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Eddy v. Lafayette
EDDY v. LAFAYETTE. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. No. 130. Submitted March 9, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. It appears by the affidavit of the agent of the plaintiffs in error that he was their agent when servic
Faust v. United States
FAUST v. UNITED STATES. EEROS TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE NORTHEEN DISTRICT OP TEXAS. No. 687. Submitted January 9, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. The defendant’s name need not be correctly spelled in an indictment, if s
United States v. Realty Co.
UNITED STATES v. REALTY COMPANY. UNITED STATES v. GAY. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOB THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Nos. 870, 869. Argued April 22, 23, 24, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. The appropriations of money by
Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee ex rel. Memphis
BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE, for the use of MEMPHIS. BANK OF COMMERCE v. TENNESSEE AND SHELBY COUNTY. PETITION FOE EEHEAEING. Nos. 668, 669. Received May 7, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. The mandates in these cases (161 U. S. 134,) are reca
Meyer v. Richards
MEYER v. RICHARDS. EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. No. 89. Submitted October 25, 1894. Decided May 25, 1896. A., an alien, sold to B. in New Orleans thirteen bonds of the State of Bonis
Southern Pacific Co. v. Tomlinson
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. TOMLINSON. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE ARIZONA. No. 251. Argued April 28, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. In an action under Title 36 of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona to recover
Huntington v. Saunders
HUNTINGTON v. SAUNDERS. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. No. 928. Submitted May 4, 1896. Decided May 25, 1896. The objections of a creditor to the discharge of a bankrupt being dismissed for want of prosecutio
Plessy v. Ferguson
PLESSY v. FERGUSON. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. No. 210. Argued April 13, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The statute of Louisiana, acts of 1890, No. 111, requiring railway companies carrying passengers in their coache
Indiana v. Kentucky
INDIANA v. KENTUCKY. oeiginai.. Argued April 27, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The report of the commissioners appointed October 21, 1895, 159 U. S. 275, to run the disputed boundary line between Indiana and Kentucky, is confirmed. The commis
Black v. Elkhorn Mining Co.
BLACK v. ELKHORN MINING COMPANY. error to the circuit court oe appeals eor the ninth circuit. No. 220. Argued April 15, 16, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A locator of an unpatented mining claim under the laws of the United States, having only
Talton v. Mayes
TALTON v. MAYES. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. No. 227. Argued April 16, 17, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The crime of murder committed by one Cherokee Indian upon the person of anot
Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gentry
TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. GENTRY. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEARS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. No. 258. Argued April 29, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. In this case, while there was in form a separate judgment, in favor of each of t
Steamer Coquitlam v. United States
STEAMER COQUITLAM v. UNITED STATES. CERTIFICATE from the circuit court of appeals foe the NINTH CIRCUIT. No. 804. Submitted April 20, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The District Court of Alaska is to be regarded as the Supreme Court of that Te
Hilborn v. United States
HILBORN v. UNITED STATES. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. No. 267. Submitted May 1, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. Fees allowed by the court to the district attorney for his services in defending habeas corpus cases, brought to release from t
Webster v. Luther
WEBSTER v. LUTHER. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MINNESOTA. No. 161. Submitted March 19, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. Persons entitled under Rev. Stat. § 2304 to enter a homestead, in case an entry is made for less than 160 acre
Union National Bank v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.
UNION NATIONAL BANK v. LOUISVILLE, NEW ALBANY AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. No. 254. Submitted April 29, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The ruling of the Supreme Court of Illinois, on the iss
Burfenning v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
BURFENNING v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY. ERROR TO THE SUFREME COURT OF THE STATE OF •MINNESOTA. No. 277. Submitted May 1, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. While It is well settled that, la the administration of the
Hennington v. Georgia
HENNINGTON v. GEORGIA. EREOS TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA. No. 150. Argued March 17, 18, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The legislation of the State of Georgia, contained in §§ 4578 and 4310 of the Code of 1882, forbidding the
Knights of Pythias v. Kalinski
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. KALINSKI. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. No. 268. Argued May 1, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A society extending throughout the country, which was divided into lodges, whose members were su
Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. Leak
RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. LEAK. EEEOB TO THE SÜPBEME COÜBT OF THE TEEEXTOET OF UTAH. No. 285. Argued and submitted May 4, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. It is no error to refuse to give an instruction when all its propositions are
Hanford v. Davies
HANFORD v. DAVIES. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. No. 260. Argued and submitted April 29, 30, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The constitutional prohibition upon the passage of state laws impa
Edwards v. Bates County
EDWARDS v. BATES COUNTY. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE . WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. No. 259. Submitted April 29, 1896. Derided May 18, 1896. In determining the jurisdictional amount in an action in a Circuit Cou
United States v. Laws
UNITED STATES v. LAWS. CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. No. 248. Submitted April 28, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A contract made with an alien in a foreign country to come to this country as a chemist on
United States v. Winchester & Potomac Railroad
UNITED STATES v. WINCHESTER AND POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. No. 195. Argued March 31, April 1, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The Court of Claims had no jurisdiction over this case, as the claim of the defendant
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