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Renfrow V. Renfrow |
60 Kan. 277, Supreme Court of Kansas (March 11, 1899) |
Error from district court, Douglas county; John T. Burris, Judge pro tem. Action by Ann Renfrow against Jacob Renfrow and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Affirmed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Roche V. Union Trust Co. |
52 N.E. 612, Appellate Court of Indiana (January 13, 1899) |
Appeal from circuit court, Marion county; Henry Clay Allen, Judge. Elizabeth Roche filed a claim against the Union Trust Company as assignee of her husband's property, which claim was passed to the issue docket for trial. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed. |
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Russell V. Hill |
125 N.C. 470, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 19, 1899) |
Appeal from superior court, Swain county; Starbuck, Judge. Action by D. S. Russell against Hill and Nelson. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Douglas, J., dissenting. |
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Southern Ry. Co. V. North Carolina Corp. Commission |
97 F. 513, Circuit Court, E.D. North Carolina (November 04, 1899) |
These are nine bills filed by the complainants whose names appear in the caption against the North Carolina corporation commission, its several members and agents, and the officers of the state whose duty it is to enforce the assessment and collection of taxes. The general features of the bills are the same, and their grounds of complaint are... |
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Southern Ry. Co. V. St. Clair County |
124 Ala. 491, Supreme Court of Alabama (December 19, 1899) |
Appeal from circuit court, St. Clair county; George E. Brewer, Judge. Action by St. Clair county against the Southern Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Burke |
151 Mo. 136, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2 (June 26, 1899) |
Appeal from circuit court, St. Louis county; Rudolph Hirzel, Judge. Richard Burke and others were convicted of gambling, and appealed. Reversed. |
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State V. Smith |
125 N.C. 615, Supreme Court of North Carolina (October 31, 1899) |
Appeal from superior court, Johnston county; Moore, Judge. Thomas Smith was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he appeals. Reversed. Clark, J., dissenting. |
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State V. Welborn |
66 Ark. 510, Supreme Court of Arkansas (June 03, 1899) |
Appeal from circuit court, Lawrence county, Eastern district; Frederick D. Fulkerson, Judge. The state moved to substitute one indictment against C. M. Welborn for another. Motion denied, and the state appeals. Affirmed. |
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Stephens V. Cherokee Nation |
174 U.S. 445, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 423, 453, 461, 496 (May 15, 1899) |
Appeals from the United States Court in the Indian Territory. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Succession of Fortier |
51 La.Ann. 1562, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 13, Docket Number094 (April 03, 1899) |
Appeal from civil district court, parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Angela Fortier, widow of Placide Bienvenu. From the judgment the state appeals. Affirmed. |
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American Steel & Wire Co. V. Wire Drawers' & Die Makers' Unions Nos. 1 and 3 |
90 F. 608, Circuit Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division, Docket Number 5812 (October 18, 1898) |
On Application for Injunction. |
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Arents V. Long Island R. Co. |
10 E.H. Smith 1, Court of Appeals of New York (May 10, 1898) |
Appeal from supreme court, general term, Second department. Action by Stephen D. Arents against the Long Island Railroad Company. From a judgment of the general term (34 N. Y. Supp. 1085) affirming a judgment on report of referee, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Blanks V. Commonwealth |
20 Ky.L.Rptr. 1037, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 06, 1898) |
Appeal from circuit court, Graves county. To be officially reported. Bob Blanks was convicted of rape under an indictment charging that he did commit the crime of rape upon the body of Tennie Bailey, she, the said Tennie Bailey, being at the time an infant under the age of 12 years, by unlawfully and feloniously having carnal... |
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Blodgett V. Board of Ed. Of Richmond County |
105 Ga. 463, Supreme Court of Georgia (March 23, 1898) |
Error from Superior court, Richmond county; E. H. Callaway, Judge. Action between A. S. Blodgett and others and the board of education of Richmond county. From the judgment, plaintiffs bring error. Judgment affirmed. |
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Board of Ed. Of Richmond County V. Cumming |
103 Ga. 641, Supreme Court of Georgia (March 23, 1898) |
Error from superior court, Richmond county; E. H. Calloway, Judge. Petition in equity by J. W. Cumming and others against the board of education of Richmond county and the tax collector. A demurrer to the petition by the latter was sustained, and one by the former was overruled, and it brings error. Reversed. |
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Broadis V. Broadis |
86 F. 951, Circuit Court, N.D. California, Docket Number 12033 (April 04, 1898) |
