Legal Opinion

United States v. Rider

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 18, 1896No. 197PublishedCited by 24 opinions

OERTIBIOATB OB DIVISION IN OPINION FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT' OB THE UNITED STATES BOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OB OHIO. On the twenty-third day of November, a. x>. 1891, the United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio filed a criminal information in the Circuit Court of the United States for that district against Frank M. Eider, John F. Burgess and Samuel N. Eutledge, charging that on October 15, a. d. 1891, defendants “were then and there the county…

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OERTIBIOATB OB DIVISION IN OPINION FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT' OB THE UNITED STATES BOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OB OHIO. On the twenty-third day of November, a. x>. 1891, the United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio filed a criminal information in the Circuit Court of the United States for that district against Frank M. Eider, John F. Burgess and Samuel N. Eutledge, charging that on October 15, a. d. 1891, defendants “were then and there the county commissioners in Muskingum County, in the State of Ohio, and then and there the persons empowered by the law of Ohio to…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee

The appellate jurisdiction of this court is defined by the acts of Congress. By section 6 of the act of April 29,1802, c. 31, 2 Stat. 156, 159, whenever there was a division of opinion in the Circuit Court upon a question of law, the question might be certified to this court for decision; provided that the case might proceed in the Circuit Court if in its opinion further proceedings could be had without prejudice to the merits; and that no imprisonment should be allowed or punishment inflicted upon which the judges were divided in opinion.

In United States v. Daniels, 6 Wheat. 542, 547, Chief…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Insurance Co. v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  3. United States v. SangesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. McLish v. RoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. The Paquete HabanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Motes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Mexican Central Railway Co. v. EckmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. Stephan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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