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Louisville & N.r. Co. V. Com. |
25 Ky.L.Rptr. 1442, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (1/15/1904) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Hopkins County. To be officially reported. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company was fined $500 for violation of the separate coach law, and appeals. Reversed. |
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Merriweather V. Commonwealth |
26 Ky.L.Rptr. 793, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (10/26/1904) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Christian County. To be officially reported. Frank Merriweather was convicted of murder, and appeals. Reversed. |
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Paul V. City of Washington |
134 N.C. 363, Supreme Court of North Carolina (3/8/1904) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Beaufort County; Hoke, Judge. Bill by Smith Paul against the city of Washington to restrain defendant from enforcing certain liquor ordinances. From an order dissolving a restraining order, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. DOUGLAS, J., dissenting in part. |
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Peonage-constitutionality of Statute.-u. S. V. Mcclellan, 127 Fed. 971 (Ga.) |
13 Yale Law Journal 466 (June, 1904) |
A conviction, in accordance with the statute against peonage, of one who holds another in involuntary servitude to work out a debt, held, valid. The constitutionality of the statute is plain under Const. U. S., Amend. 13, Secs. 1 and 2, since it is merely a prohibition of involuntary servitude. Although the statute in question was enacted to... |
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H. Cleveland Coxe |
Personal Liberty in France |
13 Yale Law Journal 215 (March, 1904) |
In the month of July two great Republics celebrate the blessings of Liberty and the rights of citizens and of men. Scarcely have the echoes of Independence Day died away when the strain is taken up in another continent and the sister Republic of France keeps her national holiday in commemoration of the overthrow of the incubus that weighed so long... |
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Powers V. Commonwealth |
26 Ky.L.Rptr. 1111, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/6/1904) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Scott County. Not to be officially reported. Caleb Powers was convicted of murder, and appeals. Reversed. |
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Rogers V. State of Alabama |
192 U.S. 226, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 407 (1/18/1904) |
IN ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama to review a judgment which affirmed a conviction of murder in the Montgomery City Court of that state. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
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Rushing V. State |
80 S.W. 527, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (4/20/1904) |
Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; Tom C. Davis, Judge. Bud Rushing appeals from a conviction. Reversed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Rutledge V. Tunno |
69 S.C. 400, Supreme Court of South Carolina (7/14/1904) |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Charleston County; Watts, Judge. Action by B. H. Rutledge, administrator de bonis non, against M. R. Tunno and others. From the decree certain defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Smith V. State |
45 Tex.Crim. 552, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (1/27/1904) |
Appeal from District Court, Ellis County; J.E. Dillard, Judge. Brozier Smith was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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St. Louis, I.m. & S. Ry. Co. V. Davis |
132 F. 629, Circuit Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division, Docket Number 1396, 1398, 1399 (10/8/1904) |
In Equity. On demurrer for want of jurisdiction. |
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State V. Daniels |
134 N.C. 641, Supreme Court of North Carolina (3/8/1904) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Jones County; Moore, Judge. Alfred Daniels was convicted of murder, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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Tyler V. Texas & P. Ry. Co. |
79 S.W. 1075, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (3/23/1904) |
Appeal from District Court, Marion County; J.M. Talbot, Judge. Action by Fred Tyler against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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U.s. V. Choctaw Nation |
193 U.S. 115, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 323, 322 (2/23/1904) |
CROSS APPEALS from the Court of Claims to review a decree denying the right of the Chickasaw freedmen, independently of an agreement between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, ratified by Congress, to share in the allotments of the lands of the Chickasaw Affirmed. See same case below, 38 Ct. Cl. 558. |
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U.s. V. Mcclellan |
127 F. 971, District Court, S.D. Georgia, Eastern Division (3/15/1904) |
The indictment in this case charges the prisoners, one of whom was the sheriff of Ware county, and another an attorney at law practicing in the courts, with forcibly seizing certain citizens, known under the law of Georgia as persons of color, and selling them to other persons, to be held by force, and compelled by force to labor in a... |
