Supreme Court of the United States, 1889

Menken v. Atlanta

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 18, 1889 · Per Curiam

131 U.S. 405; 9 S. Ct. 794; 1889 U.S. LEXIS 1832 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Hoke Smith for plaintiff in error., Mr. S. W. Packard for defendant in error.

Cases that cite this one

12 later published cases cite this decision.

Surland v. State (Md. 2006)
Dorothy Crooker v. United States (8th Cir. 1963)
United States v. Rorie (United States Court of Appeals For The Armed Forces 2003)
United States v. Parsons (5th Cir. 2002)
United States v. Estate of Parsons ex rel. Millar (5th Cir. 2002)
Swanson v. West (United States Court of Veteran Appeals 1999)
Wetzel v. Ohio (Supreme Court of the United States 1962)
Frank v. State (Md. 1948)
Singer v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1945)
Robinson v. California (Supreme Court of the United States 1962)
Pino v. United States (7th Cir. 1921)
State v. Furth (Wash. 1914)

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Opinion

Per curiam:

The death of Fritz Menken, the plaintiff in error in the cause having been suggested by Mr. Pope Barrow, in behalf of Mr. Hoke Smith of counsel for the said plaintiff in error, and it appearing to the court that this is a criminal case, it is considered by the court that this cause has abated. Therefore, it is ordered and adjudged by the court that the writ of error in this cause be, and the same is hereby,

Dismissed.

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