170 U.S. 537 18 S. Ct. 707 42 L. Ed. 1136 BOYDEN POWER-BRAKE CO. et al. v. WESTINGHOUSE et al. WESTINGHOUSE et al. v. BOYDEN POWER-BRAKE CO. et al. Nos. 99 and 116. May 9, 1898. This was a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the circuit court of appeals reversing a decree of the circuit court for the district of Maryland, which had sustained in part a bill filed by Westinghouse against the Boyden Power-Brake Company for the infringement of patent No. 360,070, and from which decree both...
171 U.S. 1 (1898) SCHOLLENBERGER v. PENNSYLVANIA. PAUL v. PENNSYLVANIA. PAUL v. PENNSYLVANIA. Nos. 86, 87, 88. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 23, 24, 1898. Decided May 23, 1898. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. *6 Mr. William D. Guthrie for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Richard C. Dale, Mr. Henry R. Edmunds and Mr. Albert H. Veeder were on his brief. Mr. John G. Johnson for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion...
171 U.S. 101 (1898) TINSLEY v. ANDERSON. SAME v. SAME. Nos. 632, 633. Supreme Court of United States. Argued May 5, 6, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. ERROR TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. Mr. James L. Bishop for appellant and plaintiff in error. Mr. Presley K. Ewing for appellee and defendant in error. Mr. Henry F. Ring was on his brief. *102 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the...
170 U.S. 182 (1898) KIPLEY v. ILLINOIS. KIPLEY v. ILLINOIS. Nos. 586, 601. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted March 14, 1898. Decided April 18, 1898. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Mr. Edward C. Akin, attorney general of the State of Illinois, Mr. George W. Smith, Mr. Frank P. Blair and Mr. Murry Nelson, Jr., for the motion. Mr. Charles S. Thornton opposing. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. The attorney general of Illinois filed in the Supreme...
171 U.S. 379 (1898) WHITE v. BUTLER. WHITE v. RUCKMAN. Nos. 540, 541. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 21, 22, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Boyd and Mr. Joseph H. Gaines for appellants. Mr. Charles J. Faulkner for appellees. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. Butler, the appellee in the first of the above cases, was a storekeeper of the United...
169 U.S. 466 18 S. Ct. 418 42 L. Ed. 819 SMYTH, Attorney General, et al. v. AMES et al. SAME v. SMITH et al. SAME v. HIGGINSON et al. Nos. 49-51. March 7, 1898. [Syllabus from pages 466-469 intentionally omitted] The appellees in the first of the above cases were the plaintiffs below, and are citizens of Massachusetts, and stockholders of the Union Pacific Railway Company. They sue on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated. The defendants are the Union Pacific Railway Company;...
171 U.S. 361 (1898) SMYTH v. AMES. SMYTH v. SMITH. SMYTH v. HIGGINSON. Nos. 49, 50, 51. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted May 9, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. APPLICATION FOR REHEARING AND MODIFICATION OF JUDGMENTS. *362 Mr. C.J. Smyth for the applications. Mr. J.M. Woolworth opposing. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. These cases were determined in this court during the present term and...
171 U.S. 161 (1898) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. BAILEY. BAILEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Nos. 390, 420. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 10, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. *170 Mr. Sidney T. Thomas and Mr. Andrew B. Duvall for the District of Columbia. Mr. A.S. Worthington for Bailey. MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court. The decision of this controversy involves two...
169 U.S. 264 (1898) THOMAS v. GAY. GAY v. THOMAS. Nos. 287, 439. Supreme Court of United States. Argued and submitted October 21, 22, 1897. Decided February 21, 1898. APPEALS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. *268 Mr. Henry E. Asp and Mr. John W. Shartel for Gay. Mr. J.F. King for Thomas and others, county commissioners, submitted on their brief. Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson and Mr. O.F. Goddard filed a brief on behalf of other owners of cattle grazing on the reservations. Mr. H.S....
169 U.S. 366 (1898) HOLDEN v. HARDY (No. 1). HOLDEN v. HARDY (No. 2). Nos. 261, 264. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 21, 1897. Decided February 28, 1898. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH. *368 Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson for plaintiff in error. Mr. C.W. Bennett, Mr. R. Harkness, Mr. A. Howat and Mr. W.M. Bradley were on his brief. Mr. Charles J. Pence for defendant in error. Mr. John H. Murphy was on his brief. *380 MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the above statement,...
