AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  U.s. V. Sischo 262 F. 1001, District Court, W.D. Washington, Northern Division, Docket Number 4038 (11/22/1919) At Law. Action by the United States against Wesley L. Sischo. Judgment for defendant. 1919 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Yazoo & M.v.r. Co. V. Hullum 119 Miss. 229, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division B, Docket Number 20483 (2/17/1919) Appeal from Circuit Court, Warren County; E. L. Brien, Judge. Action by Noble M. Hullum against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and dismissed. 1919 Cases    
  Albert V. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Of Baltimore 132 Md. 104, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 82 (1/15/1918) Appeal from Orphans' Court of Baltimore City. Suit by the Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Baltimore against Olivia P. Albert and others. From a decree for plaintiff, declaring a will inoperative as to certain property of decedent, and directing distribution of it as property of an intestate, defendants appeal. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Banks V. Banks 118 Miss. 783, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division B, Docket Number 20368 (11/25/1918) Appeal from Chancery Court, Bolivar County; Joe May, Chancellor. Bill by Charles Banks against T. O. Banks, in which defendant made her answer a crossbill, asking for alimony, but not demanding a divorce for herself. Decree denying divorce to complainant, awarding alimony to defendant, and setting apart complainant's residence to her, and... 1918 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Billiot V. Terrebonne Parish School Board 143 La. 623, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 22567 (4/29/1918) Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; William E. Howell, Judge. Mandamus by Henry L. Billiot against the Terrebonne Parish School Board and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Appeal dismissed. 1918 Cases    
  Butte & Superior Copper Co. V. Clark-montana Realty Co. 248 F. 609, Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Docket Number 2939 (2/18/1918) Appeal from the District court of the United States for the District of Montana; George M. Bourquin, Judge. Suit by the Clark-Montana Realty Company, a corporation, and the Elm Orlu Mining Company, a corporation, against the Butte & Superior Copper Company, a corporation. From a decree for complainants (233 Fed. 547), defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Camp V. Presbyterian Soc. Of Sackets Harbor 105 Misc. 139, Supreme Court, Jefferson County, New York, Equity Term (11/1/1918) Action by Walter H. Camp, as trustee under the will of Marietta P. Hay, deceased, against the Presbyterian Society of Sackets Harbor and others, for construction of will. Decree sustaining the provisions of the will as a valid gift to charitable uses, and trustee authorized to use fund under the cy pres rule. 1918 Cases    
  Camp V. Presbyterian Soc. Of Sackets Harbor 105 Misc. 139, Supreme Court, Jefferson County, New York, Equity Term (11/1/1918) Action by Walter H. Camp, as trustee under the will of Marietta P. Hay, deceased, against the Presbyterian Society of Sackets Harbor and others, for construction of will. Decree sustaining... 1918 Trial Court Orders    
  Careless Spaces on Negotiable Instruments 31 Harvard Law Review 779 (March, 1918) Is there any duty of care whatever as to the issue of negotiable instruments? Does any liability properly rest upon a person who signs a bill, note, or check, which is complete as to date, time, parties, and amount, but is so carelessly made out that a swindler subsequently raises the amount by simply inserting additional words or figures in the... 1918 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  City of New Orleans V. White 143 La. 487, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 23010 (4/29/1918) Appeal from Recorder's Court of New Orleans; Louis Burthe, Jr., Recorder. Lulu White was convicted on affidavits charging the keeping of a house of prostitution, and she appeals. Affirmed. The law does not require that municipalities should grade misdemeanors or minor offenses by ordinances defining and penalizing them. An ordinance making it an... 1918 Cases    
  Cohn V. Goldgraben 103 Misc. 500, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York, First Department (5/20/1918) Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District. Action by Arthur Cohn against Isaac Goldgraben. From judgment dismissing the complaint, after trial before a jury, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Bijur, J., dissenting. 1918 Cases    
  Commonwealth V. Opolka 69 Pa.Super. 230, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (1/1/1918) The defendant was indicted for selling liquor without a license. He and others were members of a club and claimed that the liquors were merely distributed and not sold. This was the principal question submitted to the jury. They brought in a verdict of guilty. The question we think was properly submitted. Was the organization bona fide or was it... 1918 Cases    
  Daviess County Board of Education V. Johnson 179 Ky. 34, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/1/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Daviess County. Suit by Mattie J. Johnson against the Daviess County Board of Education and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Reversed and remanded, with directions. 1918 Cases    
  Diggs V. Morgan College 133 Md. 264, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 2 (10/30/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Baltimore County, in Equity; Frank I. Duncan, Judge. Bill by Russell I. Diggs and others against Morgan College, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Maryland. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Ex Parte Mana 178 Cal. 213, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number 2145 (5/1/1918) N Bank. Application for writ of habeas corpus by Eban Mana. Writ discharged, and petitioner remanded. 1918 Cases    
