Supreme Court of the United States, 1886

Sturges v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 29, 1886 · Waite

117 U.S. 363; 6 S. Ct. 767; 29 L. Ed. 920; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1849 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton for plaintiff in error. Mr. Thomas Harland filed a brief for same., Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for defendant, in error,

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Standard Oil Co. v. McLaughlin (9th Cir. 1933)
Hertz v. Woodman (Supreme Court of the United States 1910)
Ex parte Koehler (United States Circuit Courts 1887)

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Opinion

MR. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This judgment is reversed on the authority of Mason v. Sargent, 104 U. S. 689, and the cause remanded, with instructions to reverse the judgment of the District Court and to send. the case back to that court for further proceedings according to law.

jReversed.

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