Legal Opinion

Barton v. Barbour

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 14, 1881No. 56PublishedCited by 611 opinions

Error to .the Supreme Court of the -District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods

This was a suit brought' by Frances H. Barton, the plaintiff in' error, against John S. Barbour, the defendant in error, as receiver of the Washington City, Virginia Midland, and Great Southern Railroad Company.

The declaration was as follows: “ The plaintiff, Frances H. Barton, sues the defendant, John S. Barbour,- as receiver of the Washington City, Virginia Midland, and Great Southern Railroad Company, a corporation organized under a law of the State of Virginia, and doing business and having an office *127in the District of Columbia, for that the defendant, on the eleventh day of January,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Wiswall v. SampsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  2. Wallace v. LoomisSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Cowdrey v. Galveston, Houston, & Henderson RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Peale v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  5. Kinney v. CrockerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864

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3Cited by611 opinions

  1. Katchen v. LandySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. In Re TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. LeBlanc v. SalemCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999

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