164 U.S. 612 17 S.Ct. 182 41 L.Ed. 572 BORREGO et al.v.CUNNINGHAM. No. 643. December 21, 1896. Appellants were indicted at the June, A. D. 1894, term of the district court for the county of Santa F e, N. M., in the First judicial district of that territory, for the murder of one Francisco Chaves. […]
Category: 1896
U.S. Supreme Court opinions from 1896.
In re Atlantic City Railroad, 164 U.S. 633 (1897)
164 U.S. 633 17 S.Ct. 208 41 L.Ed. 579 In re ATLANTIC CITY R. CO. January 4, 1897. Wm. Houston Kenyon, for petitioner. djQ Mr. Chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is an application for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus. The petition states that the Atlantic […]
Maish v. Arizona, 164 U.S. 599 (1896)
164 U.S. 599 17 S.Ct. 193 41 L.Ed. 567 MAISH et al.v.TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. No. 89. December 21, 1896. This was a suit commenced in the district court of the First judicial district of the territory of Arizona, sitting in and for the county of Pima, to recover delinquent taxes. Several parties were included as […]
Rogers Locomotive Machine Works v. American Emigrant Co., 164 U.S. 559 (1896)
164 U.S. 559 17 S.Ct. 188 41 L.Ed. 552 ROGERS LOCOMOTIVE MACHINE WORKS et al.v.AMERICAN EMIGRANT CO. No. 23. December 7, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 559-561 intentionally omitted] The present suit was brought by the American Emigrant Company for the purpose of obtaining a decree quieting its title to certain lands in Calhoun county, Iowa. […]
Maish v. Arizona, 164 U.S. 599 (1896)
164 U.S. 599 17 S.Ct. 193 41 L.Ed. 567 MAISH et al.v.TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. No. 89. December 21, 1896. This was a suit commenced in the district court of the First judicial district of the territory of Arizona, sitting in and for the county of Pima, to recover delinquent taxes. Several parties were included as […]
Starr v. United States, 164 U.S. 627 (1897)
164 U.S. 627 17 S.Ct. 223 41 L.Ed. 577 STARRv.UNITED STATES. No. 389. January 4, 1897. A. H. Garland, for plaintiff in error. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 On a former trial for the crime of murder, the plaintiff in error was found […]
Rogers Locomotive Machine Works v. American Emigrant Co., 164 U.S. 559 (1896)
164 U.S. 559 17 S.Ct. 188 41 L.Ed. 552 ROGERS LOCOMOTIVE MACHINE WORKS et al.v.AMERICAN EMIGRANT CO. No. 23. December 7, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 559-561 intentionally omitted] The present suit was brought by the American Emigrant Company for the purpose of obtaining a decree quieting its title to certain lands in Calhoun county, Iowa. […]
Covington & Lexington Turnpike Road Co. v. Sanford, 164 U.S. 578 (1896)
164 U.S. 578 17 S.Ct. 198 41 L.Ed. 560 COVINGTON & L. TURNPIKE ROAD CO. et al.v.SANDFORD et al. No. 50. December 14, 1896. J. W. Bryan and W. W. Mackoy, for plaintiffs in error. William Goebel, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The general assembly of […]
Saltonstall v. Birtwell, 164 U.S. 54 (1896)
164 U.S. 54 17 S.Ct. 19 41 L.Ed. 348 SALTONSTALL et al.v.BIRTWELL. No. 527. October 26, 1896. In October, 1888, Joseph Birtwell brought an action in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts against Leverett Saltonstall, collector of the customs for the revenue district of Boston, to recover excess of […]
Rowe v. United States, 164 U.S. 546 (1896)
164 U.S. 546 17 S.Ct. 172 41 L.Ed. 547 ROWEv.UNITED STATES. No. 439. November 30, 1896. This is an indictment for murder, alleged to have been committed by the plaintiff in error, in the Cherokee Nation, Ind. T., on the 30th day of March, 1895; the person killed, Frank Bozeman, being a white man, and […]
Willard v. Wood, 164 U.S. 502 (1896)
164 U.S. 502 17 S.Ct. 176 41 L.Ed. 531 WILLARDv.WOOD et al. No. 61. November 30, 1896. Charles Christmas, a citizen of Brooklyn, N. Y., sold and conveyed certain real estate, there situated, for the consideration of $17,000, to one Dixon, who, to secure $14,000 of the purchase money, executed, July 7, 1868, a bond […]
United States v. Oregon & California R. Co., 164 U.S. 526 (1896)
164 U.S. 526 17 S.Ct. 165 41 L.Ed. 541 UNITED STATESv.OREGON & C. R. CO. et al. No. 318. December 14, 1896. This was a bill brought by the United States against the Oregon Central Railroad Company and the Oregon & California Railroad Company in the circuit court of the United States for the district […]
Rowe v. United States, 164 U.S. 546 (1896)
164 U.S. 546 17 S.Ct. 172 41 L.Ed. 547 ROWEv.UNITED STATES. No. 439. November 30, 1896. This is an indictment for murder, alleged to have been committed by the plaintiff in error, in the Cherokee Nation, Ind. T., on the 30th day of March, 1895; the person killed, Frank Bozeman, being a white man, and […]
United States v. Kurtz, 164 U.S. 49 (1896)
164 U.S. 49 17 S.Ct. 15 41 L.Ed. 346 UNITED STATESv.KURTZ. No. 530. October 26, 1896. This was a petition by Kurtz, who was clerk and commissioner of the circuit court for the Eastern district of Wisconsin, for fees alleged to have been earned by him in both capacities. The case resulted in the allowance […]
Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492 (1896)
164 U.S. 492 17 S.Ct. 154 41 L.Ed. 528 ALLENv.UNITED STATES. No. 371. December 7, 1896. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice BROWN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This was a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of […]
The Kate, 164 U.S. 458 (1896)
164 U.S. 458 17 S.Ct. 135 41 L.Ed. 512 THE KATE. No. 106. November 30, 1896. George Bethume Adams, for appellant. J. Parker Kirlin and W. P. Williams, for appellee. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is a proceeding in admiralty for a decree condemning the steamship Kate, an English […]
United States v. Hewecker, 164 U.S. 46 (1896)
164 U.S. 46 17 S.Ct. 18 41 L.Ed. 345 UNITED STATESv.HEWECKER. No. 547. October 26, 1896. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for the United States. Abram J. Rose, for defendant. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Hewecker was indicted for the murder of one Miller on January 17, 1892, in the […]
New Orleans Water Works Co. v. New Orleans, 164 U.S. 471 (1896)
164 U.S. 471 17 S.Ct. 161 41 L.Ed. 518 NEW ORLEANS WATER WORKS CO.v.CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. No. 134. November 30, 1896. J. R. Beckwith, for appellant. S. L. Gilmore and H. J. Leovy, for appellee. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This suit was determined in the court below upon […]
Grimes Dry Goods Co. v. Malcolm, 164 U.S. 483 (1896)
164 U.S. 483 17 S.Ct. 158 41 L.Ed. 524 W. B. GRIMES DRY-GOODS CO.v.MALCOLM et al. No. 60. November 30, 1896. G. B. Denison, for plaintiff in error. Arthur G. Moseley, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This action was brought by the plaintiff in error, a […]
Chapman v. United States, 164 U.S. 436 (1896)
164 U.S. 436 17 S.Ct. 76 41 L.Ed. 504 CHAPMANv.UNITED STATES. No. 513. November 30, 1896. Geo. F. Edmunds and J. M. Wilson, for plaintiff in error. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States. [Argument of Counsel from pages 436-446 intentionally omitted] Mr. Chief Justice FULLER, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered […]