 L.Ed. 508 UNITED STATESv.SAYWARD et al. No. 75 December 23, 1895. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for plaintiff in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This action was brought by the United States against the defendants in error in the circuit court of the United […]

160 U.S. 499 16 S.Ct. 397 40 L.Ed. 510 CHAPPELLv.UNITED STATES. No. 91. January 6, 1896. This was a petition, filed March 21, 1890, in the district court of the United States for the district of Maryland, for the condemnation, under the act of congress of August 1, 1888 (chapter 728),1 of a perpetual easement […]

160 U.S. 438 16 S.Ct. 338 40 L.Ed. 485 SOUTHERN PAC. CO.v.POOL. No. 21. January 6, 1896. Maxwell Evarts, for plaintiff in error. Samuel Shellabarger, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The action was brought below to recover damages from the defendant (plaintiff in error here), upon […]