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United States Vs. Bellingham Bay Boom Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-29-1900
United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Co. - 176 U.S. 211 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Co., 176 U.S. 211 (1900) United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Company No. 21 Submitted December 18, 1899 Decided January 29, 1900 176 U.S. 211 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus The power of Congress to pass laws for the navigation of public rivers and to prevent any and all obstructions therein cannot be questioned. When the Attorney General acts under the authority conferred by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890, c. 907, he has the right to call upon the court, upon proper proofs' being made, to enjoin the continuance of any obstruction not authorized by statute, and the court has jurisdiction, and it is its duty to decide whether the existing obstruction is or is not affirmatively authorized by law. In such inquiry, the court is bound to decide whether the boom, as existing, is authorized by any law of t...
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co. Vs. Farmers' L. and T. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-29-1900
Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co. v. Farmers' L. & T. Co. - 176 U.S. 298 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co. v. Farmers' L. & T. Co., 176 U.S. 298 (1900) Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company No. 22 Argued March 10, 1899 Decided January 29, 1900 176 U.S. 298 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus The principles announced in Southern Railway Co. v. Carnegie Steel Co., ante, 176 U. S. 257 , reaffirmed, but the claims files in this suit were held not to be current debts chargeable upon the current receipts of an insolvent railroad company in the hands of a receiver in preference to the claims of mortgage creditors. The Houston and Texas Central Railway Company, a corporation of Texas, formerly owned and operated in that state several lines of railroad, as follows: from Houston to Denison, a distance of 345 miles, known as the main line; from Hempstead, on the main line, to Austin, a distance of 118...
Glass Vs. Concordia Parish Police Jury
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-29-1900
Glass v. Concordia Parish Police Jury - 176 U.S. 207 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Glass v. Concordia Parish Police Jury, 176 U.S. 207 (1900) Glass v. Concordia Parish Police Jury No. 229 Submitted January 8, 1900 Decided January 29, 1900 176 U.S. 207 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR. THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA Syllabus The warrants and orders sued on in this case were payable to the order of Matthew Carr, deceased, who was a citizen of the Louisiana. They were assets of his estate, and the plaintiff in error acquired title to them through a judicial sale made by the sheriff of the Parish of Concordia on the 22d day of May, 1868, under authority of an order of the probate court of said parish having the administration of said estate. The plaintif in the suit was at the date of his said purchase, and at the date of filing his original petition herein, a citizen of the State of Missouri, and the defendant was a citizen of the State of Louisiana. Held t...
Southern Railway Co. Vs. Carnegie Steel Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-29-1900
Southern Railway Co. v. Carnegie Steel Co. - 176 U.S. 257 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Southern Railway Co. v. Carnegie Steel Co., 176 U.S. 257 (1900) Southern Railway Company v. Carnegie Steel Company No. 8 Argued October 13-14, 1898 Decided January 29, 1900 176 U.S. 257 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus In a decree for the foreclosure and sale of a railroad property under a mortgage, power was reserved by the court to compel the purchaser to pay any and all receivers' debts or claims adjudged or to be adjudged as prior in lien or equity to the mortgage debts or entitled to preference in payment out of the proceeds of sale. Held that the rights of creditors whose claims had been filed were not affected by the sale of the property or by the fact of its transfer to the purchaser, nor did the reservation in the order of sale prevent the purchaser from contesting upon their merits any claims allowed after the purchase under the decree of...
Toledo, St. Louis and K.C. R. Co. Vs. Continental Trust Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-29-1900
Toledo, St. Louis & K.C. R. Co. v. Continental Trust Co. - 176 U.S. 219 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Toledo, St. Louis & K.C. R. Co. v. Continental Trust Co., 176 U.S. 219 (1900) Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad Company v. Continental Trust Company Nos. 600, 601 Submitted January 22, 1900 Decided January 29, 1900 176 U.S. 219 PETITIONS FOR CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Clerks of the circuit court of appeals, having prepared the records on which causes are heard therein for the printer, indexed, and supervised the printing of the same, and distributed the printed copies thereof, and been paid therefor, may certify one of such copies for use on applications to this Court for certiorari. The reproduction of transcripts, in manuscript or in print under such circumstances is not required. The statement of the case is in the opinion of the Court. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the Court. These pe...
