163 U.S. 427 (1896) UNITED STATES v. REALTY COMPANY. UNITED STATES v. GAY. Nos. 870, 869. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 22, 23, 24, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney and Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge was on their brief. Mr. Charles F. Manderson, Mr. Thomas J. Semmes and Mr. Joseph H. Choate for defendants in...
161 U.S. 134 (1896) BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE FOR THE USE OF MEMPHIS. BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE AND COUNTY OF SHELBY. Nos. 668, 669. Supreme Court of United States. Argued [1] January 20, 21, 22, 1896. Decided March 2, 1896. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. *138 Mr. William H. Carroll and Mr. R.J. Morgan, (with whom were Mr. T.B. Turley and Mr. L.B. McFarland on the brief,) for the Bank of Commerce and Omberg. Mr. S.P. Walker, (with whom were Mr. C.W. Metcalf and Mr....
163 U.S. 416 (1896) BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE, for the use of MEMPHIS. BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE AND SHELBY COUNTY. Nos. 668, 669. Supreme Court of United States. Received May 7, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. PETITION FOR REHEARING. Mr. S.P. Walker and Mr. C.W. Metcalf for petitioners. Mr. R.J. Morgan, Mr. T.B. Turley and Mr. William H. Carroll, opposing. MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court. This is a petition for a rehearing of some of the questions heretofore decided...
160 U.S. 668 (1896) UNITED STATES v. GETTYSBURG ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY. SAME v. SAME. [1] Nos. 599, 629. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 8, 9, 1896. Decided January 27, 1896. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. *673 Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Attorney General for the United States. Mr. Thomas Hart, Jr., for the Gettysburg Electric Railway Company. Mr. Charles Heebner was with him on the brief. *679 MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM,...
162 U.S. 687 (1896) PUTNAM v. UNITED STATES. SAME v. SAME. Nos. 573, 574. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 23, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. *688 Mr. Frank S. Streeter for plaintiff in error. Mr. Solicitor General for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to obtain a reversal of a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the...
161 U.S. 459 (1896) THE DELAWARE. Nos. 555, 570. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 10, 1896. Decided March 2, 1896. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. *460 *461 Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for appellant. Mr. Harrington Putnam for appellees. MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court. There are two questions involved in this case: first, whether the tug Talisman was guilty of a fault contributing to the collision; and second, whether the Delaware...
161 U.S. 306 (1896) DURLAND v. UNITED STATES. SAME v. SAME. Nos. 528, 529. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 29, 1895. Decided March 2, 1896. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. *312 Mr. James M. Beck and Mr. Hampton L. Carson for plaintiff in error. Mr. William F. Harrity was on their brief. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney and Mr. John L. Thomas, Assistant Attorney General for the Post Office Department, for the...
160 U.S. 598 16 S. Ct. 402 40 L. Ed. 551 UNITED STATES v. STATE OF NEW YORK. STATE OF NEW YORK v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 45 and 136. January 6, 1896. [Syllabus from pages 598-599 intentionally omitted] David B. Hill, for the State of New York. Asst. Atty. Gen. Whitney, for the United States. Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1 On the 3d day of January, 1889, the secretary of the treasury transmitted to the court of claims all the papers and vouchers relating to a claim of the...
162 U.S. 184 16 S. Ct. 700 40 L. Ed. 935 CINCINNATI, N. O. & T. P. RY. CO. et al. v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. CINCINNATI. N. O. & T. P. RY. CO. et al. Nos. 394 and 473. March 30, 1896. On October 18, 1889, the James & Mayer Buggy Company, a corporation of the state of Ohio, and doing business at Cincinnati, filed a complaint before the interstate commerce commission against the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, the Western &...
164 U.S. 81 (1896) UNITED STATES v. McMAHON. McMAHON v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 356, 357. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 21, 1896. Decided November 2, 1896. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. *82 Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for the United States. Mr. Felix Brannigan was on his brief. Mr. Richard Randolph McMahon for McMahon. MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court. In these cases the government assigns as error 1. The allowance of a...
