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Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1896

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

163 U.S. 456 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

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

163 U.S. 452 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

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

163 U.S. 427 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1896

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

163 U.S. 416 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Civil Rights 1896

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

163 U.S. 385 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1896

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

163 U.S. 369 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

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

163 U.S. 319 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

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

163 U.S. 537 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

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

163 U.S. 520 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1896

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

163 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Family Law 1896

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

163 U.S. 376 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1896

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

163 U.S. 353 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

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

163 U.S. 346 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1896

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

163 U.S. 342 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

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

163 U.S. 331 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1896

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

163 U.S. 325 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

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

163 U.S. 321 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1896

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

163 U.S. 299 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1896

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

163 U.S. 289 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1896

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

163 U.S. 280 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1896

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

163 U.S. 273 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1896

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

163 U.S. 269 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1896

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

163 U.S. 258 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Civil Rights 1896

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

163 U.S. 244 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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