170 U.S. 588 (1898) WAGONER v. EVANS. EVANS v. WAGONER. Nos. 252, 262. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted April 29, 1898. Decided May 23, 1898. APPEALS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. *589 Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. R.C. Garland for Wagoner and others. *590 Mr. Fred. Beall, Mr. Amos Green and Mr. C.M. Green for Evans and others. MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. The appeal of Wagoner and others, owners of cattle kept by...
171 U.S. 631 (1898) BROWN v. UNITED STATES. CURLEY v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 249, 250. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted April 25, 1898. Decided October 24, 1898. ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES COURT IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY. *633 Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. P.L. Soper for the motion. Mr. John H. Koogler and Mr. John Watkins on behalf of Brown, and Mr. W.H. Twine on behalf of Curley, opposing. MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. By the act of...
169 U.S. 1 (1898) STUART v. HAYDEN. GRUETTER v. STUART. Nos. 151, 160. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 9, 10, 1897. Decided January 10, 1898. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. *2 Mr. C.C. Flansburg for Stuart. Mr. G.M. Lambertson for Hayden. Mr. Amasa Cobb, Mr. A.E. Harvey and Mr. F.M. Hall were on his brief. Mr. John H. Ames for Gruetter. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. On the 6th day of February, 1893, the Comptroller of...
171 U.S. 138 (1898) PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. No. 141. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 24, 25, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA; AND ALSO CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. *145 Mr. Edward S. Isham and Mr. Joseph H. Choate for appellant. Mr. A.H. Wintersteen and Mr. Robert T. Lincoln were on their brief. Mr. Frank P. Prichard...
169 U.S. 606 (1898) McCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE CO. v. AULTMAN. SAME v. AULTMAN-MILLER COMPANY. Nos. 130, 131. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 1, 2, 1897. Decided March 21, 1898. CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. *608 Mr. Robert H. Parkinson for appellant. Mr. Thomas A. Banning, (with whom was Mr. Ephraim Banning on the brief,) and Mr. Edmund Wetmore for appellees. MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court....
171 U.S. 260 (1898) NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. SMITH. No. 98. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 21, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. *265 Mr. C.W. Bunn, for plaintiffs in error. Mr. C.W. Halcomb, by leave of court, filed a brief for same. Mr. H.F. Stevens for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court. By the second section of the act of July 2, 1864, creating...
169 U.S. 237 (1898) WETZEL v. MINNESOTA RAILWAY TRANSFER COMPANY. No. 94. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 25, 1898. Decided February 21, 1898. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. *239 Mr. Ernest Howard Hunter and Mr. John W. Hinsdale for appellants. Mr. Cushman K. Davis for appellees. Mr. Frank B. Kellogg and Mr. C.A. Severance were on his brief. MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. The Circuit Court dismissed...
171 U.S. 260 18 S. Ct. 794 43 L. Ed. 157 NORTHERN PAC. CO. v. SMITH. No. 93. May 31, 1898. This was an action brought by Patick R. Smith on the 28th day of December, 1891, in the circuit court of the United States for the district of North Dakota, against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The complaint and answer were as follows: 'The complaint of the above-named plaintiff respectfully shows to this court, and alleges, that the plaintiff is, and ever since the organization of the state of...
171 U.S. 345 (1898) PATAPSCO GUANO COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. No. 9. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 3, 4, 1898. Decided May 31, 1898. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Mr. Thomas N. Hill and Mr. John W. Hinsdale for appellant. Mr. R.H. Battle, Mr. J.C.L. Harris and Mr. F.H. Busbee for appellees. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. This was a bill filed in the Circuit Court of...
172 U.S. 232 (1898) GRANT v. BUCKNER. No. 89. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 29, 1898. Decided December 19, 1898. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. *233 Mr. J.D. Rouse for plaintiff in error. Mr. Thomas Marshall Miller for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court. This case comes on error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. It is perhaps the last step in a litigation which has been going on for a quarter of a...
