116 U.S. 193 (1886) WEBB & Another v. BARNWALL & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 17, 1885. Decided January 4, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. *194 Mr. William E. Earle ( Mr. H.A. Herbert was with him) for appellants. Mr. D.S. Troy and Mr. H.C. Tompkins for appellees. *196 MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language above reported, he continued: The Circuit...
116 U.S. 398 (1886) UNITED STATES v. WALLACE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 4, 1886. Decided January 18, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. *399 Mr. Solicitor-General for appellant. Mr. Charles C. Lancaster and Mr. Charles E. Mayer for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued: It is provided in ยง 847 Rev. Stat. regulating the fees of commissioners: "For issuing any warrant or...
116 U.S. 483 (1886) UNITED STATES v. PERKINS. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 6, 1886. Decided January 25, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury for appellant. Mr. J.W. Douglass for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. The object of this suit was to recover $100 as the salary of the plaintiff as a cadet-engineer of the Navy, from June 30, 1883, to September 1, 1883, at the rate of $600 per year, as provided by...
116 U.S. 474 (1886) UNITED STATES v. REDGRAVE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 6, 1886. Decided January 25, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. *478 Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury for appellant. Mr. J.W. Douglass for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. In order to understand the operation of the act of August 5, 1882, upon the status of cadet-engineers, at the time it took effect, it will be necessary to consider what that was, according...
117 U.S. 602 (1886) ALABAMA & Others v. MONTAGUE & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted March 31, 1886. Decided April 12, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. *604 Mr. Samuel F. Rice for appellants argued upon the question decided here. Mr. Xenophon Wheeler for appellees. *605 MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of...
116 U.S. 616 (1886) BOYD v. UNITED STATES. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 11, 14, 1885. Decided February 1, 1886. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. *617 Mr. Edwin B. Smith for plaintiff in error. Mr. Stephen G. Clarke was with him on the brief. Mr. Solicitor-General for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court. This was an information filed by the District Attorney of the United States in the...
116 U.S. 198 (1886) DOE v. LARMORE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 17, 1885. Decided January 4, 1886. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. Mr. Samuel F. Rice for plaintiffs in error. Mr. John T. Morgan for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This case cannot be distinguished in principle from St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Co. v. McGee, 115 U.S. 469 , decided at the present term. The suit was ejectment...
117 U.S. 241 (1886) EX PARTE ROYALL, No. 1. EX PARTE ROYALL, No. 2. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 7, 8, 1886. Decided March 1, 1886. APPEALS FROM AND ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. *245 Mr. William L. Royall in person, and Mr. Daniel H. Chamberlain for the petition. Mr. R.A. Ayres and Mr. Walter H. Staples opposing. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the case as above reported, he continued:...
116 U.S. 550 (1886) BARRY v. EDMUNDS. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 7, 8, 1886. Decided February 1, 1886. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. *558 Mr. William L. Royall and Mr. Daniel H. Chamberlain for plaintiff in error. Mr. James V. Brooke filed a brief for same. Mr. R.A. Ayres and Mr. Walter R. Staples for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts as above reported,...
116 U.S. 191 (1886) HEALY & Another v. JOLIET & CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 16, 17, 1885. Decided January 4, 1886 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Mr. Samuel F. Rice for plaintiffs in error submitted on his brief. Mr. George W. Smith for defendants in error. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Illinois. The plaintiffs in error, who were plaintiffs below,...
116 U.S. 231 (1886) SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. WRIGHT. SAME v. GEORGIA. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 16, 1885. Decided January 4, 1886. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. Mr. Richard F. Lyon and Mr. A.R. Lawton for plaintiff in error. Mr. Samuel Barnett and Mr. Clifford Anderson for defendants in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. These suits relate to the liability of the Southwestern Railroad Company, a Georgia...
117 U.S. 151 (1886) VAN BROCKLIN & Another v. STATE OF TENNESSEE & Others. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 17, 1885. Decided March 1, 1886. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. *153 Mr. George Gillham and Mr. W.K. Poston for plaintiffs in error. Mr. J.B. Heiskell and Mr. Lee Thornton for defendants in error. MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court. The question presented by this writ of error is whether...
116 U.S. 699 (1886) WATERVILLE v. VAN SLYKE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 25, 1886. Decided March 1, 1886. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. *700 Mr. W.W. Guthrie, and Mr. E. Stillings for plaintiff in error. Mr. S.E. Brown for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas. In that court there was a judgment against the plaintiff in...
118 U.S. 264 (1886) PLYMOUTH GOLD MINING COMPANY v. AMADOR & SACRAMENTO CANAL COMPANY SAME v. SAME. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted April 26, 1886. Decided May 10, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. ERROR TO THE SAME COURT. Mr. J.H. McKune for the motions. Mr. John H. Boalt opposing. *265 Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. The Amador and Sacramento Canal Company, a California corporation, brought suit in...
119 U.S. 473 (1886) GERMANIA INSURANCE CO. v. WISCONSIN. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 23, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. *475 Mr. F.W. Cotzhausen for plaintiff in error. Mr. H.W. Chynoweth for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. A suit by a State in one of its own courts cannot be removed to a Circuit Court of the...
117 U.S. 200 (1886) HARWOOD & Another v. DIECKERHOFF & Another. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 2, 1886. Decided March 8, 1886. ORIGINAL MOTION IN A CAUSE PENDING IN THIS COURT. Mr. C.J. Babbitt and Mr. W.E. Earle for the motion. Mr. John J. Walker was with them on the brief. Mr. Henry Jackson opposing. Mr. L.I. Fleming was with him on the brief. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This motion is denied on the authority of Jerome v. McCarter, 21 Wall. 17 . "...
119 U.S. 401 (1886) CALIFORNIA PAVING CO. v. SCHALICKE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted December 6, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Mr. M.A. Wheaton for appellant. Mr. Manuel Eyre for appellee. MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This is a suit in equity, brought by the California Artificial Stone Paving Company, a California corporation, against F.W. Schalicke, to recover for...
117 U.S. 51 (1886) TENNESSEE v. PULLMAN SOUTHERN CAR COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 25, 26, 1886. Decided March 1, 1886. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This case was argued with Pickard v. Pullman Southern Car Co., ante, 34, by the same counsel. MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This is a suit in equity, brought in the Chancery Court of *52 Davidson County, Tennessee, on December 15, 1883,...
117 U.S. 139 (1886) TENNESSEE v. WHITWORTH. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 22, 1886. Decided March 1, 1886. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. *143 Mr. Samuel Watson, Mr. James M. Head and Mr. S.A. Champion for plaintiff in error. Mr. Edward Baxter for defendant in error. *145 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts as above reported, he continued: The question whether the capital...
117 U.S. 34 (1886) PICKARD, Comptroller, v. PULLMAN SOUTHERN CAR COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 25, 26, 1886. Decided March 1, 1886. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. *42 Mr. J.B. Heiskell for plaintiff in error ( Mr. S.A. Champion was with him on the brief), argued. Mr. Thomas L. Dodd on behalf of Davidson County for plaintiff in error. Mr. O.A. Lochrane and Mr. E.S. Isham for defendant in error. *43 MR. JUSTICE...
