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Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1887

Kansas Endowment Ass'n v. Kansas

KANSAS ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION v. KANSAS. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT' OF KANSAS. Submitted January 6, 1887. — Decided January 24, 1887. An averment in a motion for a new trial'(contained, in a record, brought up in error from a state court) t

120 U.S. 103 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Tax Law 1887

Huntington v. Worthen

HUNTINGTON v. WORTHEN. LITTLE ROCK & FORT SMITH RAILWAY v. WORTHEN. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS. Submitted January 6, 1887. — Decided Janua

120 U.S. 97 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Settled Employment Law 1887

United Statess v. Parker

UNITED STATES v. PARKER. error to the circuit court ok THE united states for the DISTRICT OF NEVADA. Argued January 3, 1887. — Decided January 24, 1887. A judgment entered upon motion of defendant’s attorney of record that “ it appearing th

120 U.S. 89 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1887

Roberts v. Phænix Life Insurance

ROBERTS v. PHÆNIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT -OF THE UNITED STATES FOJS THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. Argued January 12, 13, 1887. — Decided Janury 24, 1887. In a suit in equity by a wife against a life insurance comp

120 U.S. 86 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1887

Heinemann v. Arthur's Executors

HEINEMANN v. ARTHUR’S EXECUTORS. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Submitted January 3, 1887. — Decided January 24, 1887. Wool of the third class was dutiable uiider •§ l of the act of Ma

120 U.S. 82 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1887

Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Batchers' Union Slaughter-House Co.

CRESCENT CITY LIVE STOCK COMPANY v. BATCHERS’ UNION SLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA. Submitted January 6, 1887. — Decided January 21, 1887. According to the law and practice of Louisiana, the Supreme Court o

120 U.S. 141 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1887

United States v. Saunders

UNITED STATES v. SAUNDERS. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Submitted January 7, 1887. — Decided January 21, 1887. A cleric in the office of the President of the United States, who is also appointed to be the clerk of a committee of Congres

120 U.S. 126 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1887

United States v. Ramsay

UNITED STATES v. RAMSAY. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Submitted December 20, 1886. — Decided January 17,1887. On the 29th April, 187Í, A gave notice to a collector of internal revenue of frauds upon the revenue by a railroad company, wh

120 U.S. 214 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1887

Huntington v. Saunders

HUNTINGTON v. SAUNDERS. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE MASSACHUSETTS. Argued December 22, 1886. — Decided January 17, 1887. While creditor who finds specific property of his debtor in the hands of the

120 U.S. 78 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1887

Hayes v. Missouri

HAYES v. MISSOURI. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI. Submitted January 3, 1887. — Decided January 17, 1887. A statute of a state which provides that in capital cases, in cities having a population of over 100,000 inhabitants, the stat

120 U.S. 68 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1887

Nemaha County v. Frank

NEMAHA COUNTY v. FRANK. error to the circuit court of the united states for. the DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. Submitted December 20, 1886. Decided January 17, 1887. When the defendant in an action at law denies each and every allegation in the dec

120 U.S. 41 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1887

Hubbard v. Investment Co.

HUBBARD v. INVESTMENT COMPANY. 'ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE district of Massachusetts. Argued December 17, 20, 1886. Decided January 17, 1887. On the facts in this case as stated in the opinion of the court, Held

119 U.S. 696 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1887

Kirby v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad

KIRBY v. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.. Argued November 15, 16, 1886. — Decided January 10, 1887. When relief is asked in equity in courts

120 U.S. 130 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1887

St. Tammany Water Works v. New Orleans Water Works

ST. TAMMANY WATER WORKS v. NEW ORLEANS WATER WORKS. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN. DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Submitted December 3, 1886. — Decided January 10, 1887. On similar facts, with reference to the s

120 U.S. 64 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1887

United States v. Rockwell

UNITED STATES v. ROCKWELL. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Submitted December 6, 1888. — Decided January 10, 1887. . Under that clause in the act of March 3, 1883, 22.Stat. 473, which provides for crediting an officer of the navy with his

120 U.S. 60 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1887

United States v. Philbrick

UNITED STATES v. PHILBRICK APPEAL EKOM THE COUET OP CLAIMS. Submitted December 6, 1886. — Decided January 10, 1887. Prior to the enactment in the act of February 25, 1871, 16 Stat. 431, now Rev. Stat. § 12, that “whenever an act is repealed

120 U.S. 52 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1887

United States v. Bishop

UNITED STATES v. BISHOP. APPEAL PROM TIIE COURT OP CLAIMS. Submitted December 6, 1886. — Decided January 10, 1887. This case is affirmed on the authority of United States v. Symonds, just decided (ante, 46). The case is stated in the opinio

120 U.S. 51 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1887

States v. Symonds

UNITED STATES v. SYMONDS APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Submitted December 6, 1886. —Decided January 10, 1887. The sea-pay given to officers of the navy by Bev. Stat. § 1556 may be earned by sendees performed uuder orders of the Navy Depa

120 U.S. 46 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1887

Allen v. St. Louis Bank

ALLEN v. ST. LOUIS BANK. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED. STATES EOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OE IOWA. Argued April 9,1886. — Decided January 10, 1887. In an action in which a jury has been waived in writing, and the judgment of the C

120 U.S. 20 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1887

Wildenhus's Case

WILDENHUS’S CASE. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED gTATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. Argued December 7,1886. — Decided January 10, 1887. A Circuit Court of tlie United States has jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus

120 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1887

Enfield v. Jordan

ENFIELD v. JORDAN. • ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT C0URT Oi THE UNITED STATES EOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OR ILLINOIS. Submitted November 24, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. In Illinois an incorporated “ town " and an incorporated “ village ” are one

119 U.S. 680 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1887

Hartshorn v. Saginaw Barrel Co.

HARTSHORN v. SAGINAW BARREL COMPANY. APPEAL FROM THE CIECUIT COURT OE 'THE UNITED STATES FOB THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. Argued November 30, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. When'two persons invent the same invention at about the same

119 U.S. 664 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1887

Ives v. Sargent

IVES v. SARGENT. .APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITEÜ STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNEOTICUT. Argued December 15, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. It is the duty of a patentee, receiving letters-patent for an invention, to examine th

119 U.S. 652 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1887

Baldwin v. Black

BALDWIN v. BLACK. APPEAL PROM THE CIROUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP LOUISIANA. Argued December 2, 3, 1886. Decided January 10, 1887. •Where, tinder the Code of Practice of Louisiana, a steam-tug is sequestered b

119 U.S. 643 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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