Cardozo Gas e Argue d Over District Board Appointment Power
Justice Gould heard arguments in Equity Court on Francis L. Cardozo's bid for an injunction to stop the Board of Education from trying him on charges of insubordination. Cardozo and counsel Davis argued Congress may delegate appointing power to the District Supreme Court, while Board counsel McNamara contended the board is constitutionally valid and has jurisdiction to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
Congress
Justica Gould
Equity Court
Francis L. Cardozo
Public Schools
Board of Education
Cardozo
Henry E Davis
James A4
Cobb
ed@uition
Mary Church Terrell
Vir Davia
Snco Boar
Judes
District Supreme Court
Tiree
Davis
Tie Teichers
Juste Gould
Tie Schnoals
Wiss
Stuart McNamara
Bil
Act of Congress
Mr. McMamar
Supreme Court
Congress of the
United States
District of Columbia
Executive Legislative
Supreme Court of
District of Columba
Department
Sala Department
Sal
Congress of
Board
Vaard
Gould
Elkins Motion Overruled in Damages Suit Over Railroad Sale
Robert Burton and George A Dubrenil of Baltimore sue Senator Elkins for 500000 alleging services connected to the sale of the Western Maryland Railroad. Judge Wright overruled a defense motion to direct a verdict. Evidence showed Burton kept Elkins informed on Fuller syndicate negotiations and other services were rendered. Arguments opened by W Brown, then Faulkner for defense. Worthington to present further. Yellett to close for plaintiffs. Verdict expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burton
George A Dubrenil
Baltimore
Senator Elkins
Western Maryland Railroad
Justice Wright
Burton
Elkins
Fuller Syndicate
Fores&j W
Contested Wills Highlight Probate Caveat And Executors
Probate Court hears a caveat to Mrs Mary Hosking Lewis will dated April 2 1906 filed by her husband David W Lewis asserting lack of execution undue influence and mental incapacity The document lists L Fleet Luckett as executor and Mary Estelle Jones as beneficiary The notice also covers wills of Eliza Warder J Harrison Johnson Catherine Neitzy Milton Brill and James Mosher detailing executors widows and beneficiaries across several cases with dates and heirs named
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Lewis
Mary Hosking Lewis
Amelia C
Lilian
Catherine
Halth Frederick
Richard Halley
Charley James F
Mamie
Rosie
Sie
Frederick Benson Warder
Lillian Halley
J. Harrison Johnson
Mary Isabella Johnson
Johnson
Catherine Neitzy
Milton Brill
Charles Brill
Anne M Mosher
James Mosher
Emequtrix
Supreme Court Allows Change of Place for Testimony in Shipp Contempt Case
The Supreme Court named Assistant Clerk James D Maher as commissioner to take testimony in the Chattanooga contempt case involving Sheriff Shipp and others. Testimony will begin in Chattanooga and may move location by counsel agreement. The commissioner may also take testimony elsewhere and report promptly to the court without findings or conclusions. The order favors defendants by permitting testimony away from Washington where witnesses feared to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Bonaparte
Washington
Chattanao
Palmer Widow Fails Tax Challenge on Stock Transfer
The US Supreme Court dismissed Bertha H Palmer’s suit against the New York comptroller confirming Surrogate Court of New York City ruling that she must pay a transfer tax on the full value of 4,853 shares of New York Central Railroad stock bequeathed by her late husband. Palmer argued nonresident limits and proportionate taxation, but the court upheld the law as applied to nonresidents and required payment on the entire stock value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha H Palmer
Potter Paflmer
Chicago
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
New York City
M Palmer
New York Central Railroad Company
M. Pallmer
State Debt Case Postponed Hearing in Virginia West Virginia Suit
The demurrer hearing in Virginia v West Virginia over the Old Dominion debt was moved from March 4 to March 11 to accommodate West Virginia counsel John G. Carlisle will represent Senator Spooner of Wisconsin has declined to act for West Virginia Virginia's attorney general said Carlisle has been retained in the case after yesterday’s developments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
