Legal Opinion

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway v. Knox

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 4, 1884PublishedCited by 6 opinions

IN EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Motion to dismiss.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

The judgment in this case was for $5,237.15, but the record shows in many ways that of this amount $727.42 was admitted to be due. A formal tender of that sum was made on the 26th of February, 1883, and the money deposited-in court for Knox, the plaintiff, where it remained until the 14th of March, nine days after the judgment was rendered, when it was withdrawn by the railroad company, without prejudice, on the order of the court and with the consent and agreement of Knox. The bill of exceptions also shows an admitted liability of the company for the amount of the tender. The case is,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. Gorman v. HavirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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