120 U.S. 511 (1887) LACLEDE BANK v. SCHULER. SCHULER v. LACLEDE BANK. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 7, 1887. Decided March 7, 1887. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. Mr. David P. Dyer for Schuler. Mr. J.E. McKeighan for the Laclede Bank and Craig. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of...
123 U.S. 722 (1887) MARQUETTE, HOUGHTON, AND ONTONAGON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 6, 1887. Decided December 19, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. Mr. W.P. Healy for plaintiff in error. Mr. Solicitor General for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. The single question in this case is, whether a railroad company is liable, under the act of...
120 U.S. 256 (1887) INDIANAPOLIS ROLLING MILL v. ST. LOUIS, FORT SCOTT & WICHITA RAILROAD. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 7, 1887. Decided January 31, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. Mr. H.C. McDougal for plaintiff in error. Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. J.H. Richards for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of...
119 U.S. 631 (1887) SHARP v. RIESSNER. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 16, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Mr. Arthur v. Briesen for appellant. Mr. B.F. Lee for appellees. MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This is a suit in equity brought for the alleged infringement of letters-patent No. 177,334, granted to Abner B. Hutchins, May 16th, 1876, for an improvement in...
122 U.S. 513 (1887) BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. DUNN. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted April 29, 1887. Decided May 27, 1887. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. *514 Mr. Eppa Hunton and Mr. Jefferson Chandler for plaintiff in error. Mr. Enoch Totten and Mr. C.D. O'Brien for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This suit was brought in the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, by Charles L....
122 U.S. 365 (1887) MAXWELL LAND-GRANT CASE. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted May 12, 1887. Decided May 27, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. *370 MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. A petition for a rehearing has been filed in this case, and on account of its importance, as well as the interest in it manifested by the Department of the Interior, we have considered the petition very fully, and, departing from our...
121 U.S. 325 (1887) MAXWELL LAND-GRANT CASE. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 8, 9, 10, 11, 1887. Decided April 18, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. *327 Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for appellant. Mr. J.A. Bentley, special counsel for the United States, in addition to arguing the points maintained by Mr. Maury, Mr. Frank Springer and Mr. Charles E. Gast for appellees. *357 MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the...
123 U.S. 687 (1887) TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MARLOR. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 5, 6, 1887. Decided December 19, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Mr. John F. Dillon for plaintiff in error. Mr. W.S. Pierce, Jr., was with him on the brief. Mr. John R. Dos Passos for defendant in error. *688 MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United...
122 U.S. 220 (1887) SIMONTON v. SIBLEY. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 16, 1886. Decided May 27, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. *225 Mr. Samuel Field Phillips for appellant. Mr. William E. Earle for appellee. *227 MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court. *228 The object of this bill is the settlement of the accounts of a partnership, the members of which...
8 S. Ct. 80 123 U.S. 182 31 L. Ed. 127 MATHEWS v. UNITED STATES. October 31, 1887. This suit was brought by the appellant to recover from the United States the balance claimed to be due him on account of salary as consul of the United States at Tangier, in the Barbary states, from July 1, 1882, to June 30, 1886. He entered upon the duties of that office July 19, 1870, was paid at the rate of $3,000 per annum up to June 30, 1882, and thereafter only at the rate of $2,000 per annum. He claims...
120 U.S. 206 (1887) MEYERS v. BLOCK MEYERS v. LEVI. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 15, 16, 1886. Decided January 31, 1887. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA. Mr. John H. Kennard, for plaintiffs in error. Mr. William Wirt Howe was with him on the brief. *207 Mr. Gus. A. Breaux for defendants in error. MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court. These are suits on injunction bonds given by the plaintiffs in error to the defendants in error respectively,...
120 U.S. 89 (1887) UNITED STATES v. PARKER. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 3, 1887. Decided January 24, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA. Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiff in error. Mr. C.J. Hillyer for defendants in error. Mr. William M. Stewart was with him on the brief. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. This is an action at law commenced by the United States, on the 18th of November, 1885, against...
119 U.S. 652 (1887) IVES v. SARGENT. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 15, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT. Mr. H.T. Blake for appellant. Mr. John S. Beach for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. This is a bill in equity filed by the appellant to restrain the alleged infringement of the complainant's rights, as the assignee of Frank Davis, of reissued letters-patent No....
120 U.S. 225 (1887) KING BRIDGE COMPANY v. OTOE COUNTY. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 7, 1887. Decided January 31, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. *226 Mr. N.S. Harwood and Mr. John H. Ames for plaintiff in error. Mr. John C. Watson for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court. This case was argued upon the question of limitation. But we have no...
123 U.S. 679 (1887) SHERMAN v. GRINNELL. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted November 21, 1887. Decided December 12, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Mr. Roger M. Sherman in person for plaintiff in error. Mr. Treadwell Cleveland and Mr. W.M. Evarts, Mr. J.H. Choate and Mr. C.C. Beaman for defendants in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error brought for the review of an order of...
120 U.S. 377 (1887) SPEIDEL v. HENRICI. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 14, 1886. Decided March 7, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. *385 Mr. William Reinecke and Mr. George Hoadly for appellants. Mr. Herman Marckworth was with them on the brief. Mr. George Shiras, Jr., for appellees. Mr. C.S. Fetterman was with him on the brief. MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. This bill was filed against the...
119 U.S. 587 (1887) BORER v. CHAPMAN. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 13, 14, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. *589 Mr. W.P. Clough, for appellants. Mr. E.M. Wilson and Mr. Charles W. Hornor, for appellee. MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. This is a bill in equity filed on the 20th of August, 1879, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, by...
119 U.S. 561 (1887) NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD v. PAINE. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 13, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. *562 Mr. W.P. Clough for plaintiff in error. Mr. Eugene M. Wilson for defendant in error. Mr. M.F. Morris also filed a brief for same. MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. This case was brought by Paine, the plaintiff below, against the Northern Pacific Railroad...
120 U.S. 678 (1887) BALDWIN v. FRANKS. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted April 26, 1886. Decided March 7, 1887. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. *680 Mr. A.L. Hart for plaintiff in error. Mr. Hall McAllister for defendant in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error brought by Thomas Baldwin, the plaintiff in error, for the review of a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for...
119 U.S. 608 (1887) IRON MOUNTAIN AND HELENA RAILROAD v. JOHNSON. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 10, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. Mr. Walter H. Smith for plaintiffs in error. Mr. John F. Dillon also filed a brief for them. Mr. Attorney General for defendant in error. Mr. J.C. Tappan and Mr. John J. Hornor were with him on the brief. *609 MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the...
