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164 U.S. 650 17 S.Ct. 214 41 L.Ed. 586 OSBORNEv.STATE OF FLORIDA. No. 87. January 4, 1897. From the order committing plaintiff in error to the custody of the sheriff, and appeal was taken to the supreme court of the state of Florida, and that court affirmed the order. Osborne v. State, 33 Fla. 162, […]

164 U.S. 657 17 S.Ct. 212 41 L.Ed. 588 NOFIRE et al.v.UNITED STATES. No. 578. January 4, 1897. Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United States. Mr. Justice BREWER delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Plaintiffs in error were indicted in the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of Arkansas […]

164 U.S. 662 17 S.Ct. 230 41 L.Ed. 590 FORD et al.v.DELTA & PINE LAND CO. et al. No. 25. January 4, 1897. This was a bill in equity filed in the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of Mississippi, on February 27, 1889, by the appellants, as complainants, to quiet […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

164 U.S. 380 17 S.Ct. 71 41 L.Ed. 477 STONEv.UNITED STATES et al. No. 113. November 30, 1896. On April 16, 1891, appellant, under authority of the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 851), filed his petition in the court of claims to recover the sum of $12,375 for certain property, to wit, two […]

164 U.S. 383 17 S.Ct. 98 41 L.Ed. 479 NORTHERN PAC. R. CO.v.COLBURN. No. 70. November 30, 1896. On April 23, 1892, defendant in error, as plaintiff, filed in the district court of the county of Gallatin, Mont., his complaint against the railroad company to recover a sum of money paid as the contract price […]