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Botts V. Botts |
22 Ky.L.Rptr. 212, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (5/22/1900) |
To be officially reported. Opinion extended. For former report, see 56 S. W. 677. |
1900 |
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Bowie V. Birmingham Railway & Elec. Co. |
125 Ala. 397, Supreme Court of Alabama (4/12/1900) |
Appeal from city court of Birmingham; William W. Wilkerson, Judge. Action by Alice A. Bowie against the Birmingham Railway & Electric Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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Bullock V. State |
65 N.J.L. 557, Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey (9/6/1900) |
Error to court of oyer and terminer. William Bullock was convicted of murder, and he brings error. Reversed. |
1900 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Carter V. State of Texas |
177 U.S. 442, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 193 (4/16/1900) |
IN ERROR to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Reversed. |
1900 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Central of Georgia Ry. Co. V. Lippman |
110 Ga. 665, Supreme Court of Georgia (6/5/1900) |
Error from superior court, Jones county; John C. Hart, Judge. Action by Philip Lippman against the Central of Georgia Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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Collins V. State |
60 S.W. 42, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (12/12/1900) |
Appeal from district court, Harris county; A. C. Allen, Judge. Starks Collins was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. Reversed. |
1900 |
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Contzen V. U.s. |
179 U.S. 191, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 84 (12/3/1900) |
APPEAL from a decision of the Court of Claims dismissing a petition on a claim to recover for Indian depredations. Affirmed. See same case below, 33 Ct. Cl. 475. |
1900 |
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Ewin V. Lindsay |
58 S.W. 388, Court of Chancery Appeals of Tennessee (1/20/1900) |
Appeal from chancery court, Davidson county; H. H. Cook, Chancellor. Bill by T. G. Ewin against Goodloe Lindsay and others. From a decree for defendants, complainant appeals. Reversed. |
1900 |
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Ex Parte Ortiz |
100 F. 955, Circuit Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division (5/5/1900) |
This was a proceeding on a writ of habeas corpus issued on petition of Rafael Ortiz and the return thereto. |
1900 |
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Garnett V. State |
60 S.W. 765, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (12/12/1900) |
Appeal from district court, Grayson county; Don A. Bliss, Judge. Tobe Garnett was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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Hollingsworth V. Beaver |
59 S.W. 464, Court of Chancery Appeals of Tennessee (4/21/1900) |
Appeal from chancery court, Campbell county; H. B. Lindsay, Chancellor. Bill by Ethel and Myrtle Hollingsworth, by their next friend, J. H. Hollingsworth, against Allen Beaver and another. From a decree in favor of defendants, complainants appeal. Reversed. |
1900 |
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In re Burton |
1 Alaska 111, District Court, District of Alaska, First Division (11/3/1900) |
Application for Naturalization Papers. |
1900 |
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In re Creighton's Estate |
60 Neb. 796, Supreme Court of Nebraska (11/21/1900) |
Error to district court, Douglas county; Fawcett, Judge. Action by Mary B. Shelby against the St. James Orphan Asylum and others to contest the probate of the will of Joseph Creighton. From an order refusing probate of the same, the St. James Orphan Asylum and others bring error. Reversed. |
1900 |
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Lewis V. State |
42 Tex.Crim. 278, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (11/14/1900) |
Appeal from district court, Erath county: Lee Young, Judge. Frank Lewis was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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Maxwell V. Dow |
176 U.S. 581, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 384 (2/26/1900) |
IN ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Utah to review a decision denying a writ of habeas corpus on the ground of the unconstitutionality of a statute. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
1900 |
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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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Moses V. U.s. |
16 App.D.C. 428, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Docket Number 977 (5/8/1900) |
This case comes before us on a writ of error to the police court of the District, to review a judgment of conviction under the provisions of the following act of Congress, approved February 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 812): Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after... |
1900 |
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People ex Rel. Cisco V. School Board of Borough of Queens |
15 E.H. Smith 598, Court of Appeals of New York (2/6/1900) |
Appeal from supreme court, appellate division, Second department. Application for peremptory mandamus by the people, on relation of Elizabeth Cisco, against the school board of the borough of Queens, New York City. From an order of the appellate division affirming an order of the special term denying a peremptory writ (61 N. Y. Supp. 330), relator... |
