Legal Opinion

Harkness v. Hyde

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 21, 1879No. 219PublishedCited by 220 opinions

Error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field

This was an action to recover damages for maliciously and without probable cause procuring the seizure and detention of property of the plaintiff under a writ of attachment. It was brought in September, 1873, in a district court of the Territory of Idaho for the county of Oneida. The summons, with a copy of the complaint, was soon afterwards served by the sheriff of the county on the defendant, at his place of residence, which was on the Indian reservation, known as the Shoshonee reservation.

The defendant thereupon appeared specially by counsel appointed for the purpose, and moved the court…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

3Cited by220 opinions

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  3. Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Nevada v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  5. Blackmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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