Category: 1896

163 U.S. 63 16 S.Ct. 939 41 L.Ed. 72 DIBBLEv.BELLINGHAM BAY LAND CO. No. 230. May 4, 1896. This was a complaint filed by the Bellingham Bay Land Company against Carmi Dibble in the superior court of Whatcom county, Wash., on June 7, 1891, seeking a decree quieting plaintiff’s title to certain lands therein described, […]

163 U.S. 632 16 S.Ct. 1127 41 L.Ed. 289 WIBORG et al.v.UNITED STATES.1 No. 986. May 25, 1896. 1 Wiborg, the captain, and Petersen and Johansen, the mates, of the steamer Horsa, were indicted in the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, under section 5286 of the Revised Statutes. […]

163 U.S. 662 16 S.Ct. 1192 41 L.Ed. 300 BALL et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 461. May 25, 1896. C. H. Smith, for plaintiffs in error. Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for the United States. Mr. Justice GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. 1 At October term, 1889, of the circuit court of the United States […]

163 U.S. 75 16 S.Ct. 969 41 L.Ed. 76 CORNELLv.GREEN. No. 160. May 18, 1896. This was a bill in equity filed by John E. Cornell in the circuit court of Cook county, in the state of Illinois, against Hetty H. R. Green, Julius White, trustee, and Benjamin E. Gallup, trustee, to redeem land in […]

163 U.S. 625 16 S.Ct. 1073 41 L.Ed. 287 UNITED STATESv.PERKINS, County Treasurer. No. 422. May 25, 1896. This was a writ of error to an order of the general term of the supreme court affirming an order of the surrogate’s court of Suffolk county, assessing an inheritance tax of $3,964.23 upon the personal property […]

163 U.S. 631 16 S.Ct. 1076 41 L.Ed. 289 UNITED STATESv.FITCH. No. 828. May 25, 1896. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States. B. F. Dos Passos, for defendant in error. PER CURIAM. 1 In this case, George W. Cullum, a resident of the state of New York, died in the city of New York, […]

163 U.S. 612 16 S.Ct. 1168 41 L.Ed. 282 LUCASv.UNITED STATES. No. 692. May 25, 1896. Defendant was indicted in the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of Arkansas, February 15, 1895, for the murder, at the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian country, of one Levy Kemp, who was alleged in […]

163 U.S. 618 16 S.Ct. 1159 41 L.Ed. 284 BROWNv.WYGANT et al. No. 209. May 25, 1896. On June 22, 1887, Joseph M. Brown, a citizen of the United States, residing in the District of Columbia, filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia a bill in equity against Grace Wygant, executrix of […]

163 U.S. 56 16 S.Ct. 914 41 L.Ed. 69 WIGGANv.CONOLLY et al. No. 225. May 4, 1896. By the first article of the treaty of 1862, negotiated June 24th, ratified July 16th, and proclaimed July 28th (12 Stat. 1237), it was provided that: ‘The Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of Blanchard’s Fork and of […]

163 U.S. 564 16 S.Ct. 1173 41 L.Ed. 265 UNION PAC. RY. CO. et al.v.CHICAGO, R. I. & P. RY. CO. UNION PAC. RY. CO. v. CHICAGO, M. & ST. P. RY. CO. Nos. 157, 158. May 25, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 564-566 intentionally omitted] These were petitions in equity filed by the Chicago, Rock […]

163 U.S. 520 16 S.Ct. 1162 41 L.Ed. 250 STATE OF INDIANAv.STATE OF KENTUCKY. No. 2, original. May 18, 1896. Wm. A. Ketcham, for complainant. R. H. Cunningham, for defendant. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER. 1 This cause came on to be heard on the report of Gustavus V. Menzies, Gaston M. Alves, and Amos Stickney, […]

163 U.S. 49 16 S.Ct. 911 41 L.Ed. 66 KIRKv.UNITED STATES. No. 214. May 4, 1896. This was a claim by George E. Kirk, as assignee of letters patent No. 462,224, for a street letter box, issued October 27, 1891, to Samuel Strong, upon an application filed therefor March 9, 1874. The original petition was […]

163 U.S. 499 16 S.Ct. 1071 41 L.Ed. 242 UNITED STATESv.ALLEN. No. 337. May 25, 1896. Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United States. L. E. Payson and J. F. Evans, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The defendant in error brought his action against the United […]

163 U.S. 504 16 S.Ct. 1076 41 L.Ed. 244 WARD, Sheriff,v.RACE HORSE. No. 841. May 25, 1896. Proceeding by Race Horse against John H. Ward, sheriff of the county of Uinta, in the state of Wyoming. There was an order discharging appellee from custody (70 Fed. 598), and said sheriff appeals. Reversed. This appeal was […]

163 U.S. 456 16 S.Ct. 1082 41 L.Ed. 225 EDDY et al.v.LAFAYETTE et al. No. 130. May 25, 1896. The complaint in this case was filed in the United States court for the Indian Territory on March 17, 1890, and on the same day the clerk of that court issued the following summons: ‘United States […]

163 U.S. 468 16 S.Ct. 1064 41 L.Ed. 230 GRAYSON et al.v.LYNCH et al. No. 290. May 25, 1896. This was an action originally begun in the district court for the Third judicial district, for the county of Dona Ana, N. M., by the appellees, constituting the firm of Lynch Bros., against the appellants, who […]

163 U.S. 485 16 S.Ct. 1109 41 L.Ed. 236 UNION PAC. RY. CO.v.JAMES. No. 270. May 25, 1896. On April 12, 1890, defendant in error filed his petition in the district court of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, to recover of plaintiff in error $20,000 for personal injuries. From the petition it appears that he was a […]

163 U.S. 491 16 S.Ct. 1093 41 L.Ed. 239 MISSOURI, K. & T. RY. CO.v.COOK et al. No. 173. May 25, 1896. This was an action of ejectment brought by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, a corporation of the state of Kansas, and the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, a corporation of Missouri, in […]

163 U.S. 427 16 S.Ct. 1120 41 L.Ed. 215 UNITED STATESv.REALTY CO. UNITED STATES v. GAY. Nos. 870, 869. May 25, 1896. Sol. Gen. Conrad and Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United states. Joseph H. Choate, Thomas J. Semmes, and Charles F. Manderson, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of […]