Stitt v. Huidekopers
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the "Western District of Pennsylvania; the ease being thus: In the latter part of August, 1864, at which time great excitemeut prevailed in the region of Oil Creek, Northwestern Pennsylvania, and some persons in New York and other eastern cities, were largely speculating in lands there supposed to contain oil, and rapid sales at advancing prices were making of such lands from day h> day,. Alfred Iiuidekoper and Frederick W. Iiuidekoper, his…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the "Western District of Pennsylvania; the ease being thus: In the latter part of August, 1864, at which time great excitemeut prevailed in the region of Oil Creek, Northwestern Pennsylvania, and some persons in New York and other eastern cities, were largely speculating in lands there supposed to contain oil, and rapid sales at advancing prices were making of such lands from day h> day,. Alfred Iiuidekoper and Frederick W. Iiuidekoper, his nephew, both of Mead-ville, near that region, owning of long date, partially in .their own rights but more largely in a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The.argument, as is generally the case when such a transcript as the one in this case comes before us, has been largely made up of controversies as to what the evidence establishes, which was proper for the consideration of the jury but is out of place in a court of errors.
It will not be profitable or necessary to notice all the alleged errors in this decision. Those alone which are decisive of the case will be considered. The remainder may be treated as not well taken of not presented by the record.
One of the errors assigned and insisted on grows out of the conflict in the testimony between…
2Cited by39 opinions
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. McDonoughCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
- The RichmondDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1902
- Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. HammockIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- The Buenos AiresCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
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