Legal Opinion

Nielsen v. Steinfeld

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 13, 1912No. 218PublishedCited by 5 opinions

APPEAR FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The facts, which involve' practice regulating appeals from Supreme Courts of the .Territories, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White

Mary Nielsen, individually and as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Carl S. Nielsen, commenced this action in 1905 in the District Court of Pima County, in the then Territory of Arizona. Albert Steinfeld and the Nielsen Mining & Smelting Co., now the Silver Bell Copper Company, were named as defendants. The relief sought was the setting aside of a transfer made by Nielsen to Steinfeld of three hundred shares of stock in the Nielsen Company and for a decree adjudging Mary Nielsen (who is the appellant), as administratrix of her husband’s estate, to be the legal owner of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. William W. Bierce, Ltd. v. HutchinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Stringfellow v. CainSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Gonzales v. BuistSupreme Court of the United States · 1912

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Zeckendorf v. SteinfeldSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Rosaly v. Graham Y FrazerSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Mims v. Valley National BankCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1971
  4. Geiger Jones Co. v. TurnerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1916
  5. Sanford v. AinsaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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