Supreme Court of the United States, 1892

Kellam v. Keith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 11, 1892 · The Chief Justice:

144 U.S. 568; 12 S. Ct. 922; 36 L. Ed. 544; 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2101 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. W. H. Bossi/ngton, Mr. Gha/rles Blood Smith, Mr. Everett J. Dallas and Mr. John. T. Morton, for appellants, submitted on their brief., Mr. E. S. Qumton for appellee. Mr. A. B. Qumton and Mr. A. Bergen were with him on -the brief.

Cases that cite this one

19 later published cases cite this decision.

Billy Joe Shaw v. Dow Brands, Inc. (7th Cir. 1993)
Ren-Dan Farms, Inc. v. Monsanto Co. (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 1997)
Allstate Insurance v. Ford Motor Co. (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 1996)
Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Eighmy (District Court, D. Kansas 1994)
Bell v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co. (Okla. Civ. App. 1987)
American Dredging Co. v. Atlantic Sea Con, Ltd. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1986)
Midwestern Distribution, Inc. v. Paris Motor Freight Lines, Inc. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 1983)
Washington-East Washington Joint Authority v. Roberts & Schaefer Co. (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 1960)
Stamm v. American Telephone & Telegraph Company (District Court, W.D. Missouri 1955)
Texas Wool & Mohair Marketing Ass'n v. Standard Acc. Ins. (5th Cir. 1949)
American Surety Co. of New York v. Ritchie (Tex. App. 1945)
Cline v. Belt (District Court, E.D. Kentucky 1942)
Southern Ry. Co. v. Bailey (Ala. 1929)
JOHNSON v. WALMART STORES EAST, LP (District Court, D. New Jersey 2020)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Johnson (Ga. Ct. App. 1939)
Egan v. Preferred Accident Insurance Co. (Wis. 1936)
Duncan v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. (La. 1897)
Tug River, Coal & Salt Co. v. Brigel (6th Cir. 1895)
St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Newcom (8th Cir. 1893)

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Opinion

The Chief Justice :

Upon the authority of Stevens v. Nichols, 130 U. S. 230; Jackson v. Allen, 132 U. S. 27; La Confiance Compagnie v. Hall, 137 U. S. 61, and other cases, the decree in this case must be reversed,- at the costs of appellants in this court and in the Circuit Court, and the cause remanded to the Circuit Court with directions to remand it to the state court.

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