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Mcdowell V. Com. |
136 Ky. 8, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/17/1909) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mercer County. To be officially reported. P. L. McDowell was convicted of false pretenses, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Mcfarland V. Goins |
96 Miss. 67, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 13,990 (11/2/1909) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Jasper County; Sam Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. To be officially reported. Suit by Robert Goins against W. J. McFarland, Tax Collector, and another. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. Affirmed and remanded. |
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Mcintosh V. State |
56 Tex.Crim. 134, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (5/5/1909) |
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; Ben H. Denton, Judge. Will McIntosh was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Mitchell V. Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons of Texas |
56 Tex.Civ.App. 306, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (6/5/1909) |
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Mike E. Smith, Judge. Suit by the Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons of Texas against C. L. Mitchell and others. From an order granting a temporary injunction, defendants appeal. Reversed. |
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Moore V. Sawyer |
167 F. 826, Circuit Court, E.D. Oklahoma (1/5/1909) |
In Equity. On final hearing. |
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Prowse V. Board of Education for Christian County |
134 Ky. 365, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/18/1909) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Christian County. To be officially reported. Suit by the Board of Education for Christian County against Charles O. Prowse and others composing the fiscal court of that county, to obtain a writ of mandamus compelling defendants to make a levy for school purposes for the year beginning July 1, 1909. The court... |
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Shulthis V. Mcdougal |
170 F. 529, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 2901, 2905 (6/3/1909) |
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. For opinion below, see 162 Fed. 331. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Spaugh V. Hartman |
150 N.C. 454, Supreme Court of North Carolina (4/14/1909) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Davidson County; Long, Judge. Action by Bynum Spaugh and others against A. J. Hartman and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. New trial. Civil action to recover land, tried in the superior court of Davidson county, November term, 1908. The case was made to turn upon the finding of the jury upon this... |
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State ex Rel. Tax Collector V. Falkenheiner |
123 La. 617, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 17,546 (4/26/1909) |
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; John Stirling Boatner, Judge. Rule by the State, on the relation of the Tax Collector, against Charles Falkenheiner and others to show cause why he should not pay a liquor license. Judgment for defendants, and relator appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Bertrand |
122 La. 856, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 17, Docket Number374 (1/18/1909) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; Frank D. Chrétien, Judge. Eugence Bertrand and Odette Duval having been arrested for concubinage, they were released upon bonds signed by Joseph Bonomo as surety. The bonds having been thereafter forfeited for failure of the principals to appear, Bonomo moved to set aside such judgment of... |
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State V. Johnson |
84 S.C. 45, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 2010-178446 (10/23/1909) |
Appeal from General Sessions Circuit Court of Greenville County. Arthur Johnson was convicted of assault and battery with intent to ravish, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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State V. Perry |
124 La. 931, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 17, Docket Number786 (11/29/1909) |
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Thomas M. Burns, Judge. John Perry was convicted of breaking and entering a dwelling house in the nighttime armed with dangerous weapons with intent to kill, and he appeals. Reversed. |
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State V. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. |
92 Ark. 74, Supreme Court of Arkansas (11/1/1909) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lawrence County; Charles Coffin, Judge. The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company was indicted for failure to provide drinking water in its station, and, from an order sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the state appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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State V. Washington |
124 La. 708, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 17,790 (11/15/1909) |
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Thomas M. Burns, Judge. Dan Washington was convicted of assault with intent to commit crime, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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Tannehill V. State |
159 Ala. 51, Supreme Court of Alabama (2/2/1909) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Shelby County; A. H. Alston, Judge. Sam Tannehill was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Texas & N.o.r. Co. V. Mccoy |
54 Tex.Civ.App. 278, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (3/3/1909) |
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Norman G. Kittrell, Judge. Action by Leon McCoy against the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Thomas V. State of Texas |
212 U.S. 278, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 6 (2/23/1909) |
IN ERROR to the Court of Criminal Appeals for the State of Texas to review a judgment which affirmed a conviction of murder in the District Court of Harris County, in that state. Affirmed. See same case below, 49 Tex. Crim. Rep. 633, 95 S. W. 1069. |
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U.s. V. Clement |
171 F. 974, District Court, D. South Carolina (6/5/1909) |
This is an indictment for the violation of what is generally known as the peonage statute. It was enacted in 1867, and is now embodied in sections 1990 and 5526 of the Revised Statutes (U.S. comp. St. 1901, pp. 1266, 3715). This statute was considered by the Supreme Court in the case of Clyatt v. United States, 197... |
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U.s. V. Haskell |
169 F. 449, District Court, E.D. Oklahoma, Docket Number 284 (4/10/1909) |
On Motion to Quash Indictment. |
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Walker V. Walker |
151 N.C. 164, Supreme Court of North Carolina (10/20/1909) |
Appeal from Superior Court, New Hanover County; W. R. Allen, Judge. Partition by Charles Walker and others against Joseph F. Walker and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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Whitmire V. U.s. |
44 Ct.Cl. 453, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number 17209 (3/29/1909) |
In 1890 Congress confer full jurisdiction upon this court to hear and determine the just rights in law, or in equity, of the Cherokee freedmen who are settled and located in the Cherokee Nation. In 1896 the court decrees that the freedmen are entitled to participate in the common property of the Cherokee Nation, and... |
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Wilson V. Commonwealth |
121 S.W. 430, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (9/22/1909) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Owen County. Not to be officially reported. Ed. Wilson was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded for new trial. |
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Wolfe V. Georgia Ry. & Elec. Co. |
6 Ga.App. 410, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 1,754 (7/6/1909) |
Error from City Court of Atlanta; H. M. Reid, Judge. Action by N. F. Wolfe against the Georgia Railway & Electric Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. |
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Charles Noble Gregory |
A Great Judicial Character, Roger Brooke Taney |
18 Yale Law Journal 10 (November, 1908) |
The history of the Judiciary of a country ought to be as instructive as that of its sovereigns or its soldiers, and yet it is slighted by the ordinary chronicler who finds the back stair gossip of the palace or the blare and jingle of the camp more engaging to his pen than the sober story of the high but sometimes frigid development of Justice and... |
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Anderson V. State |
92 Miss. 656, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 13,030 (4/13/1908) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Amite County; M. H. Wilkinson, Judge. Monroe Anderson and others were convicted of assault with intent to kill, and appeal. Reversed and remanded. |
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Bailey V. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co. |
133 Mo.App. 473, Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri (10/5/1908) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; H. L. McCune, Judge. Action by Napoleon Bailey against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Battle V. U.s. |
209 U.S. 36, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 438 (3/2/1908) |
IN ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia to review a conviction of murder. Affirmed. See same case below on demurrer, 154 Fed. 540. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
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Billinger V. Clyde S.s. Co. |
158 F. 511, Circuit Court S.D. New York (1/2/1908) |
Motion by defendant to set aside the verdicts in this case in favor of the plaintiffs, and for new trials on exceptions to the charge of the court. |
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Blocker V. State |
55 Tex.Crim. 30, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (12/10/1908) |
Appeal from District Court, Limestone County; L. B. Cobb, Judge. Sandy Blocker, Jr., was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered. |
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Burton V. Commonwealth |
107 Va. 931, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1/23/1908) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Accomac County. Samuel L. Burton and Sylvanus Conquest were convicted of murder, and appeal. Reversed and remanded, with directions to change the venue. |
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