Legal Opinion

Kingman v. Western Manufacturing Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 23, 1898No. 248PublishedCited by 69 opinions

" CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. • The Western Manufacturing Company, a corporation of the State of Nebraska, brought its action against Kingman & Company, a corporation of the State of Illinois, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, seeking a recovery of various amounts, on four causes of action, and demanding judgment in the aggregate for the sum of $18,990. Such proceedings were had that the cause duly…

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" CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. • The Western Manufacturing Company, a corporation of the State of Nebraska, brought its action against Kingman & Company, a corporation of the State of Illinois, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, seeking a recovery of various amounts, on four causes of action, and demanding judgment in the aggregate for the sum of $18,990. Such proceedings were had that the cause duly came on for trial before a jury at the May term, 1895, of said court, which resulted in a verdict on June 4, 1895, one…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

In Aztec Mining Company v. Ripley, 151 U. S. 79, it was held that this court had jurisdiction by appeal or writ of error to pass upon the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts of Appeals in cases involving the question whether their judgments were made final by section six of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826. The present case was one of the classes of cases in which the judgments of the Circuit Courts of Appeals were made final, and, therefore, the remedy was properly sought by ‘certiorari.

By section eleven of that act it is provided that “ no appeal or writ of error by which any…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. McLish v. RoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Aspen Mining & Smelting Co. v. BillingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Bostwick v. BrinkerhoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Brockett v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  5. Memphis v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1877

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Abelleira v. District Court of AppealCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Morse v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Southland Industries, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  4. United States v. EllicottSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Derby v. Worcester CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900

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