This is a bill in equity, brought by the complainant against Ellen Maris Broadis, his wife, Peter Dorcy, and Barry Baldwin, United States marshal for the Northern district of California, to enjoin the latter, as United States marshal, from selling certain real estate alleged to belong to the complainant as a homestead, and which the United States... |
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Carter V. State |
39 Tex.Crim. 345, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (December 07, 1898) |
On motion for rehearing. Overruled. For former opinion, see 46 S. W. 236. |
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Coutzen V. U.s. |
33 Ct.Cl. 475, United States Court of Claims, Docket Number 3358 (May 31, 1898) |
A native of Germany goes to Texas in July, 1845, shortly before its admission into the Union. He makes a declaration of intent to become a citizen of the United States in 1854. No further evidence as to his naturalization is given, but evidence is introduced by the defendants tending to show the absence of record of naturalization where such record... |
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Du Pont V. du Bos |
52 S.C. 244, Supreme Court of South Carolina (April 06, 1898) |
Appeal from common pleas circuit court of Charleston county; W. C. Benet, Judge. Action by Gilbert Geddes Du Pont against Elizabeth C. S. Du Bos and another to set aside a deed obtained by fraud. From a decree in favor of plaintiff, defendant Du Bos appeals. Affirmed. |
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Fendrick V. State |
39 Tex.Crim. 147, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (April 13, 1898) |
Appeal from district court, Falls county; Sam R. Scott, Judge. Columbus Fendrick was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed. |
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Frost V. Michenor |
32 A.D. 628, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York (July 06, 1898) |
Action by Charles S. Frost against Amos J. Michenor and Elizabeth J. McClintock. |
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Holden V. Hardy |
169 U.S. 366, Supreme Court of the United States, 264, Docket Number 261 (February 28, 1898) |
In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Utah. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Holleman V. Bradley Fertilizer Co. |
106 Ga. 156, Supreme Court of Georgia (December 14, 1898) |
Error from superior court, Taylor county; W. B. Butt, Judge. Petition by the Bradley Fertilizer Company against G. T. Holleman & Son. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Affirmed. |
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In re Narragansett Indians |
20 R.I. 715, Supreme Court of Rhode Island (February 24, 1898) |
To the Honorable the Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: I have the honor to inclose the opinion of the justices of the supreme court upon the questions put to us by your honorable body as to chapter 800 of the Public Laws of Rhode Island, its constitutionality, etc. The last two paragraphs contain the conclusions. Very... |
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Lawyers' Surety Co. V. Reinach |
25 Misc. 150, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York (November 10, 1898) |
Appeal from city court of New York, general term. Action by the Lawyers' Surety Company of New York against Max Reinach to recover money paid under an erroneous decree of the surrogate court. A judgment in favor of plaintiff was affirmed by the general term of the city court of New York (51 N. Y. Supp. 162), and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Joseph Edwin Proffit |
Lynching: its Cause and Cure |
7 Yale Law Journal 264 (March, 1898) |
Lynch law is not of mushroom growth. It is older than our government. The necessity which compelled its birth is to be deplored not alone by America. Great Britain left to us this heritage of unreason, which we, alas! have failed to alienate. Ireland saw this abuse of legal form as early as 1493, when the Mayor of Galway, incensed at the law's... |
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Ohio Val. Ry.'s Receiver V. Lander |
20 Ky.L.Rptr. 913, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (November 19, 1898) |
To be officially reported. |
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Ohio Val. Ry.'s Receiver V. Lander |
20 Ky.L.Rptr. 913, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 07, 1898) |
Appeal from circuit court, Christian county. To be officially reported. Action by Robert N. Lander and Fannie E. Lander against John McLeod, receiver of the Ohio Valley Railway, to recover damages. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Reversed. |
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Porter V. Commissioners of Kingfisher County |
6 Okla. 550, Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma (January 12, 1898) |
Petition by Robert Porter, for himself and others, against the commissioners of Kingfisher county for a mandamus. Granted. This action is brought by Robert Porter, for himself and all other persons similarly situated, as an original proceeding in mandamus in this court, against the board of county commissioners of Kingfisher county, Okl., and J. B.... |
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Pratt V. Trustees of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital |
88 Md. 610, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 21, 1898) |
Appeals from circuit court of Baltimore city; George M. Sharp, Judge. Suit by Isaac Pratt, Jr., and another, against the Trustees of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and others for the construction of a will. From a decree in favor of the hospital trustees, complainants appeal. Affirmed. |
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