  Finley V. Thompson 68 Okla. 250, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 8552 (6/11/1918) Error from District Court, Johnston County; J. H. Linebaugh, Judge. Action by Ben Finley against W. J. Thompson and others, in which Yock Jackson and another by order of court filed an interplea. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error, and the interpleaders bring a cross-petition in error. Reversed and cause remanded, with directions. 1918 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  First Nat. Bank V. Mcintosh 201 Ala. 649, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 4 DIV. 768 (4/25/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Coffee County; A.B. Foster, Judge. Bill in equity by A. McIntosh against the First National Bank of New Brockton and another, to require it to surrender and deliver up a deed for cancellation, and to declare void and canceled a mortgage to the First National Bank executed by M.L. Smith, formerly McIntosh, so far as the... 1918 Cases    
  Hurry V. Hurry 144 La. 877, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 23276 (11/4/1918) Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Theard, Judge. Suit for divorce by Andrew Hurry against Clara Hurry. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Jackson V. Claypool 179 Ky. 662, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (3/8/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Warren County. Action by Lena Jackson and others against James W. Claypool. From judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. Reversed for further proceedings. 1918 Cases    
  Jackson V. State 132 Md. 311, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 1 (2/27/1918) Appeal from Criminal Court of Baltimore City. To be officially reported. Proceedings by the State against Thomas S. Jackson. From the judgment rendered, Jackson appeals. Reversed. 1918 Cases    
  Jennings V. State 118 Miss. 616, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division B, Docket Number 20377 (11/11/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Tallahatchie County; E. D. Dinkins, Judge. R. J. Jennings, Sr., was convicted of pointing a pistol at another, and appeals. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Koehler V. Rowland 275 Mo. 573, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 18844 (7/16/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; Allen C. Southern, Judge. Action by Elizabeth Koehler and husband against Louis N. Rowland and others to determine title to land under Rev. St. 1909, § 2535. Judgment for plaintiffs, and, from an order granting defendants a new trial, plaintiffs appeal. Reversed and remanded, with directions. 1918 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Lawrence V. State 202 Ala. 14, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV. 779 (5/30/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Pickens County; H.B. Foster, Judge. Earnest Lawrence was convicted of murder in the first degree, with death sentence, and he appeals. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Lee V. Hoffman 182 Iowa 1216, Supreme Court of Iowa, Docket Number 32325 (3/5/1918) Appeal from District Court, Polk County; Lawrence De Graff, Judge. The plaintiffs and others in the same class, and all minors, were by the defendants excluded from the benefits of a public school under a rule adopted by the defendant board. A petition seeking a mandatory order to restore the plaintiffs to admission in said schools was dismissed,... 1918 Cases    
  Liggon V. State 82 Tex.Crim. 514, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 4808 (1/16/1918) Appeal from District Court, Cherokee County; L.D. Guinn, Judge. O.T. Liggon was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1918 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Matthews V. Hotz 173 N.Y.S. 234, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York, First Department (12/6/1918) Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Seventh District. Action by Raymond Matthews against Edwin Hotz. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed, and complaint dismissed. 1918 Cases    
  Mcelroy V. Yowell 179 Ky. 272, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/12/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by Lizzie McElroy, by next friend, against William M. Yowell. Judgment dismissing petition, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1918 Cases    
  Mcgoodwin V. Shelby 181 Ky. 230, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/21/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County. Suit between Mrs. Buena McGoodwin and others against William Hood Shelby and others, consolidated with other cases. From a judgment Mrs. Buena McGoodwin and others appeal and William Hood Shelby and others crossappeal. Reversed, with directions. 1918 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Mcgoodwin V. Shelby 182 Ky. 377, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/6/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County. On petition for rehearing. Rehearing granted, former opinion adhered to in part and judgment to that extent reversed; otherwise affirmed on the appeal and crossappeal. For former opinion, see 181 Ky. 230, 204 S. W. 171. 1918 Cases    
  Metcalf V. State 16 Ala.App. 389, Court of Appeals of Alabam, Docket Number 6 DIV. 482 (2/26/1918) Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County; C.P. Almon, Judge. Ophelia Metcalf was convicted under Code 1907, § 7421, and appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1918 Cases    
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