Legal Opinion

Fuller v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 27, 1901No. 7, OriginalPublishedCited by 20 opinions

Original Application for mandamus. This was a motion for leave to file a petition of mandamus, and a petition therefor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

Orange Fuller, assignee of Butler Brothers, brought an action on the 23d day of January, 1892, in the United States Court in the Indian Territory against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company to recover the damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the negligence of the defendant resulting in the destruction of certain property of Butler Brothers by fire.

On the 1st day of May, 1894, the venue of the case.was changed to the second judicial division of the Territory, now the Central District, and the result of a trial before the court and a jury was a verdict and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Ex Parte Sibbald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  3. In Re PottsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Southard v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  5. Ex Parte RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1872

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Hoppin v. LongMontana Supreme Court · 1925
  3. In re DitchU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1895
  4. Nelson v. MeehanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907
  5. Chambliss v. HassSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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