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Brown v. United States
BROWN, Administratrix, v. UNITED STATES. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Argued January 18, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In case of ambiguity, in a statute, contemporaneous and uniform executive construction is regarded as decisive. The
St. Louis v. Myers
ST. LOUIS v. MYERS. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Submitted November 24, 1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. The act of March 6, 1820, 3 Stat. 545, admitting Missouri into the Union left the rights of riparian owners on
Gumbel v. Pitkin
GUMBEL v. PITKIN & others. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Submitted January 26, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. A writ of error will not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction by reason of fa
Peugh v. Davis
PEUGH v. DAVIS. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Argued January 27, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In a suit in equity for redeeming unoccupied and unenclosed city lots from a mortgage, the mortgagee in constructiv
Richards v. Mackall
RICHARDS v. MACKALL. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Submitted December 1, 1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. Where there is an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to this court, the citation may
Erhardt v. Boaro
ERHARDT v. BOARO & Others. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. Argued January 14, 1886. — Decided March 2, 1885. Where irremediable mischief, going to the destruction of the substance of the esta
Erhardt v. Boaro
ERHARDT v. BOARO & Others. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. Argued January 14, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. A written notice of a claim to fifteen hundred feet on a mineral-bearing lode or v
Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Cheyenne
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. CHEYENNE. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. Argued November 18, 19, 1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. The act of the legislature of Wyoming, passed December 13, 1879, which required the
Provident Institution for Savings v. Mayor of Jersey City
PROVIDENT INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS v. MAYOR & ALDERMEN OF JERSEY CITY. IN ERROR TO THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. An act which makes water rents a charge upon lands in a
Morgan v. United States
MORGAN & Another v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. MANHATTAN SAYINGS INSTITUTION. VON HOFFMAN & Another v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. MANHATTAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION. APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Argued January 12, 1885. — Decided
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Berry
ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. BERRY & Another, Railroad Commissioners. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. Submitted January 7, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. A consolidation of two railway compa
Chase v. Curtis
CHASE v. CURTIS & Another. IN ERROR. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE'SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Argued January 30, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. The provision in § 12 of the act of the legislature of New York of Febru
Morgan v. Hamlet
MORGAN, Administrator, & Others v. HAMLET & Another. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE Eastern district of Arkansas. Argued January 30, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. The statute oí Arkansas that ‘ ‘All demands not
Prentice v. Stearns
PRENTICE v. STEARNS. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In the absence of a bill of exceptions, setting forth evidence, no error can be assig
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Crane
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CRANE. [N ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. Submitted January 28, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. The D. & M. Railroad Company, an Iowa Corporation, r
United States v. Jordan
UNITED STATES v. JORDAN. APPEAL EBOM THE COUBT OE CLAIMS. Submitted January 26, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. Under the act of Congress of July 29, 1882. 22 Stafc. 723, ch. 359, providing for the refunding to the persons therein named of t
Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank
HYATT & Others v. VINCENNES NATIONAL BANK, & Another. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. Submitted January 27, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In 1874, B conveyed to H, for a term of 50 years, all
McArthur v. Scott
McARTHUR & Others v. SCOTT & Others. APPEAL FROM. THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Argued January 28, 29,1884 — Reargued April 7, 8, 9,1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. Words in a will, directing land t
Fussell v. Gregg
FUSSELL v. GREGG & others. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Argued January 8, 9, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. A Court in Equity has no jurisdiction over a suit based upon an equitabl
Santa Anna v. Frank
SANTA ANNA v. FRANK. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. When a jury is 'waived by stipulation, a general finding of' the issues by
Quincy v. Jackson
QUINCY v. JACKSON. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF - THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. A provision in a city charter, -which confers power on the city council to
Ex parte Bigelow
EX PARTE BIGELOW. ORIGINAL. Submitted January 19, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has jurisdiction to determine whether an arraignment of a prisoner under several indictments; an ordeb of cour
Pneumatic Gas Co. v. Berry
PNEUMATIC GAS COMPANY v. BERRY & Another. APPEAL EKOM THE CIRCUIT COURT'OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. Argued January 7, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. A release by a corporation to one of its directors of all
Baylis v. Travellers' Insurance
BAYLIS v. TRAVELLERS’ INSURANCE COMPANY. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Argued January 5, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. When parties do not waive the right of trial by jury, the
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