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Walter S. Logan |
A Remedy for the Trust Evil |
12 Yale Law Journal 117 (January, 1903) |
The Constitution of the United States provides that The Congress shall have power * * * * To regulate commerce * * * among the several States. The decisions of the Supreme Court are to the effect that the Federal Government should be confined very strictly to the subjects as to which it has been given jurisdiction by the Constitution, but that... |
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Binyon V. U.s. |
4 Ind.T. 642, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory (9/23/1903) |
Appeal from the United States Court for the Southern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice Townsend, January 25, 1902. Rufus Binyon was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. On December 20, 1900, an indictment was returned against the appellant, charging him with the murder of one Mary Hawthorn, a child eight years of age. There... |
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Boyd V. Board of Councilmen of City of Frankfort |
25 Ky.L.Rptr. 1311, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/18/1903) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Franklin County. To be officially reported. Suit by M. E. Boyd and others against the board of councilmen of the city of Frankfort. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Reversed. |
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Brownfield V. State of S.c. |
189 U.S. 426, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 172 (3/9/1903) |
IN ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina to review a judgment which affirmed a conviction of murder. Affirmed. See same case below, 60 S. C. 509, 39 S. E. 2. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
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Burks V. Bosso |
81 A.D. 530, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York (3/10/1903) |
Appeal from Monroe County Court. Action by George W. Burks against Paul Bosso. From a judgment of the County Court reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court in favor of the plaintiff, he appeals. Reversed. Nash and McLennan, JJ., dissenting. |
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Calvin V. State |
118 Ga. 73, Supreme Court of Georgia (5/30/1903) |
Error from Superior Court, Chatham County; Pope Barrow, Judge. Willie Calvin was convicted of murder, and brings error. Reversed. |
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Cannon V. Gilmer |
135 Ala. 302, Supreme Court of Alabama (2/12/1903) |
Appeal from city court of Montgomery; A. D. Sayre, Judge. Bill by Julia Gilmer against N. N. Cannon to have a certain mortgage and deed executed by complainant to defendant delivered up and canceled, as having been procured by fraud, misrepresentation, and undue influence. Decree for complainant, and respondent appeals. Affirmed. |
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Carter V. State |
45 Tex.Crim. 430, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (5/27/1903) |
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; J.K.P. Gillaspie, Judge. Jim Carter was convicted of rape, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Corkran Oil & Development Co. V. Arnaudet |
111 La. 563, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 14,593 (11/3/1903) |
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Conrad De Baillon, Judge. Action by the Corkran Oil & Development Company against Laurent Arnaudet and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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Fugett V. State |
45 Tex.Crim. 313, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (12/2/1903) |
Appeal from District Court, Johnson County; Wm. Poindexter, Judge. Henry Fugett was convicted of murder, and from a judgment assessing the death penalty he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Giles V. Teasley |
136 Ala. 164, Supreme Court of Alabama (2/28/1903) |
Appeal from City Court of Montgomery; A. D. Sayre, Judge. Action by Jackson W. Giles against Charles B. Teasley and others, as the board of registrars of Montgomery county. Judgment for defendants entered on sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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Hart V. Gardner |
81 Miss. 650, Supreme Court of Mississippi (2/23/1903) |
Suggestion of error. Overruled. For former opinion, see 33 South. 442. |
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In re Houston's Estate |
19 Montg. 151, Orphans' Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County (1/1/1903) |
The English application of cy pres has never been accepted in its full scope in Pennsylvania. Of decisions of English judges in questions of gifts affecting the national church, Gibson, C. J., said the principle of cy pres is too grossly revolting to the public sense of justice to be tolerated in a county where there is no ecclesiastical... |
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In re Silkman |
88 A.D. 102, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York (11/25/1903) |
Original proceedings for the suspension or disbarment of Theodore H. Silkman, as attorney and counselor at law. On return to an order to show cause. Motion for suspension denied. Goodrich, P. J., dissenting. |
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Karem V. U.s. |
121 F. 250, Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Docket Number 1068 (2/24/1903) |
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky. |
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