West Virginia
John G. Carlisle
Spooner
Wisconsin
Old Dominion
BE Virginia
Supreme Court hears antitrust writ in Continental Wallpaper case
The Continental Wallpaper Company of Ohio filed a petition for a writ of review with the U S Supreme Court yesterday. The suit seeks 577,762 from Voight and so on for goods allegedly sold. The case hinges on the claim that the Continental Company is a bank and that the sale involved restraint of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Wallpaper Company
Lewis Voight and So Company
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Continental Company
Voight
Continental Compa
Hawaii Status Unresolved in Supreme Court Case
In April 1900 the court dismissed the Crossman v Bidwell suit without ruling on Hawaii as a foreign territory. The dispute concerned a Honolulu liquor import of small quantity valued at $15 and whether duties could be lawfully collected after Hawaii’s annexation. Crossmans pursued the case through the courts, arguing duties were unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
W M. Cross
United States
Supreme Court to Hear Employers Liability Case April 8
The Supreme Court, at government request, advanced two cases on April 8 to test the constitutionality of the employers liability act. Attorney General Bonaparte aims for an early decision to fix any defect by Congress next session. The cases involve damages sought by Danie lle Howard for her son Will Howard, a locomotive fireman, against the Illinois Railroad Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bonaparte
Daneelle Howard
Saltsgathe T
Ilinois Railroad Company
United States Circuit Court
Western District of Tennessee
Damges
Will Howard
McCall
Evans
Western District of
Department of Justice
Johnson
Southern Pacific Company
Tthe Supreme Court
Fuller
Maries
Supreme Court Affirms Injunction Against Chicago Gas Ordinance
Justice Day announces the high court's opinion in City of Chicago v Darius O Milla ruling against the city's bid to enforce a 75 cent per thousand cubic feet gas rate. The case centered on federal jurisdiction with Chicago officers arguing collusion and improper venue. the district court injunction stands, judges Fuller and Harlan dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Chicago
Justice Day
United States
Preme Court
City of
Darius O Milla
Eable Test Mills
People’s Gas Company
California
District Court
Ilinois
Milla
Fuller
Harlan
Dunne
Lewis
United States Supreme Court
Sheep must keep away from human habitations
The U S Supreme Court, in the Idaho case Ormsby and Bown versus Enos C Walling, held the state law requiring sheep herders to keep stock at least two miles from private residences constitutional. Justice Breckenna wrote the opinion affirming the state court ruling, with Justices Brewer and Peckham dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
United States Supreme Court
Justice BreKenna
Ormsby & Bown
Enos C. Walling
Walling
State Supreme Court
Aes
McKennen
Brewer and Peckham
Direct Appeal Denied in Habeas Corpus Bid for Lunatic in Napa
Harrison Boynton, confined as a lunatic in the California State Insane Asylum, had his extraordinary bid for release via a direct petition to the Supreme Court rejected. His counsel claimed conspiracy deprived him of liberty in November 1905, leading to his Napa Asylum detention and the transfer of his property to a "pretended friend" now enjoying it. The court gave no opinion on the denial. Boynton once lived in Solano County and is described as owning considerable property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Boynton
California State
Supreme Court
Boynton
Napa Asylum
Solano County
Cal
Supreme Court session list and cases from the United States
The Supreme Court presents a roster of justices including Culef, Harlan, Brewer, White, Peckham, McKenns, Holmes, Day, and Moody. Names from Wilmington, St Louis, and Carthaxs appear with cases from Chicago and Idaho. The order covers numerous appeals and writs of certiorari, with judgeships, admissions to practice, and scheduled opinions and dissents.
