Legal Opinion

Smith v. Gaines

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1876No. 112PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Ebbob to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

Mrs. Gaines, the defendant in error, having recovered a decree against the City of New Orleans for the sum of $125,266.79, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, the qity took an appeal to this court; and, for the purpose of superseding the execution of the decree, the plaintiffs in error gave the bond which is the foundation of the present suit. The decree was affirmed; and, on return of the mandate,an execution was issued against the city for the amount of the decree and costs, which was placed in the hands of the marshal. ’ That officer, made return on…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Pease v. Rathbun-Jones Engineering Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Trent v. RhombergTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Empire State-Idaho Mining & Developing Co. v. HanleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1905
  4. Egan v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1908
  5. Gordon v. Third Nat. Bank of ChattanoogaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1893

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