Category: 1896

164 U.S. 287 17 S.Ct. 92 41 L.Ed. 437 McKEE et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 131. November 30, 1896. W. S. Monteith, for appellants. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dodge, for the United States. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The appellants herein have brought this appeal for the purpose of obtaining a review […]

164 U.S. 26 17 S.Ct. 1 41 L.Ed. 337 AMERICAN ROAD-MACHINE CO.v.PENNOCK & SHARP CO., Limited, et al. No. 27. October 19, 1896. F. P. Fish, for appellant. L. L. Bond, for appellees. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This was a bill for infringement of claims 4 10, 11, […]

164 U.S. 261 17 S.Ct. 113 41 L.Ed. 427 OLD JORDAN MINING & MILLING CO.v.SOCIETE ANONYME DES MINES DE LEXINGTON. No. 71. November 30, 1896. This was an action originally brought in the district court for the Third judicial district of the territory of Utah by the Soci et e Anonyme des Mines de Lexington, […]

164 U.S. 271 17 S.Ct. 126 41 L.Ed. 431 WABASH WESTERN RY.v.BROW. No. 235. November 30, 1896. Joseph Brow commenced suit in the circuit court of Wayne county, Mich., against the Wabash Western Railway, to recover the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries (caused, as he alleged, by defendant’s negligence) by the service, September 24, […]

164 U.S. 281 17 S.Ct. 996 41 L.Ed. 435 NATIONAL ACC. SOC.v.SPIRO. No. 460. November 30, 1896. H. D. McBurney, for plaintiff in error. H. H. Ingersoll, for defendant in error. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER. 1 This is a certificate from the circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit, propounding, after a preliminary statement, […]

164 U.S. 248 17 S.Ct. 124 41 L.Ed. 422 WILSONv.KIESEL et al. No. 139. November 30, 1896. Ogden Hiles, for appellant. Abbot R. Heywood, for appellees. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Wilson recovered judgment against the Ogden Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the territory of […]

164 U.S. 252 17 S.Ct. 112 41 L.Ed. 424 FOWLER et al.v.LAMSON et al. No. 83. November 30, 1896. E. F. Thompson, for plaintiffs in error. L. H. Bisbee, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The printed record which is before this court in this case is […]

164 U.S. 255 17 S.Ct. 74 41 L.Ed. 425 LALONE et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 4. November 30, 1896. A. T. Britton and A. B. Browne, for appellants. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is a suit in equity, brought by the United States […]

164 U.S. 190 17 S.Ct. 45 41 L.Ed. 399 WISCONSIN CENT. R. CO.v.UNITED STATES. No. 21. November 16, 1896. An act of congress of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 556, c. 231), prescribed the rates of compensation for the transportation of the mails on the basis of the average weight; and by an act of […]

164 U.S. 213 17 S.Ct. 42 41 L.Ed. 407 UNITED STATESv.VERDIER. No. 49. November 16, 1896. This was a petition by the administrator of James R. Verdier, deceased, for the payment of a balance of $1,300.41, claimed to be due him upon a readjustment of his accounts as postmaster at Beaufort, S. C., from July […]

164 U.S. 227 17 S.Ct. 142 41 L.Ed. 412 PRAIRIE STATE NAT. BANK OF CHICAGOv.UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. HITCHCOCK et al. Nos. 10, 16. November 30, 1896. The real contestants in the controversy below were the Prairie State National Bank and Charles A. Hitchcock, who respectively claimed the right to receive from the government […]

164 U.S. 240 17 S.Ct. 107 41 L.Ed. 419 DRAPERv.UNITED STATES. No. 496. November 30, 1896. J. W. Strevell, for plaintiff in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for the United States. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the […]

164 U.S. 112 17 S.Ct. 56 41 L.Ed. 369 FALLBROOK IRRIGATION DIST. et al.v.BRADLEY et al. No. 355. November 16, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 112-114 intentionally omitted] This is an appeal from the United States circuit court for the Southern district of California. The case is reported in 68 Fed. 948. The action was commenced […]

164 U.S. 179 17 S.Ct. 52 41 L.Ed. 395 TREGEAv.board of directors of MODESTO IRRIGATION DIST. No. 13. November 16, 1896. On March 7, 1887, the legislature of the state of California passed an act (St. Cal. 1887, p. 29) whose scope and purpose were disclosed in the first section: ‘Section 1. Whenever fifty, or […]

164 U.S. 221 17 S.Ct. 33 41 L.Ed. 410 BROWNv.UNITED STATES. No. 381. November 16, 1896. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for the United States. Mr. Justice GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This was an indictment charging John Brown, in separate counts, with the murders, by shooting, of Thomas Whitehead and of Joseph […]

164 U.S. 100 17 S.Ct. 38 41 L.Ed. 365 WHITEv.UNITED STATES. No. 375. November 9, 1896. J. A. W. Smith, for plaintiff in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United States. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The plaintiff in error was indicted in the district court of the United […]

164 U.S. 105 17 S.Ct. 40 41 L.Ed. 367 PRESS PUB. CO.v.MONROE. No. 489. November 9, 1896. This was an action brought in the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New York, by Harriet Monroe against the Press Publishing Company, for the wrongful publication of an unpublished manuscript. The complaint […]

164 U.S. 1 17 S.Ct. 7 41 L.Ed. 327 BEAR LAKE & RIVER WATERWORKS & IRRIGATION CO. et al.v.GARLAND et al. No. 48. October 19, 1896. Page 2 The appellants herein have appealed from a judgment of the supreme court of the territory of Utah, affirming a judgment of the district court of the first […]

163 U.S. 81 16 S.Ct. 1031 41 L.Ed. 78 LOWEv.STATE OF KANSAS. No. 174. May 18, 1896. An information, in the name and behalf of the state of Kansas, by J. V. Beekman, the county attorney of Chatauqua county, against one F. Keifer, for a criminal libel upon Sandy Lowe, was field September 28, 1889, […]

163 U.S. 93 16 S.Ct. 975 41 L.Ed. 82 NORTHERN PAC. R. CO.v.EGELAND. No. 238. May 18, 1896. C. W. Bunn, for plaintiff in error. H. J. Gjertsen, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This action was brought in the United States circuit court for the district […]