Real Estate Transfers List Across District Areas
Real estate transfers show numerous deeds with prices mostly ten dollars or notes. Transfers include Baldwin to Chambers lot 10 and various other parcels across SQUARE areas including Woodridge Washington Heights Anacostia Mount Pleasant and Park View with figures ranging from 10 to 16 dollars and several trusts noted. Names include Mary J Baldwin David A Chambers James W Brooke Lerence Dieudonne Anna Kirkstine Rosa Lorenz Harmony Palmer Mamie Ross Myrtle Davis and Henry Baker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J Baldwin
David A Chambers
Jeha Ch
Alberton
Francis A Blundon
James W Brooke
Woodridge
Johnson B Carpenter
Lerence L._ Dieudonne
M J Colbert
Edmund’ Bhiay
Lowry Brandt
Washington Heights
James D Cameron
Anna Kirkstine
Rosa Lorenz
North Grounds
Columbia College
Myrtie W Davis
Harmony Palmer
Daniel Doody
Mary W
Theresa C Horrigan
Square
George H Dierkoph
Ange C_ Grinnan
M Emmerich
Samuel B Holabird
William Holabird
Thomas Grass
Mamie Ross
Smee “Judge
Mount Pleasant
Pleasant Plains
Thomas Judge
Mamis Ross
Square iSee
Barhard E. T. Kretechmann
Metormick
Meriotar Hill
Barpara
Eretechmasin
Font
Mie Mereure
Henry K Kurts
Marwell van
Woonball
All View
Amiddaveh & Shannon
Charles
St Ux
Park View
Midradsh & Shannon
Eauna
Statzmen
Enuare
Lemuel Maddox
Adolph A Heehling, Jr
Henry M. Baker
Bartle
Trial in May case cites epilepsy as defense claim
In the Jennie L May case a defense team called doctors to claim epilepsy renders her mentally incompetent. The testimony argued the epileptic mind is not fully responsible during seizures and that Mrs May showed erratic behavior in 1905 before a shooting that killed Lucien Conen. The court heard experts from George Washington University and others, with conclusions leaning toward unsoundness during the incident and the trial adjourned to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie L May
Lucien Conen
Conen
Witesses
J. Wesley Bovee
Bowen
Bovee
Baker
George M Gault
Chicago
Miners Inviting Trouble in Moyer Case to Supreme Court
A Hynes local miners union sends to the U S Supreme Court a resolution condemning the court and the President over the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone decision. The text pledges to counter subsidized press myths and to oppose the alleged murderous conspiracy against brothers awaiting trial in Alaska. Also lists equity and circuit court matters, criminal cases, and probate actions from District of Columbia courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Moyer
Supreme Court
Hynes
Iowa
Miners’ Union
Paina
United States Supreme Court
Moyer, Haywood
Aho
District of Columbia
Equity Court NO
Jualien Clabaugh- Brooks
Brooks
International Text Book Company Va
James F. Mulvey
Edwards Va Ringwall
Dulany
Waggaman
Time Limited
C. Newcomb
Tho Pearl Milton
Fraser
Fra
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Cardozo Gase
Niwa Spar
Ghattanooga
Shipp
Ze Side
Mrs. Palmer
People's Gas
Legal Record
Culef
Justice Herlan
Justin Brewer
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Justice McKenns
Justice Holmes
Justice Moody
John FB. Nields
Wilmington
Del
Jeptha D. Hows
St. Louis
Thamas Hackney
Carthaxs
City of Chicago
Darius
Mills
Circuit Court of the United
District of
Illinois
Juntos Dey
Futter
Justice Harlan
Orlando F Bacon
Paul Walker
State of
Justice McKenna
Justice Brewer
Justice Peckhare
Charles Brown
Emos C. Waring
Supreme Court of the
State of Idaho
Gietles Peckban
W. A. Walker
J. W McLoud
Trustes
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
United States Court For
Central District of the
Indian Territory
Justis Packham
United States of Amatics
John F. Shipp
James D Maher
Harrizon Boynton
Maion
Serva
Philadelphia and
Reading Hailway Company
Julia Ilurt
Third Circuit
Bél Horace F Brown
Robert Henry Lanyon
Highth Circuit
Boston and Maine Railroad
John N Gorky
United States Court of Appesta
