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Outcome n/a Employment Law 1896

Wong Wing v. United States

WONG WING v. UNITED STATES. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. No. 204. Argued April 1, 2, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. Detention or temporary confinement, as part of tbe means necessary

163 U.S. 228 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

Bacon v. Texas

BACON v. TEXAS. ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE SECOND SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. No. 296. Argued May 6, 7, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. In this case application was made by the defendants below, after judgm

163 U.S. 207 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1896

Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Bent

SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BENT. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 7. Argued October 16, 17, 1894. Decided May 18, 1896. Singer Manufacturing Company v. June Manufacturing Com

163 U.S. 205 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1896

Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.

SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JUNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP ILLINOIS. No. 6. Argued October 16, 17, 1894. Decided May 18, 1896. The Singer machines were covered

163 U.S. 169 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1896

Perego v. Dodge

PEREGO v. DODGE. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. No. 273. Argued May 1, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. This complaint being, in effect, a bill to quiet title as against an adverse claim, and the plaintiff having thus vo

163 U.S. 160 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Intellectual Property 1896

Webster v. Daly

WEBSTER v. DALY. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. No. 265. Argued April 30, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. No appeal lies to this court from a decree of a Circuit Court of the United Sta

163 U.S. 155 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Civil Rights 1896

Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. ILLINOIS. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. No. 217. Argued April 14, 15, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The act of Congress of September 20, 1850, c. 61, granted a right of way, and sect

163 U.S. 142 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1896

Harrison v. United States

HARRISON v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP ALABAMA. No. 294. Argued and submitted May 6, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A person indicted for robbing a mail-carrier of a registered

163 U.S. 140 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

United States v. Rider

UNITED STATES v. RIDER. OERTIBIOATB OB DIVISION IN OPINION FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT' OB THE UNITED STATES BOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OB OHIO. No. 197. Argued April 1, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. The scheme of the judiciary act of March 3, 1891

163 U.S. 132 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1896

Barnitz v. Beverly

BARNITZ v. BEVERLY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. No. 863. Submitted April 18, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A state statute -which authorizes the redemption of property sold upon-foreclosure of a mortgage, where no right

163 U.S. 118 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1896

Salina Stock Co. v. Salina Creek Irrigation Co.

SALINA STOCK COMPANY v. SALINA CREEK IRRIGATION COMPANY. APPEAL from the supreme court oe THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. No. 191. Submitted March 31, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. Without denying its power to pass upon a judgment of the Supreme Court

163 U.S. 109 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

Murray v. Louisiana

MURRAY v. LOUISIANA. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. No. 718. Argued and submitted April 16, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. Congress has not, by Rev. Stat. § 641, authorized a removal of a prosecution from a state court u

163 U.S. 101 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Telfener v. Russ

TELFENER v. RUSS. PETITION EOB REHEARING. No. 462. Presented May 7, 1896. Denied May 18, 1896. Petitions for rehearing of a case decided March 30, 1896, 162 U. S. 170, are denied. Two petitions for rehearing were received. Mr. Clarence H. M

163 U.S. 100 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1896

Northern Pacific Railroad v. Egeland

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. EGELAND. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. No. 288. Argued and submitted April 20, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. "When, in an action by a railroad employé against the company to

163 U.S. 93 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1896

Lowe v. Kansas

LOWE v. KANSAS. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. No. 174. Submitted March 24, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A person upon whose oath a criminal information for a libel is filed, and who is found by the jury, as part of their

163 U.S. 81 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Business & Corporate Law 1896

Cornell v. Green

CORNELL v. GREEN. APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OE ILLINOIS. No. 160. Argued March 18, 19, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. In order to give this court appellate jurisdiction under the act of March

163 U.S. 75 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1896

Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Taggart

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. TAGGART. -ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TNUTANA. No. 662. Argued January 16, 17, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. A statute of a State, requiring a telegraph company to pay a tax upon its property

163 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

Dibble v. Bellingham Bay Land Co.

DIBBLE v. BELLINGHAM BAY LAND COMPANY. EBBOR TO THE SUFREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. No. 230. Argued April 17, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. In a suit in a state court to quiet title, two claims to title were set up by tbe plaintiff.

163 U.S. 63 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1896

Wiggan v. Conolly

WIGGAN v. CONOLLY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. No. 225. Submitted April 16, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. The treaty of February 23, 1867,15 Stat. 513, with the Ottawas and other Indians, introduced the limit of minority

163 U.S. 56 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

Kirk v. United States

KIRK v. UNITED STATES. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. No. 214. Argued April 14, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. If, under any circumstances, a patentee can sue to recover for the use of a patented article, made before the letters-patent were g

163 U.S. 49 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1896

Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Portage & Superior Railway Co.

FARMERS’ LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY v. CHICAGO, PORTAGE AND SUPERIOR RAILWAY COMPANY AND CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. No. 60.

163 U.S. 31 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Putnam v. United States

PUTNAM v. UNITED STATES. SAME v. SAME. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Nos. 573, 574. Submitted January 23, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. An indictment agaiust its president for defrauding a n

162 U.S. 687 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Coffin v. United States

COFFIN v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THB DISTRICT OF INDIANA. No. 801. Argued March 5, 6, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. Goffin v. United States, 156 U. S. 432, affirmed on the following points: (1) That

162 U.S. 664 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Western Union Telegraph Co. v. James

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. JAMES. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. No. 206. Argued and submitted April 2, 1896. Decided May 4, 1896. The statute of the State of Georgia of October 22, 1887, requiring every telegra

162 U.S. 650 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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