Legal Opinion

J. Homer Fritch, Inc. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1919No. 64PublishedCited by 16 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White

Liability of the United States for the hire of a ship for two charter periods was asserted. The trial court allowed recovery for one period and rejected it for the other and the court below affirmed its action. The case is here because of aheged error committed in not allowing for both. The Government insists that we have no jurisdiction because the judgment of the trial court was exclusively susceptible of being reviewed directly by this court; hence, that the court below had no jurisdiction and we must reverse and remand with directions to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. The contention is…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. United States v. Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. McLish v. RoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. United States v. HvoslefSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Campbell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. American National Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. United States v. PfitschSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. State v. First State Bank of JudNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1924

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