Category: 1896

164 U.S. 454 17 S.Ct. 129 41 L.Ed. 511 CHICAGO & N. W. RY. CO.v.CITY OF CHICAGO. No. 11. November 30, 1896. E. E. Osborn, for plaintiff in error. John S. Miller, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This was a proceeding instituted by the city of […]

164 U.S. 393 17 S.Ct. 120 41 L.Ed. 485 ATLANTIO & P. RY. CO.v.LAIRD. No. 64. November 30, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 393-395 intentionally omitted] A. T. Britton and A. B. Browne, for plaintiff in error. George H. Smith, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice WHITE, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered […]

164 U.S. 403 17 S.Ct. 130 41 L.Ed. 489 MISSOURI PAC. RY. CO.v.STATE OF NEBRASKA ex rel. BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION. No. 1. November 30, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 403-411 intentionally omitted] John F. Dillon, for plaintiff in error. A. S. Churchill and Geo. H. Hastings, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice GRAY, after stating the […]

164 U.S. 418 17 S.Ct. 147 41 L.Ed. 495 WARNERv.TEXAS & P. RY. CO. No. 47. November 30, 1896. This was an action brought May 9, 1892, by Warner against the Texas & Pacific Railway way Company, a corporation created by the laws of the United States, upon a contract made in 1874, by which […]

164 U.S. 42 17 S.Ct. 16 41 L.Ed. 344 UNITED STATESv.GILLIAT. No. 535. October 26, 1896. This is one of the claims originating in the depredations committed by French cruisers upon the commerce of American citizens prior to the year 1800, commonly called ‘French Spoliation Claims.’ Pursuant to the provisions of the act of January […]

164 U.S. 373 17 S.Ct. 140 41 L.Ed. 474 UNITED STATESv.ELLIOTT et al. No. 37. November 30, 1896. The facts of the case, as found by the court of claims, were as follows: On March 13, 1863, block 91 in the town of Beaufort, S. C., was sold by the United States direct tax commissioner […]

164 U.S. 388 17 S.Ct. 91 41 L.Ed. 481 ACERSv.UNITED STATES. No. 393. November 30, 1896. A. H. Garland and R. C. Garland, for plaintiff in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for the United States. Mr. Justice BREWER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court for […]

164 U.S. 327 17 S.Ct. 80 41 L.Ed. 454 CENTRAL RAILROAD & BANKING CO. et al.v.WRIGHT, Comptroller General. No. 300. November 30, 1896. This was an intervening petition filed by William A. Wright, comptroller general of the state of Georgia, praying that the receivers of the Central Railroad & Banking Company, appointed in a suit […]

164 U.S. 338 17 S.Ct. 102 41 L.Ed. 458 GONZALESv.FRENCH, Judge, et al. No. 34. November 30, 1896. Emma J. Gonzales, in October, 1891, filed a bill of complaint in the district court of the Fourth judicial district of the territory of Arizona, against E. W. French, probate judge of the county of Yavapai and […]

164 U.S. 347 17 S.Ct. 85 41 L.Ed. 461 McCLELLANv.CHIPMAN. TRADERS’ NAT. BANK v. SAME. Nos. 35, 36. November 30, 1896. The Traders’ National Bank, a corporation organized under the banking laws of the United States, carried on its business in the city of Boston. The firm of Dudley Hall & Co., composed of Dudley […]

164 U.S. 361 17 S.Ct. 72 41 L.Ed. 467 EDGINGTONv.UNITED STATES. No. 336. November 30, 1896. At the March term, 1895, in the district court of the United States for the Southern district of Iowa, Avington A. Edgington was tried and found guilty of the crime of making a false deposition, on April 13, 1894, […]

164 U.S. 367 17 S.Ct. 110 41 L.Ed. 472 NOBLE et al.v.MITCHELL. No. 101. November 30, 1896. J. M. Chilton and A. A. Wiley, for plaintiffs in error. Charles Wilkinson, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Article 2, c. 5, tit. 12, Code Ala., regulates the subject […]

164 U.S. 319 17 S.Ct. 89 41 L.Ed. 451 CITIZENS’ BANK OF LOUISIANAv.CANNON, Sheriff, et al. No. 58. November 30, 1896. In March, 1893, the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana, a banking corporation created by the legislature of Louisiana, filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court of the United States for the Western district […]

164 U.S. 294 17 S.Ct. 95 41 L.Ed. 440 GLOVER et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 140. November 30, 1896. James Lowndes, for appellants. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dodge and George H. Gorman, for the United States. W. S. Monteith, for Bythewood heirs. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 In 1861 Benjamin R. Bythewood […]

164 U.S. 301 17 S.Ct. 117 41 L.Ed. 442 COUGHRAN et al.v.BIGELOW et al. No. 53. November 30, 1896. Eugene W. Coughran and Nathan H. Cottrell filed their amended complaint in the district court of the First judicial district of the territory of Utah on December 15, 1891, against Henry C. Bigelow and H. P. […]

164 U.S. 311 17 S.Ct. 100 41 L.Ed. 447 CAKE et al.v.MOHUN. No. 123. November 30, 1896. This was an appeal taken by Horace M. Cake and the administrators of William B. Moses, surety upon a certain undertaking of his pay to Francis B. Mohun, appellee’s intestate, such sums as the court should find to […]

164 U.S. 325 17 S.Ct. 106 41 L.Ed. 452 CAROTHERSv.MAYER et al. No. 144. November 30, 1896. This was an action of ejectment originally brought by the defendants in error, Isaac Mayer and Andrew J. Wilson, in the district court of the Sixth judicial district of Montana, in and for the county of Meagher, to […]

164 U.S. 282 17 S.Ct. 84 41 L.Ed. 435 UNITED STATESv.DELANEY. No. 493. November 30, 1896. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dodge and George H. Gorman, for the United states. John C. Chaney, L. T. Michener, and W. W. Dudley, for appellee. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is an appeal from […]