Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court. 202 U. S.
CASES DISPOSED OF WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT FROM APRIL 17 TO MAY 28, 1906.
No. 243. MARY JOSEPHINE SCANNELL ET AL., PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. COTE BLANCHE COMPANY ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1906. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Branch K. Miller for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Alexander Porter Morse,
Mr. M. J. Foster and Mr. Charlton R. Beattie for defendants in error.
No. 231. THE DRAKE & STRATTON COMPANY, LIMITED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN MANWARING. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota. April 18, 1906. Dismissed, per stipulation. Mr. Thomas J. Davis for plaintiff in error. Mr. Roger S. Powell for defendant in error.
No. 257. GEORGETOWN AND TENNALLYTOWN RAILWAY COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ELIZABETH B. SMITH, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. In error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. April 23, 1906. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. J. J. Darlington for plaintiff in error. No appearance for defendant in error.
No. 768. FRANCISCO RIVERA alias PANCHETO, APPELLANT, v. JOSE URRUTIA, WARDEN, ETC. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. May 28, 1906. Docketed and dismissed with costs, on motion of The Solicitor General for the appellee. No one opposing.
1. Nature of suit as one against the United States.
A suit brought by a Chippewa Indian on behalf of himself and other mem-
bers of his tribe against the Secretary of the Interior, to enjoin him from executing the act of June 27, 1902, and to compel him to account under the act of January 4, 1889, in regard to sale and disposition of lands, the title to which is still in the Government, is in effect a suit against the United States, and in the absence of any waiver on the part of the Government of immunity from suit, the courts have no juris- diction of such a suit. (Oregon v. Hitchcock, 202 U. S. 60 followed; Minnesota v. Hitchcock, 185 U. S. 373 distinguished.) Naganab v. Hitchcock, 473.
2. Nature as suit against State within meaning of Eleventh Amendment. A suit brought by a railway company against the members of a state rail-
way commission to restrain them from interfering with complainant's property and interstate business under a state statute alleged in the bill to be unconstitutional as imposing burdens on interstate com- merce is not a suit against the State within the meaning of the Eleventh Amendment. McNeill v. Southern Railway Co., 543.
See ADMIRALTY; CONGRESS, B 3;
ALIEN CONTRACT LABOR LAW of March 3, 1903, 32 Stat. 1218, §§ 21, 25 (see Aliens): Pearson v. Williams, 281.
BANKRUPTCY, Act of 1898, § 23 (see Jurisdiction, C 4): Bush v. Elliott. 477. Sec. 67 (see Bankruptcy, 1): First National Bank v. Staake, 141. COURT OF CLAIMS, Tucker Act (see Admiralty, 1): United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co., 184.
CRIMINAL LAW, Act of July 20, 1840, 5 Stat. 394, and § 800, Rev. Stat. (see Criminal Law, 1): Sawyer v. United States, 150.
CUBA, Act of December 17, 1903 (see Customs Duties): Franklin Sugar Co. v. United States, 580.
CUSTOMS DUTIES, Rev. Stat. § 2899 (see Bonds, 1): United States v. Diecker- hoff, 302. Sec. 2977 (see Customs Duties, 2): Franklin Sugar Co. v. (625)
United States, 580. Secs. 2984, 3689 (see Admiralty, 2): United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co., 184. Customs Administrative Act of Decem- ber 15, 1902, 32 Stat. 753, § 20 (see Customs Duties, 2): Franklin Sugar Co. v. United States, 580.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Acts of February 12, 1901, 31 Stat. 767, 774 and February 28, 1903, 32 Stat. 909 (see Congress, B 3): Millard v. Roberts, 429.
FEES OF SOLICITORS, Rev. Stat. § 824 (see Costs, 2): Missouri v. Illinois, 598.
INDIANS, Cherokee Act of July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 726, as construed by act of March 3, 1903, 32 Stat. 996 (see Indians): United States v. Cherokee Nation, 101.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT (see Carriers): Texas & Pacifie Ry. Co. v. Mugg, 242.
JUDICIARY, Rev. Stat. § 639, sub-sec. 1, and acts of March 3, 1875, 18 Stat. 470; March 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 556 and August 13, 1888, 25 Stat. 433 (see Jurisdiction, C 5): O'Conor v. Texas, 501. Rev. Stat. § 709 (see Jurisdiction, A 3): Hulbert v. Chicago, 275. Rev. Stat. § 714 (see Courts, 6): James v. United States, 401. Appropriation Act of 1895 (see Courts, 8): Ib.
