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  Whitney V. State 42 Tex.Crim. 283, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (11/21/1900) Appeal from district court, Harris county; A. C. Allen, Judge. Ralph Whitney was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Reversed. 1900 Cases    
  Adams V. Sneed 41 Fla. 151, Supreme Court of Florida (April 18, 1899) Error to circuit court, Duval county; William B. Young, Referee. Action by Page Sneed and others against Louis Adams and others. Plaintiffs recovered a judgment below, and defendants bring error. Reversed. Taylor, C. J., dissenting. 1899 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Allen V. Allen 97 F. 525, Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Docket Number 521 (October 03, 1899) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. 1899 Cases    
  Attorney General V. Abbott 121 Mich. 540, Supreme Court of Michigan (October 17, 1899) Quo warranto in the supreme court by the attorney general against Merrie H. Abbott. Judgment of ouster. Moore, J., dissenting. 1899 Cases    
  Caldwell V. Armour 1 Penne. 545, Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County (February 20, 1899) Case by Elwood E. Caldwell against Philip D. Armour and others. On motion by defendants to set aside service of an alias summons. Granted. 1899 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Caldwell V. Armour 1 Penne. 545, Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County (February 20, 1899) Case by Elwood E. Caldwell against Philip D. Armour and others. On motion by defendants to set aside service of an alias summons. Granted. 1899 Trial Court Orders   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Choctaw & Chickasaw Nations V. U.s. 34 Ct.Cl. 17, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number 18932 (January 09, 1899) Congress refer these cases by the Act 2d March, 1895 (28 Stat. L., p. 876, 898), and confer jurisdiction to hear and determine and render judgment so that the rights, legal and equitable, of the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the premises shall be fully considered and... 1899 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  City of Brooklyn V. Nassau Electric R. Co. 44 A.D. 462, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York (November 21, 1899) Appeal from Kings county court. Action by the city of Brooklyn against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company. From a judgment of the county court affirming a judgment of a justice of the peace for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
John Kimberly Beach Constitutional Expansion 8 Yale Law Journal 225 (February, 1899) It seems to be an historical fact that any proposition to enlarge the territories of the United States, projects upon the mind of its opponents the gloomiest visions of national disaster. Happily, these have hitherto proved premature, and those of us who are disposed to be cheerful in matters of national concern may be permitted to accept the omen... 1899 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Constitutional Law - Thirteenth Amendment - Involuntary Servitude 13 Harvard Law Review 305 (December, 1899) The complainants were sailors and were forcibly detained and compelled to work on board an American vessel under unexpired contracts for their services. Held, that they are not being subjected to involuntary servitude within the meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment. In re Chung Fat, 96 Fed. Rep. 202 (Dist. Ct., Wash.). Although the Thirteenth... 1899 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Dorsey V. State 108 Ga. 477, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 26, 1899) Error from superior court, Carroll county; S. W. Harris, Judge. Bob Dorsey was convicted of assault with intent to rape, and brings error. Reversed. 1899 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Gann V. Varnado 51 La.Ann. 370, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 12,991 (February 06, 1899) Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Washington; Robert R. Reid, Judge. Action by J. M. Gann against I. N. Varnado. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed, and judgment rendered for plaintiff. 1899 Cases    
  Green V. Stevenson 54 S.W. 1011, Court of Chancery Appeals of Tennessee (December 16, 1899) Appeal from chancery court, Bedford county; W. S. Bearden, Chancellor. Bill by W. L. Green against Charlie Stevenson to obtain possession of land. From a decree in complainant's favor, defendant appeals. Reversed. 1899 Cases    
  Hennegar V. Deadrick 54 S.W. 138, Court of Chancery Appeals of Tennessee (August 12, 1899) Appeal from chancery court, Knox county; Hugh G. Kyle, Chancellor. Suit by Edward Hennegar and another, executors of the will of A. Eugene Deadrick, against Inez Nelson Deadrick and another. From a decree construing the will, complainants appeal. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  Hernandez V. U.s. 34 Ct.Cl. 455, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number 8734 (June 05, 1899) Claimant's father was born in El Paso, Tex. Claimant was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and was taken by his father to Texas when he was 3 years old, and has resided there since. Defendants plead that he is not a citizen. 1899 Cases    
