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Wilson v. United States

WILSON v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. No. 884. Submitted April 13, 1896. Decided April 27, 1896. Possession of the fruits of crime, recently after its commission, just

162 U.S. 613 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

Fee v. Brown

FEE v. BROWN. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. No. 165. Submitted March 20, 1896. Decided April 27, 1896. •The reservations granted by provision “ First ” in § 1 of the act of December 19, 1854, c. 7, 10 Stat; 598, “to p

162 U.S. 602 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1896

Crain v. United States

CRAIN v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES EOE THE western DISTRICT OÉ ARKANSAS. No. 557. Submitted March 3, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. One count in an indictment may refer to matter in a previous count so a

162 U.S. 625 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1896

Girard Insurance & Trust Co v. Cooper

GIRARD INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY v. COOPER. APPEAL FBOM THE CIRCÜIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH circuit. No. 164. Argued March 23, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. A coal and railway company contracted with C. to construct a building for

162 U.S. 529 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

Central Pacific Railroad v. Nevada

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. NEVADA. SAME v. SAME. ERROR TO THE SUPREME GOURT OR THE STATE OP NEVADA. Nos. 170, 171. Argued March 20, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. Since the passage of the act of July 10, 1386, c. 764, 24 Stat. 143,

162 U.S. 512 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Alberty v. United States

ALBERTY v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED- STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. No. 853. Submitted March 4, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. Alberty, the accused, was a negro born iii slavery, who became a citi

162 U.S. 499 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1896

Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Co. v. Skottowe

OREGON SHORT LINE AND UTAH NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. SKOTTOWE. ERROR TO THE SÜPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON. No. 147. Argued March 17, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. This case comes within the established rule that on an application f

162 U.S. 490 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1896

Campbell v. Porter

CAMPBELL v. PORTER. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE" DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. No. 137. Argued March 10, 11, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. A writ of error is the proper form of bringing up to this.'court an order of the Supreme Court of the D

162 U.S. 478 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1896

Wallace v. United States

WALLACE v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. No. 731. Submitted March 2, 1896. Decided April 20, 1896. W. lived on a tract of land next to one owned and occupied by bis father in law

162 U.S. 466 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

Smith v. Mississippi

CHARLEY SMITH v. MISSISSIPPI. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. No. 710. Argued and submitted December 13, 16, 1895. Decided April 13, 1896. An affidavit to a petition for removal filed under section 641 of the Revised

162 U.S. 592 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

Gibson v. Mississippi

GIBSON v. MISSISSIPPI. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF' THE STATE OF' MISSISSIPPI. No. 711. Argued and submitted December 13, 1895. Decided April 13, 1896. The principle reaffirmed that while a State, consistently with the purposes for which

162 U.S. 565 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1896

Harwood v. Wentworth

HARWOOD v. WENTWORTH. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZOHA. No. 756. Submitted March 9, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. The act of March 21, 1895, classifying the counties of the Territory of Arizona, and fixing the compe

162 U.S. 547 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1896

Blagge v. Balch

BLAGGE v. BALCH. BROOKS v. CODMAN. FOOTE v. WOMEN’S BOARD OF MISSIONS. EEEOE TO THE SUPREME JÜDICIAL COTTET OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. EEEOE TO THE SUPEEIOE COUET OF THE COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Nos. 177, 284, 207. Arg

162 U.S. 439 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Graver v. Faurot

GRAVER v. FAUROT. CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. No. 779. Submitted February 4, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. A Circuit Court of Appeals has no power under the Judiciary Act of 1891 to certify the who

162 U.S. 435 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1896

Dashiell v. Grosvenor

DASHIELL v. GROSVENOR. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. No. 569. Argued January 9, 10, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. The first claim in letters patent No. 425,584, issued April 15, 1890, to Samuel Seabury f

162 U.S. 425 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1896

Andrews v. United States

ANDREWS v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. No. 532. Submitted January 23, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. On the trial of a person indicted for a violation of the provis

162 U.S. 420 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Bryan v. Pinney

BRYAN v. PINNEY. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZOFA. No. 199. Submitted December 19, 1895. Decided April 13, 1896. Bryan v. Brasius, ante 415, followed. The case is stated in the opinion. Mr. William A. Me Kenney, Mr.

162 U.S. 419 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1896

Bryan v. Brasius

BRYAN v. BRASIUS. APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP ARIZONA. No. 200. Submitted December 19, 1895. Decided April 13, 1896. A mortgagor of land cannot recover in ejectment against the mortgagee in possession, after breach of

162 U.S. 415 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1896

Bryan v. Kales

BRYAN v. KALES. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. No. 198. Submitted December 19, 1895. Decided April 13, 1896. When a mortgagee is in possession of the mortgaged real estate, claiming under a foreclosure sale, one

162 U.S. 411 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

Montgomery v. United States

MONTGOMERY v. UNITED STATES. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. No. 186. Submitted March 27, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. Goode v. United States, 159 U. S. 663, followed in holding that i

162 U.S. 410 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1896

Kelsey v. Crowther

KELSEY v. CROWTHER. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. No. 74. Submitted November 19, 1895. Decided April 13, 1896. In a bill to compel specific performance of a contract for the sale and purchase of a tract of land, it

162 U.S. 404 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1896

Palmer v. Barrett

PALMER v. BARRETT. ERROR TO THE CITY COURT OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. No. 194. Submitted March 31, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. In view of the reservation of jurisdiction made by the State of New York in the act of June 17, 1853, c. 355, cedin

162 U.S. 399 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1896

McIntire v. McIntire

McINTIRE v. McINTIRE. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT. OF COLUMBIA. No. 142. Argued March 13, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. On the trial of this case in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, that court, after examination

162 U.S. 383 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1896

Northern Pacific Railroad v. Lewis

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. LEWIS. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. No. 166. Argued March 24, 1896. Decided April 13, 1896. A person who, without authority, cuts wood from public lands of the United Stat

162 U.S. 366 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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