Legal Opinion

Supervisors v. Kennicott

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 30, 1877No. 255PublishedCited by 80 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee- Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

When this case was here on a former appeal, we decided that the mortgage in controversy was valid in favor of bona fide holders of the bonds it was given to secure, and that the com plainants were entitled to a decree for the amount of the bonds held by them. Kennicott v. Supervisors, 16 Wall. 468, 471. These questions are, therefore, no longer open; for it is settled in this court, that whatever has been decided here unon one appeal cannot be re-examined in a subsequent appeal of the same suit. Such subsequent appeal brings up for…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Martin v. Hunter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1816
  2. Ex Parte Sibbald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  3. Story v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  4. Tyler v. MagwireSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  5. Kenicott v. SupervisorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1873

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant & Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Johnson v. Cadillac Motor Car Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
  4. Gohman v. City of St. BernardOhio Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Illinois v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

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