Cowley v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. . This was a proceeding originally instituted in the District Court of the fourth judicial district, of Washington Territory, under a territorial statute, to set aside a certain judgment rendered in a case brought by the Railroad Company against the appellant, Cowley, in the same court.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. . This was a proceeding originally instituted in the District Court of the fourth judicial district, of Washington Territory, under a territorial statute, to set aside a certain judgment rendered in a case brought by the Railroad Company against the appellant, Cowley, in the same court. The facts of the case were substantially as follows: In 1886, the Railroad Company began an action against the appellant to recover possession of 120 acres of land within.the limits-of Spokane Falls. In answer to the complaint…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The referee, to whom this case was referred by the district territorial court, found, as a matter of fact, that Cowley did not directly authorize Ganahl & Hagan to enter into the stipulation and to consent to judgment, but that the stipulation and judgment were only incidental to the contract of settlement and substantially- embodied in the same terms, and that by reason of such settlement, and the general powers of attorney therein, and the power of attorney executed and given to Hagan, and their general powers as attorneys in the case, they were authorized to act in the manner they did,…
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