  In re Abraham 93 F. 767, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Docket Number 797 (April 25, 1899) Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. Per Pardee and McCormick, Circuit Judges. Parlange, District Judge, dissenting. Parlange, District Judge, dissenting. 1899 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  In re Maxwell 19 Utah 495, Supreme Court of Utah (June 01, 1899) Application of C. L. Maxwell for a writ of habeas corpus. Denied. 1899 Cases    
Wilbur Larremore Interstate Crime and Interstate Extradition 12 Harvard Law Review 532 (March 25, 1899) THE commission of crimes across State boundary lines has given serious trouble, and justice has been cheated, where the State from which the criminal agency emanated has been upon a simple common-law basis. One of the most famous cases is that of State v. Hall, in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. It appeared that the defendants, being in North... 1899 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Johnstone V. Taliaferro 107 Ga. 6, Supreme Court of Georgia (March 17, 1899) Error from superior court, Chatham county; R. Falligant, Judge. Action by Florence B. Johnstone against C. C. Taliaferro. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  Lamar V. Allen 108 Ga. 158, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 20, 1899) Error from superior court, Richmond county; E. H. Calloway, Judge. Suit by Richard Lamar and others against J. M. Allen, administrator, and others. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs bring error. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  Lewis V. King 180 Ill. 259, Supreme Court of Illinois (June 19, 1899) Appeal from circuit court, Pope county. Bill by Mary King and others against Henry Lewis and others. Decree for complainants, and defendant Lewis appeals. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  Louisville & N.r. Co. V. Mcewan 21 Ky.L.Rptr. 487, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (June 13, 1899) Appeal from circuit court, Franklin county. Not to be officially reported. Action by Christine McEwan against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. For former report, see 31 S. W. 465. 1899 Cases    
  Magness V. State 67 Ark. 594, Supreme Court of Arkansas (March 04, 1899) Appeal from circuit court, Independence county; Richard H. Powell, Judge. George Magness was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. Reversed. For dissenting opinion, see 59 S.W. 529. 1899 Cases    
  Mccoy V. Fahrney 182 Ill. 60, Supreme Court of Illinois (October 25, 1899) Appeal from circuit court, Ogle county; James S. Baume, Judge. Bill by James B. McCoy and others against Ella E. Fahrney and others, impleaded with John E. McCoy and others. From a decree in favor of defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  Millican V. Mcneil 50 S.W. 428, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (March 02, 1899) Appeal from district court, Harris county; William H. Wilson, Judge. Action by C. C. Millican against J. C. McNeil and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Case certified to supreme court. For opinion, see 49 S. W. 219. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  Millican V. Mcneil 92 Tex. 400, Supreme Court of Texas (January 30, 1899) Certified questions from court of civil appeals of First supreme judicial district. Action by C. C. Millican against J. C. McNeil, Steve Munson, Henry Hunson, Travis L. Smith, E. S. Weinger, J. E. Williams, and H. Masterson. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appealed to the court of civil appeals, which certifies certain questions to the... 1899 Cases    
  Miskimins V. Shaver 8 Wyo. 392, Supreme Court of Wyoming (September 18, 1899) Knight, J., dissenting. Petition by John Miskimins for a writ of habeas corpus. Granted. 1899 Cases    
James Bradley Thayer Our New Possessions 12 Harvard Law Review 464 (February 25, 1899) ON the part of many who are dealing with the important questions now agitating the country there is to be observed, in the newspapers and elsewhere, a great deal of two things, which may be called, in homely phrase, crying over spilled milk, and jumping before you reach the stile; a great deal also of bad constitutional law, bad political theory... 1899 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Parker V. Barnesville Sav. Bank 107 Ga. 650, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 27, 1899) Error from superior court, Monroe county; M. W. Beck, Judge. Action by Nancy Parker against the Barnesville Savings Bank and others. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. 1899 Cases    
  People ex Rel. Bibb V. City of Alton 179 Ill. 615, Supreme Court of Illinois (June 19, 1899) Original petition filed in the supreme court, on the relation of Scott Bibb, for a writ of mandamus against the mayor and common council of the city of Alton to compel them to admit his children to a public school. The issues of fact were sent to the circuit court for trial, and a verdict in favor of defendants upon the trial thereof was certified... 1899 Cases    
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