Legal Opinion

Cawood Patent

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 23, 1877PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

94 U.S. 695

24 L.Ed. 238

CAWOOD PATENT.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

v.

TURRILL;

MICHIGAN SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY

v.

SAME;

CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY

v.

SAME;

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON, AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY

v.

SAME;

PITTSBURGH, FORT WAYNE, AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY

v.

SAME.

October Term, 1876

APPEALS from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

Argued by Mr. George Gifford, Mr. John B. Niles, and Mr. George Payson, and submitted on printed argument by Mr. R. Biddle Roberts, for the…

Also in this document: Opinion of the Court · Strong; Dissent.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Turrill v. Michigan, S. & NIR Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1864
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. TurrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Barton v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Thomson v. WoosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Sessions v. RomadkaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. University Computing Co. v. Lykes-Youngstown Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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