116 U.S. 45 (1885) MACKALL v. RICHARDS & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 8, 1885. Decided December 14, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. William B. Webb and Mr. Enoch Totten for the motion. Mr. W. Willoughby opposing. *46 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia entered at general term upon a mandate from this court. In Stewart v....
114 U.S. 387 (1885) AMY & Another v. SHELBY COUNTY TAXING DISTRICT & Others. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 8, 1885. Decided April 13, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. *388 Mr. William M. Randolph for plaintiffs in error. Mr. S.P. Walker for the Taxing District of Shelby County. Mr. Lawrence Lamb for defendants in error. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. By an act of...
115 U.S. 290 (1885) WATERVILLE v. VAN SLYKE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 2, 1885. Decided November 9, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. Mr. S.E. Brown for the motion. Mr. E. Stillings opposing. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. The judgment in this case is for less than five thousand dollars, but the record contains a certificate of division. The motion to dismiss is "on the ground that this...
112 U.S. 688 (1885) MURPHY, Administratrix, v. VICTOR SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 15, 1884. Decided January 5, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. Mr. J.G. Sutherland and Mr. John R. McBride for appellant. Mr. Charles W. Bennett for appellee. MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This suit was brought in the District Court of the Third Judicial Court of the Territory of Utah, on the 1st of October,...
116 U.S. 158 (1885) BURNETT v. UNITED STATES. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 23, 1885. Decided December 21, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Mr. A.L. Merriam for appellant. Mr. Solicitor-General and Mr. John S. Blair for appellee. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. By an act of Congress of March 3, 1879, 20 Stat. 665, ch. 290, the Secretary of the Interior was directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Ward B. Burnett, and pay him a pension...
112 U.S. 676 (1885) STREEPER & Another v. VICTOR SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 15, 1884. Decided January 5, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. *677 Mr. J.G. Sutherland and Mr. John R. McBride for appellants. Mr. Charles W. Bennett for appellee. MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This suit was brought in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Utah, on the 13th of June,...
113 U.S. 293 (1885) AVEGNO & Others v. SCHMIDT & Others. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 12, 1885. Decided January 26, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. *295 Mr. Albert Voorhies for plaintiffs in error. &mdash. Mr. Henry C. Miller for defendants Schmidt and Ziegler. Mr. Henry J. Leovy for Morgan's estate. *297 MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued: It is plain, and is not disputed...
113 U.S. 742 (1885) GREGORY & Others v. HARTLEY & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 9, 1884. Decided March 16, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. Mr. W.J. Lamb and Mr. E.E. Brown for the motion. Mr. Charles O. Wheadon, opposing. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nebraska on the single ground that the Supreme Court decided that the District Court of...
114 U.S. 323 (_) PLEASANTS v. GREENHOW, Treasurer. Supreme Court of United States. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. Mr. William H. Royall, Mr. Daniel H. Chamberlain [Mr. William B. Hornblower was with him on the brief], Mr. Wager Swayne and Mr. William M. Evarts for appellant. Mr. F.S. Blair, Attorney-General of the State of Virginia, for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. This is a bill in equity filed by...
113 U.S. 51 (1885) DRENNEN & Others v. LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 2, 1884. Decided January 5, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. *54 Mr. L.J.C. Drennen and Mr. George B. Young for plaintiffs in error. Mr. C.K. Davis for defendant in error. *55 MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued: At the trial below the plaintiffs asked the...
116 U.S. 54 (1885) SIMMERMAN v. NEBRASKA. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 3, 1885. Decided December 7, 1885. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. Mr. William Leese, Attorney-General of Nebraska, and Mr. Enoch Totten for the motion. The plaintiff in error in person opposing. Mr. L.C. Burr also filed a brief for same. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. It nowhere appears from this record, either in the application for a change of venue,...
114 U.S. 133 (1885) DETROIT CITY RAILWAY COMPANY v. GUTHARD. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted March 2, 1885. Decided March 30, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. *134 Mr. Henry M. Duffield for the motion. Mr. George F. Edmunds, Mr. John C. Donnelly and Mr. F.A. Baker opposing. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This is a motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Michigan on the ground that the record does not show that...
113 U.S. 222 (1885) DAKOTA COUNTY v. GLIDDEN. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 5, 1885. Decided January 26, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. Mr. R.P. Ranney and Mr. J.M. Woolworth, in support of the motion. *223 Mr. A.J. Roppleton and Mr. J.M. Thurston opposing. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This case comes before us on a motion to dismiss the writ of error. The ground of this motion is that since...
113 U.S. 465 (1885) ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. BERRY & Another, Railroad Commissioners. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 7, 1885. Decided March 2, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. Mr. J.H. McGowan, Mr. A.T. Britton, Mr. A.B. Browne, and Mr. John F. Dillon for plaintiff in error. Mr. U.M. Rose for defendants in error. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. The legislature of Arkansas passed an act,...
114 U.S. 338 (_) MOORE v. GREENHOW, Treasurer. Supreme Court of United States. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. *339 Mr. William L. Royall, Mr. Daniel H. Chamberlain [Mr. William B. Hornblower was with him on the brief], Mr. Wager Swayne and Mr. William M. Evarts for plaintiff in error. Mr. F.S. Blair, Attorney General of the State of Virginia, Mr. Richard T. Merrick and Mr. Attorney-General for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of...
113 U.S. 302 (1885) STONE v. CHISOLM & Others. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 5, 1885. Decided February 2, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. *305 Mr. William B. Earle for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Theodore G. Barker and Mr. James Lowndes for defendants in error. *306 MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued: The statutes referred to in the complaint...
114 U.S. 233 (1885) UNITED STATES v. MINOR. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 26, 1885. Decided March 30, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. *237 Mr. Solicitor-General for appellant. Mr. L.D. Latimer for appellee. *238 Mr. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the foregoing language, he continued: As regards the last of these questions, it does not present any such well-defined point of...
113 U.S. 756 (1885) HARDIN, Administratrix, & Others v. BOYD, Administrator, & Others. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 22, 1884. Decided March 15, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. *760 Mr. B.C. Brown, Mr. Thomas M. Peters and Mr. O.P. Lyles for appellants. Mr. U.M. Rose for appellees. *761 MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the foregoing facts, delivered the opinion of the court: In reference to amendments of equity...
113 U.S. 249 (1885) THE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY v. MILLS & Another, Executors. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 22, 1884. Decided January 19, 1885. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. *254 Mr. James E. Gowen for appellants. &mdash. Mr. Henry C. Pitney and Mr. Barker Gummere for appellees. *256 MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued: The controversy in...
113 U.S. 199 (1885) NORTHERN LIBERTY MARKET COMPANY v. KELLY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 5, 1885. Decided January 19, 1885. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. *201 Mr. R.T. Merrick and Mr. J.J. Darlington for plaintiff in error. Mr. James G. Payne for defendant in error. *202 MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued: The plaintiff insists that the original notes were valid, because a...