Dickerman Vs. Northern Trust Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-22-1900
Dickerman v. Northern Trust Co. - 176 U.S. 181 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Dickerman v. Northern Trust Co., 176 U.S. 181 (1900) Dickerman v. Northern Trust Company No. 83 Argued April 5-6, 1899 Decided January 22, 1900 176 U.S. 181 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus A mortgage, given to secure a large number of bonds, provided that the bonds should become payable if any execution should be sued out against the property of the company and such company should not forthwith pay the same. A bondholder brought suit before a justice of the peace upon six coupons. The defendant company consented to a judgment and to the issue of an execution, and upon the same day the trustees gave notice that, by reason of such execution's having been unpaid, they declared the principal and interest upon all the bonds to be immediately payable, and at once took possession of the property. Held that while these proceedings were taken by connivance and conse...
Chew Hing Lung Vs. Wise
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-22-1900
Chew Hing Lung v. Wise - 176 U.S. 156 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Chew Hing Lung v. Wise, 176 U.S. 156 (1900) Chew Hing Lung v. Wise No. 86 Argued December 11-12, 1899 Decided January 22, 1900 176 U.S. 156 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Tapioca flour is not a preparation fit for use as starch, and under the Tariff Act of October 1, 1890, c. 1244, paragraph 720, is entitled to free entry. The designation of an article, eo nomine, either for duty or as exempt from duty must prevail over words of a general description which might otherwise include the article specially designated. The statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the Court. MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the Court. The question in this case, which comes before us on certiorari, is whether certain merchandise imported into this country is entitled to free entry or is subject to duty. The merchandise is claimed to be tapioca, and the question a...
Rae Vs. Homestead Loan and Guaranty Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-22-1900
Rae v. Homestead Loan & Guaranty Co. - 176 U.S. 121 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Rae v. Homestead Loan & Guaranty Co., 176 U.S. 121 (1900) Rae v. Homestead Loan and Guaranty Company No. 281 Submitted December 18, 1899 Decided January 22, 1900 176 U.S. 121 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Syllabus The plaintiff in error executed and delivered to the defendant in error a bond for $4,900 (with a mortgage of real estate in Illinois to secure it), payable "in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard weight and fineness." Default being made, the defendant in error brought suit to foreclose the mortgage, praying judgment according to the bond and mortgage. The plaintiff in error demurred, alleging that the matters and things set out in the bill were contrary to public policy and void, because it was not lawful for the parties to make any money but gold and silver a money tender in payment of the debt, and for other reasons set forth...
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Co. Vs. Tompkins
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-22-1900
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. Tompkins - 176 U.S. 167 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. Tompkins, 176 U.S. 167 (1900) Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Tompkins No. 181 Argued October 31, November 1, 1899 Decided January 22, 1900 176 U.S. 167 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA Syllabus The State of South Dakota, having passed an act providing for the appointment of a board of railroad commissioners and authorizing that board to make a schedule of reasonable maximum fares and charges for the transportation of passengers, freight, and cars on the railroads within the state, provided that the maximum charge for the carriage of passengers on roads of the standard gauge should not be greater than three cents per mile, and that board having acted in accordance with the statute, and having published its schedule of maximum charges, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railw...
Louisiana Vs. Texas
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-15-1900
Louisiana v. Texas - 176 U.S. 1 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Louisiana v. Texas, 176 U.S. 1 (1900) Louisiana v. Texas No. 6 Submitted October 24, 1899 Decided January 15, 1900 176 U.S. 1 ORIGINAL Syllabus The bill of complaint on the part of Louisiana against Texas, alleged that the State of Texas had granted to its Governor and its Health Officer extensive powers over the establishment and maintenance of quarantines over infectious or contagious diseases; that this power had been exercised in a way and with a purpose to build up and benefit the commerce of cities in Texas which were rivals of New Orleans, and it prayed for a decree that "neither the State of Texas, nor her Governor, nor her Health Officer, has the right, under the cover of an exercise of police or quarantine powers, to declare and enforce against interstate commerce, between the State of Louisiana, or any part thereof, and the State of Texas, an absolute embargo prohibiting the movement and conduct of said co...
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