Second Circuit
Dameslie Howard
C, Plantif
Tilinoia Central Railroad Company
United Bente
William R Hare
Montana Mining Company, Limited
Draintif
St Louis Mining and Miliing Company
Montana
Jackson HM Raleton
George W Crossman
Georgy R Bidwell
Circuit Court of the United States
Southera District of
Solicitor General
Hoyt
Thomas M Fields
Mathieson Alkali Works
Mathieson
Frank W .Soreclan
Afr
Daniel
William Im
Continental Wall Paper Company
Lewis Voight & Sona Company
Appellania
Iontorstate Commerce Commission
Fle
A Shaver
Home Savings Bank
Erro
Frederick McKenney
Pounnel
American Railroad Company of
Porto Rico
Julio F Castro
Charles W Hunter Et al
Rebecca A Johnson Et al
United States Court of Appeals
Robert A Howard
LP Barry
Herman Frasch
Frederick I Allen
Commissioner of Patents
Court of Appsale
Wiliam C' Witten
Court of Appeals
May
Aman
Gault
Fessimile S
Stanature_ OP
New, York
Ieeee
Castoria
Bears
Justice Gould
Janeve
Bubb
Circuit Court
Justles Wright
Kay
Foy
Hirst
Central District Emergency
Circuit Court NO
Juntice Anderson
Daly
Commissioners of Matrict of Columbia
Parker
McDermott
Webster
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Amimments Mo
Wylie Harvest Company
Riley
Brady
Washington Gas Light Com Company
Pellys McKay
Taylor Va
Heron
Herrell & Bro
Ketley
Stafford
Jonnie L. Mey
Jennie L Mayasseault
Jennie L
Afar Criminal Court
Justice Barnard
George Hunter
Henry Chapman
James Carroll
Bankruptcy Court
Clabaysh
John F. McCormick
Robinson
Anne M. Mosher
Eliza Warder
Lillian Heiley
J. Martigan Johnson
Los Angeles
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific Salt Lake
G. Defriest
G. A
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
No & Washington Steamboat Company
Fort Monroe Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Alexandria
Fort Monroe
Monros
Ateamera
Old Dominion Steamship Co
Merchants and
General Ticket Office
Ith
Cotorsdo
Tth
Wharf
Callahan
Fen Mar
Gen
Fort Myer
Arlington Falls Church
Aqueduct Bridge
China, Japan
Honolulu
Philippine Islands
Southern Pacific
Amer Ece
Cumlaics
New Orleans
Et San Prandeco
North Carolina
Renilworth Ink
Biltmore
West Asheville
N. C
Castelberg
S. Washington’s In
Asia
Penna. Ave
Atlantic City
Marlborough Blenheim
Marlborough-Blenheim
Louis Kroll
D. Leeds Company
Haddon Hall
N. J
Leeds & Lippincott
D & White
Chab O Marquette
Bamtles
Rockingham Co
Awitzer
Harrisonburg
Europe
Townsend Country Travel Bepeau
Fourth Ave
Ocean Steamers
Cedric_ Celtic
Cretic
York
EL Louie
Poe
FW Livers
London Direct
Min
Maapolix Minnetonka
Mtewehahe
RED Star Line
BRE
PARIA
KroontendsFeb
Boston
Queenston
Liverpool
Wey
Jane
Cendale
Republic
F Street N
Wee R
Kronprinzg
Brewen
Cassel
ANS
Seydlits
Kurfuerst
Hannover
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Gibraltar
Naples
Ami
Eckar
Mar
Albert
Luise
Friedrich Maer
Poirene
Friedrich Apr
Genon
Bremen
Hoboken
Elridgha & TO Ao
Broadway
Chonp & Sons CO
Paave
Mar of
Mer
Cunard Line
North River
Queenstown
Gueanle
Carmanizs
Lucania
Campania
Carmania
Adriatic
Carenia
Faltar
Ocon
Pannonia
Jones
Carpathia
Slavonia
Verron H. Brown
Stere St
Dattery
State Street
Bester Mase Moss
Stow
Hamburg-American
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
Waldersee
Amerika
Pew
Batavia
Abon
Ee Dreap & Sons
Furniah
Irip
NEW York and
Porto Rico Steamship CO
Nyt
Raymond @ Whitcom Co
Rob Hicks
Nassau
West Indies
Panama
Trent
Tagas Mer
la Plata
Nesesu
Kingston Colon
Cartagena la Guayra
Trinidad
Barbados
Southampton
Jamaica
Singia
Colon
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Banderson & Son
Foster Debevoise
Flatrouaia
M Hicks
Pfeiffer
Achington
D C
Florida Resorts
Florida
East Coast
St. Augustine
Ormond
Palm Beach
Miami
Ravana
Cuba
Bahamas
Florida East Coast Railway
Fifth Avenue
Fla
Adama Strest
Washington Hotels
TRE Everett
Bet
Hila Cubsine
Feoushout
Auserict Ec
St. James
Mignioron
PARK
Eros
Tomes
Sid Mateger
Teeta
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