NATIONAL BANKS, Rev. Stat. § 5139 (see National Banks, 3): McDonald v. Dewey, 510. National Bank Acts (see Jurisdiction, A 5): Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Wehrmann, 295.
OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT, Rev. Stat. § 1782 (see Congress, B 1; Criminal Law, 6, 7, 8, 9; Jurisdiction, E): Burton v. United States, 344.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, act of July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 691 (see Philippine Islands): Lincoln v. United States, 484.
PORTO RICO, Foraker Act of April 12, 1900, § 34 (see Local Law): Perez v. Fernandez, 80.
PUBLIC LANDS, Acts of June 27, 1902, and January 4, 1889 (see Action, 1): Naganab v. Hitchcock, 473.
RECOVERIES ON FORFEITURES, Rev. Stat. § 961 (see Bonds, 2): United States v. Dieckerhoff, 302.
SWAMP LANDS, Acts of September 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 519, and March 12, 1860, 12 Stat. 3 (see Jurisdiction, A 8): Oregon v. Hitchcock, 60. TARIFF ACT of July 24, 1897 (see Customs Duties, 1): United States v. American Sugar Co., 563.
ADMINISTRATION.
See TESTAMENTARY LAW, 1.
1. Salvage; jurisdiction of Court of Claims of claim against Government. While a claim for salvage of Government property based on services ren- dered without request of any officer of the Government does not arise upon any contract, express or implied, it is properly one for unliquidated damages in a case not sounding in tort, in respect to which the claimant
would be entitled to redress in the admiralty court if the United States were suable, and, under the Tucker Act, the Court of Claims, or the proper District Court where the claim is for less than $1,000, has juris- diction of a suit therefor. United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co., 184.
2. Salvage; recovery from Government for salving merchandise subject to refund of duties paid.
The successful salving of undelivered merchandise on which duties have been paid, but which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized by §§ 2984, 3689, Rev. Stat., to refund if the goods were lost, entitles the salvors to recover from the Government a reasonable salvage, equal to that recovered on the private property saved at the same time, on the amount of duties which the Government would have been under obliga- tion to refund had the merchandise been lost. In such a case it will be assumed that the duties will be refunded, and the claim therefor will be regarded as a liability, although § 2984 is permissive and not manda- tory in form. Ib.
3. Jurisdiction of courts; application of equitable principles.
Although courts of admiralty have no general equity jurisdiction, and cannot afford equitable relief in a direct proceeding for that purpose, they may apply equitable principles to subjects within their juris- diction. Ib.
ADMISSION OF STATES.
See CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; JURISDICTION, A;
See CONTRACTS;
CRIMINAL LAW, 9; JURISDICTION, E.
Deportation under Contract Labor Law Sufficiency of hearing.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor, has a right under § 21 of the act of March 3, 1903, 32 Stat. 1218, to order the deportation of an alien as having come to this country under contract to perform labor, after a second hearing before a board of special inquiry, although there had previously been a special inquiry, pursuant to § 25 of the act at the time of his landing before the same persons, and upon the same ques- tions, and he had been allowed to land. The board of inquiry under § 25 of the act of 1903 is not a court, but an instrument of the executive
power, and its decisions do not constitute res judicata in a technical Pearson v. Williams, 281.
APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC MONEY.
Character of appropriation as one for governmental purposes or private use. An act of Congress appropriating money to be paid to railway companies to carry out a scheme of public improvements in the District of Co- lumbia, and which also requires those companies to eliminate grade crossings and erect a union station, and recognizes and provides for the surrender of existing rights, is an act appropriating money for governmental purposes and not for the private use exclusively of those companies. Millard v. Roberts, 429.
ARBITRATION AND AWARD. See INDIANS.
ASSESSMENTS.
See NATIONAL BANKS.
ATTACHMENT.
See BANKRUPTCY, 1, 2;
LOCAL LAW (PORTO RICO).
1. Attachment; loss of preferential character by institution of bankruptcy proceedings.
Under § 67 of the bankruptcy law of 1898 attachments obtained within four months of filing the petition on property which in the absence of the attachment would pass to other persons, and to which the bank- rupt has only a bare legal title, may be preserved for the general benefit of the estate, and whatever the trustee realizes thereon may be dis- tributed among the body of the creditors. The lien is valid, but it loses its preferential character in favor of the attaching creditor by the institution of the bankruptcy proceedings. First National Bank v. Staake, 141; McHarg v. Staake, 150.
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