111 U.S. 701 (1884) HAGAR v. RECLAMATION DISTRICT NO. 108. SAME v. SAME. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 21st, 1884. Decided May 5th, 1884. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. *702 Mr. W.C. Belcher for appellant. Mr. A.L. Rhodes for appellee. MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. By an act of the legislature of California, passed in 1868, a general system was established for reclaiming swamp and overflowed, salt marsh,...
109 U.S. 735 (1884) SHERMAN COUNTY v. SIMONS. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 10th, 1883. Decided January 7th, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. *737 Mr. Turner M. Marquette, Mr. Lewis A. Groff, Mr. C.S. Montgomery, Mr. Hamer, and Mr. Conner for plaintiff in error. Mr. Nathan S. Harwood, and Mr. John H. Ames, for defendants in error. Mr. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court. The plaintiff in error insists that...
110 U.S. 212 (1884) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CLEPHANE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 2d, 1884. Decided January 21st, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. A.G. Riddle for plaintiff in error. Mr. W.F. Mattingly, Mr. C.C. Cole, and Mr. William A. Cook for defendant in error. Mr. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. The defendant in error made a contract in writing with the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia in 1872 for...
110 U.S. 151 (1884) HART v. SANSOM & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 2d, 1884. Decided January 21st, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. Mr. W. Hallett Phillips and Mr. H.J. Leavy for the plaintiff in error. Mr. A.S. Lathrop for the defendant in error. *152 MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error sued out by Edmond J. Hart, a citizen of Louisiana, to reverse a judgment...
109 U.S. 627 (1883) SALAMANCA TOWNSHIP v. WILSON. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 5th, 1883. Decided December 17th, 1883. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. Mr. Wallace Pratt and Mr. Charles W. Blair for plaintiff in error. Mr. James S. Botsford, Mr. Marcus T.C. Williams and Mr. Joseph Shippen for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. In this case the judges holding the circuit court have...
112 U.S. 510 5 S. Ct. 285 28 L. Ed. 808 UNITED STATES v. NORTH. December 8, 1884. Sol. Gen. Phillips , for the United States. A. McDonald McBlair , for North. W. J. Moberly and S. S. Henkle , for Emory. WAITE, C. J. 1 James H. North was an officer in the navy of the United States from May 29, 1829, to January 14, 1861, when he resigned. He served in the war with Mexico, as lieutenant, on board the frigate Potomac, from February 10, 1846, until July, 1847, when his vessel sailed for the United...
109 U.S. 621 (1883) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF CHEROKEE v. WILSON. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 5th, 1883. Decided December 17th, 1883. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. Mr. Wallace Pratt and Mr. Charles W. Blairs for plaintiff in error. Mr. James S. Botsford, Mr. Marcus T.C. Williams and Mr. Joseph Shippen for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. On the 11th of June, 1881,...
111 U.S. 62 (1884) HOLLISTER, Collector, v. ZION'S CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE INSTITUTION. WILLIS, Collector, v. BELLEVILLE NAIL COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 5th, 1884. Decided March 17th, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Mr. Solicitor-General submitted the case for Willis on his brief, and argued the case for Hollister. Mr. J.L. Rawlins and Mr....
110 U.S. 667 (1884) ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY v. DENVER & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY. DENVER & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTE FE RAILROAD COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 16th, 1884. Decided March 3d, 1884. CROSS APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. *674 Mr. H.C. Thatcher, Mr. Charles E. Gast, Mr. George R. Peck and Mr. William M. Evarts for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé...
111 U.S. 156 (1884) MOORES v. CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK OF PIQUA. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 6th, 7th, 1884. Decided March 31st, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. *162 Mr. John W. Warrington and Mr. E.W. Kittredge for plaintiff in error. Mr. William M. Ramsey and Mr. E.M. Johnson for defendant in error. *163 MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:...
112 U.S. 8 (1884) WOODWORTH v. BLAIR & Others. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted October 17, 1884. Decided October 27, 1884. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. *9 Mr. Henry Crawford for appellant. Mr. E. Walker for appellees. *11 MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts in the foregoing language, and continued: Assuming, as the appellant contends, that her conveyance to Dobbins, and the mortgage back...
110 U.S. 421 (1884) JUILLIARD v. GREENMAN. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 22d, 1884. Decided March 3d, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. *422 Mr. George F. Edmunds and Mr. William Allen Butler for plaintiff in error. Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, Mr. Thomas H. Talbot, and Mr. James McKeen for defendant in error. *435 MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. *436 The amount which the plaintiff seeks to recover,...
109 U.S. 654 (1884) WYMAN, Treasurer, v. HALSTEAD, Administrator. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 13th, 14th, 1883. Decided January 7th, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury for the United States. Mr. A.L. Merriman and Mr. J.W. Cooksey for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error sued out by the Treasurer of the United *655 States, to reverse a judgment of the...
110 U.S. 63 (1884) FRELINGHUYSEN, Secretary of State, v. KEY. LA ABRA SILVER MINING COMPANY v. FRELINGHUYSEN, Secretary of State. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 3d, 4th, 1883. Decided January 7th, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. *70 Mr. P. Phillips, for Key. Mr. Samuel Shellabarger, for the La Abra Silver Mining Company. Mr. Solicitor-General, for the United States. Mr. Attorney-General, for the United States. Mr. John Goode, for Key, and Mr....
110 U.S. 162 (1884) BISSELL v. SPRING VALLEY TOWNSHIP. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 2d, 1884. Decided January 21st, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. *166 Mr. Alfred Ennis for plaintiff in error. Mr. W.H. Rossington, Mr. J.R. Hallowell, and Mr. Chas. B. Smith, for defendant in error. *167 MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the above recited facts he continued: The plaintiff in error...
112 U.S. 609 (1884) MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 25, 1884. Decided December 22, 1884. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. *615 Mr. B.C. Brown for plaintiff in error. Mr. U.M. Rose, for defendants in error. *617 MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued: The case of the plaintiff in error rests entirely upon the words of...
112 U.S. 423 (1884) RICHARDSON v. TRAVER. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 14, 1884. Decided December 8, 1884. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Mr. Frederic C. Ingalls for appellant. Mr. A. McCoy for appellee. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. The facts, as shown by the testimony in this case, are these: On or about the 19th of December, 1870, Henry J. Traver, the appellee, and Michael Traver,...
112 U.S. 1 (1884) UNITED STATES v. MORTON. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted October 15, 1884. Decided October 27, 1884. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. *2 Mr. Solicitor General, in submitting the case on behalf of the appellant. Mr. S.S. Henkle for appellee. *3 MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued: It is provided as follows by § 1262 of the Revised Statutes: "There shall be allowed and paid to each...
110 U.S. 695 (1884) RICE v. SIOUX CITY & ST. PAUL RAILROAD COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 14th, 1884. Decided March 3d, 1884. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Mr. John B. Sanborn for appellant. Mr. E.C. Palmer for appellee. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This case briefly stated is as follows: On the 28th of September, 1850, what is now known as the swamp-land act, c. 8, 9 Stat. 519, was...
111 U.S. 22 (1884) SWIFT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 5th, 6th, 1884. Decided March 17th, 1884. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. *24 Mr. J.W. Douglass and Mr. Samuel Shellabarger for appellant. Mr. Solicitor-General for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. On a former appeal in this case a judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing the claimant's petition on demurrer was reversed. Swift Company v. The United States, 105 U.S....
