Category: 1896

163 U.S. 445 16 S.Ct. 1101 41 L.Ed. 221 BLACKv.ELKHORN MIN. CO., Limited. No. 220. May 25, 1896. Thomas H. Carter, for plaintiff in error. W. E. Cullen, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is a writ of error to the circuit court of appeals for […]

163 U.S. 452 16 S.Ct. 1112 41 L.Ed. 224 FAUSTv.UNITED STATES. No. 637. May 25, 1896. In the district court of the United States for the the Northern district of Texas the defendant, plaintiff in error, was indicted, December 21, 1893, and subsequently tried, for feloniously embezzling certain money-order funds of the United States. On […]

163 U.S. 385 16 S.Ct. 1148 41 L.Ed. 199 MEYER et al.v.RICHARDS. No. 39. May 25, 1896. Plaintiffs below (plaintiffs in error here) commenced their action to recover the sum of $8,383.75, with interest from judicial demand, the facts averred in the petition being substantially as follows: In February, 1889, the defendant sold to plaintiffs […]

163 U.S. 416 16 S.Ct. 1113 41 L.Ed. 211 BANK OF COMMERCE et al.v.STATE OF TENNESSEE, to Use of CITY OF MEMPHIS. BANK OF COMMERCE et al. v. STATE OF TENNESSEE et al. Nos. 668, 669. May 25, 1896. R. J. Morgan, T. B. Turley, and Wm. H. Carroll, for plaintiffs in error. S. P. […]

163 U.S. 342 16 S.Ct. 1017 41 L.Ed. 183 HILBORNv.UNITED STATES. No. 267. May 18, 1896. This was a petition by the district attorney for the district of California for certain fees for services rendered, by direction of the attorney-general, in connection with various habeas corpus cases of Chinamen desiring to enter this country, the […]

163 U.S. 353 16 S.Ct. 1104 41 L.Ed. 186 TEXAS & P. RY. CO.v.GENTRY et al. No. 258. May 18, 1896. John F. Dillon, for plaintiff in error. R. C. Garland, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This is an action to recover damages alleged to have […]

163 U.S. 369 16 S.Ct. 1171 41 L.Ed. 193 SOUTHERN PAC. CO.v.TOMLINSON. No. 251. May 25, 1896. This was an action brought in the district court of the Second judicial district of the territory of Arizona, in and for the county of Pinal, by Bertha, widow of Thomas Tomlinson, against the Southern Pacific Company, a […]

163 U.S. 376 16 S.Ct. 986 41 L.Ed. 196 TALTONv.MAYES. No. 227. May 18, 1896. Habeas corpus proceeding by Bob Talton against Wash. Mayes, high sheriff of the Cherokee Nation. From a judgment discharging the writ and remanding petitioner to the custody of the sheriff, petitioner appeals. Affirmed. On February 15, 1893, a petition for […]

163 U.S. 325 16 S.Ct. 1039 41 L.Ed. 177 UNION NAT. BANK OF CHICAGOv.LOUISVILLE, N. A. & C. RY. CO. No. 254. May 18, 1896. On September 17, 1890, plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) loaned the defendant $150,000, taking its note therefor, secured by collateral. The note was discounted at the rate of 6 per […]

163 U.S. 331 16 S.Ct. 963 41 L.Ed. 179 WEBSTERv.LUTHER et al. No. 161. May 18, 1896. Jed L. Washburn, for plaintiff in error. C. K. Davis, F. B. Kellogg, C. A. Severance, and T. T. Hudson, for defendants in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This action involves the […]

163 U.S. 346 16 S.Ct. 1117 41 L.Ed. 184 THE COQUITLAM et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 804. May 18, 1896. E. C. Hughes, H. G. Struve, J. B. Allen, Maurice McMicken, Calderon Carlisle, and Jas. Hamilton Lewis, for appellants. Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 […]

163 U.S. 321 16 S.Ct. 1018 41 L.Ed. 175 BURFENNINGv.CHICAGO, ST. P., M. & O. RY. CO. No. 277. May 18, 1896. James W. Lawrence, for plaintiff in error. Thomas Willson, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice BREWER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The title of plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) rests on […]

163 U.S. 299 16 S.Ct. 1086 41 L.Ed. 166 HENNINGTONv.STATE OF GEORGIA. No. 150. May 18, 1896. Edward Colston, for plaintiff in error. J. M. Terrell, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 The plaintiff in error, Hennington, superintendent of transportation and having charge of the freight business […]

163 U.S. 31 16 S.Ct. 917 41 L.Ed. 60 FARMERS’ LOAN & TRUST CO.v.CHICAGO, P. & S. RY. CO. et al. No. 60. May 4, 1896. Milton I. Southard and Thomas Ewing, for appellant. Thomas Wilson, for appellees. Mr. Justice BREWER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This case comes before us on appeal […]

163 U.S. 319 16 S.Ct. 1120 41 L.Ed. 174 HUNTINGTONv.SAUNDERS. No. 928. May 25, 1896. Bancroft Gherardi Davis, for appellant. Wm. B. Durant, for appellee. Mr. Chief Justice FULLER delivered the opinion of the court: 1 William A. Saunders was adjudicated bankrupt by the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, […]

163 U.S. 273 16 S.Ct. 1051 41 L.Ed. 157 HANFORDv.DAVIES et al. No. 260. May 18, 1896. Bill by Frank Hanford against Griffith Davies and Isabella Davies, his wife, and others. From a decree for defendants (51 Fed. 258), plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. This cause was determined in the court below upon a demurrer to the […]

163 U.S. 280 16 S.Ct. 1020 41 L.Ed. 160 RIO GRANDE W. RY. CO.v.LEAK. No. 285. May 18, 1896. This writ of error brings up for review a judgment of the supreme court of the territory of Utah, affirming a judgment of the district court of the Third judicial district in that territory in favor […]

163 U.S. 289 16 S.Ct. 1047 41 L.Ed. 163 SUPREME LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF THE WORLDv.KALINSKI. No. 268. May 18, 1896. This was an action originally begun in the civil district court of the parish of Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, by the defendant in error, Eugenie Kalinski, to recover of the Supreme […]

163 U.S. 207 16 S.Ct. 1023 41 L.Ed. 132 BACON et al.v.STATE OF TEXAS. No. 296. May 18, 1896. The state of Texas commenced this action against the defendants, Bacon, Graves, and Gibbs, in the district court of the county of Mitchell, in the state of Texas, for the purpose of recovering the possession of […]

163 U.S. 228 16 S.Ct. 977 41 L.Ed. 140 WONG WING et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 204. May 18, 1896. On July 15, 1892, Wong Wing, Lee Poy, Lee You Tong, and Chan Wah Dong were brought before John Graves, a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Michigan, […]