Supreme Court of the United States, 1884

Friend v. Wise

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 5, 1884 · Waite

111 U.S. 797; 4 S. Ct. 695; 28 L. Ed. 602; 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1843 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Henry Beard and Mr. Charles H. Armes for defendant in error in support of the motion., Mr. William J. Johnston for plaintiffs in error, opposing.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Tupiño v. La Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas (Supreme Court of the United States 1909)
Chamberlin v. Browning (Supreme Court of the United States 1900)
Pierce v. Molliken (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California 1897)
Holt v. Bergevin (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Idaho 1894)
Gibson v. Shufeldt (Supreme Court of the United States 1887)

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Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

*798 These motions are denied. The value of the two sections of land which are in dispute is conceded to be more than $5,000. The complaint alleges a joint entry and ouster, and the answer does not set up separate claims to distinct parcels of the land by the several defendants. The judgment for the recovery of the possession is against all the defendants jointly. In this respect the case is entirely different from those of Tupper v. Wise and Lynch v. Bailey, 110 U. S. 398. We have jurisdiction therefore.

The questions arising on the merits are, some of them, of a character that ought not to be disposed of on a motion to affirm.

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