164 U.S. 347 (1896) McCLELLAN v. CHIPMAN. TRADERS' BANK v. CHIPMAN. Nos. 35, 36. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 28, 29, 1896. Decided November 30, 1896. ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. *350 Mr. Almon A. Strout and Mr. William H. Coolidge for plaintiff in error. Mr. H.J. Jaquith was on their brief. Mr. William B. French for defendants in error. Mr. S.J. Elder filed a brief for defendant in...
162 U.S. 439 16 S. Ct. 853 40 L. Ed. 1032 BLAGGE et al. v. BALCH. BROOKS et al. v. CODMAN et al. FOOTE et al. v. WOMEN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS et al. Nos. 177, 284, and 207. April 13, 1896. These are writs of error to review judgments of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts in Nos. 177 and 284, and a judgment of the superior court of the county of New Haven, Conn., in No. 207. Plaintiffs in error in No. 177 are administrators de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Crowell Hatch,...
162 U.S. 512 (1896) CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. NEVADA. SAME v. SAME. Nos. 170, 171. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 20, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA. *514 Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham for plaintiff in error. Mr. John C. Chaney for defendant in error. Mr. Robert M. Beatty, attorney general of the State of Nevada, and Mr. Henry Mayenbaum filed a brief for defendant in error. *519 MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case,...
163 U.S. 564 (1896) UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY et al. [1] v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY. Nos. 157, 158. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 21, 22, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. *580 Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. John M. Thurston for appellants. Mr. Harry Hubbard was on their brief. Mr. J.M. Woolworth for Chicago, Rock...
164 U.S. 227 (1896) PRAIRIE STATE BANK v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. HITCHCOCK. Nos. 10, 16. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 13, 14, 1896. Decided November 30, 1896. APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. *230 Mr. Howard Henderson and Mr. A.B. Browne for Prairie State Bank. Mr. A.T. Britton was on their brief. Mr. George A. King for Hitchcock. Mr. Rufus H. Thayer was on his brief. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for the United States. MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after stating the...
161 U.S. 104 (1896) BEEBE v. UNITED STATES. No. 71. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 18, 1895. Decided March 2, 1896. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. *108 Mr. H.C. Tompkins for plaintiffs in error. Mr. H.S. Cattell was on his brief. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for defendants in error. Mr. George H. Patrick filed a brief for same. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. *...
163 U.S. 632 (1896) WIBORG v. UNITED STATES. No. 986. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted May 18, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. *646 Mr. W. Hallett Phillips and Mr. William W. Kerr for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for defendants in error. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court....
160 U.S. 379 (1896) KIRBY v. TALLMADGE. No. 96. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 5, 1895. Decided January 6, 1896. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. *381 Mr. John T. Morgan for all the appellants. Mr. W. Willoughby for himself and Elizabeth M. Houchens, appellants. Mr. L. Cabell Williamson was on his brief as counsel for himself, Ellen A. Goudy, and Richard H. Miller. *382 Mr. John C. Fay for appellee. MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered...
160 U.S. 357 (1896) BARTLETT v. LOCKWOOD. No. 95. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 3, 4, 1895. Decided January 6, 1896. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. *359 Mr. Henry W. Goodrich for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Charles W. Bangs for defendants in error. Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson was on his brief. *360 MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. There is certainly nothing in the pleadings in this case to indicate a Federal...
161 U.S. 240 (1896) BALTZER v. NORTH CAROLINA. No. 93. Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 3, 4, 1896. Decided March 2, 1896. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Mr. Simon Sterne for plaintiff in error. Mr. James E. Shepherd and Mr. Charles M. Busbee, (with whom was Mr. F.I. Osborne on the brief,) for defendant in error. *241 MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court. By an ordinance of the Constitutional Convention of the State of North Carolina,...