1900 |
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Russell V. State Nat. Bank |
104 Tenn. 614, Supreme Court of Tennessee (5/28/1900) |
Appeal from chancery court, Shelby county; F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor. Action by Pauline S. Russell and others against the State National Bank and others for the recovery of a trust fund. A demurrer to the bill was sustained, and plaintiffs appeal. Reversed. |
1900 |
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Russell V. Windsor Steamboat Co. |
126 N.C. 961, Supreme Court of North Carolina (6/9/1900) |
Appeal from superior court, Washington county; Coble, Judge. Action by W. J. Russell, administrator of J. M. Russell, deceased, against the Windsor Steamboat Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. Faircloth, C. J., dissenting. |
1900 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Smith V. State |
42 Tex.Crim. 220, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (6/29/1900) |
Appeal from district court, Grayson county; Don A. Bliss, Judge. Robert Smith moved to quash an indictment for murder. From an order denying the motion, defendant appeals. Reversed. |
1900 |
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St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. V. State |
68 Ark. 251, Supreme Court of Arkansas (6/9/1900) |
Appeal from circuit court, Sebastian county; Styles T. Rowe, Judge. The St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company was convicted of violation of the statute relative to providing separate waiting rooms, and appeals. Reversed. |
1900 |
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State V. Hogan |
63 Ohio St. 202, Supreme Court of Ohio (10/16/1900) |
Exceptions from court of common pleas, Scioto county. Timothy Hogan was indicted for a violation of section 6995, Rev. St., commonly known as the Tramp Law. Hogan's counsel interposed a demurrer to the indictment, which was sustained by the court, and defendant discharged. The prosecuting attorney now presents his bill of exceptions... |
1900 |
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State V. Montgomery |
94 Me. 192, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (5/28/1900) |
Exceptions from supreme judicial court, Franklin county. William C. Montgomery was convicted of peddling without a license, and brings exceptions. Exceptions sustained. |
1900 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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State V. Wright |
104 La. 44, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 13,645 (11/19/1900) |
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Lincoln; R. B. Dawkins, Judge. Young Wright was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and appeals. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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Street V. Henry |
124 Ala. 153, Supreme Court of Alabama (1/31/1900) |
Appeal from chancery court, Marshall county; W. H. Simpson, Judge. Bill by O. D. Street, administrator, against A. G. Henry, Jr., and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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Succession of Cormier |
52 La.Ann. 876, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 13,346 (2/5/1900) |
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Calcasieu; S. D. Read, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Amelia Cormier. Opposition of Oliver H. Moss and others to partial and amended account of J. V. Moss, administrator, and separate opposition of E. Lavinia Moss, wife of D. H. Lyons. From the judgment the administrator and others appeal.... |
1900 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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William F. Dana |
The Declaration of Independence |
13 Harvard Law Review 319 (January, 1900) |
When forced, therefore, to resort to arms for redress, an appeal to the tribunal of the world was deemed proper for our justification. This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson to Henry Lee, May 8, 1825. THE Declaration of Independence, rightly or not, has often been criticised, as lacking in originality. John Adams,... |
1900 |
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U.s. V. Choctaw Nation |
179 U.S. 494, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 89, 90, 88 (12/10/1900) |
APPEAL from a decree of the Court of Claims determining rights of Indians in lands and proceeds thereof. Reversed. See same case below, 34 Ct. Cl. 17. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
1900 |
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U.s. V. Lackey |
99 F. 952, District Court, D. Kentucky (2/19/1900) |
These are prosecutions by the United States for violations of the statutes enacted to enforce the fifteenth constitutional amendment. On demurrers to indictments. |
1900 |
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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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Watson V. Louisville & N. R. Co. |
104 Tenn. 194, Supreme Court of Tennessee (1/20/1900) |
Appeal from circuit court, Williamson county; W. L. Grigsby, Judge. Action by Aaron Watson and wife against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover for an alleged wrongful ejectment from one of defendant's trains. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
1900 |
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