The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-28
THE COURTS.

SUPREME CoURT or THE UNITED STATRs-
Issa ysnRa .s Of %SaSa M WA. o
mitted to practice as an attorney and counsellor
aG Gsn hpps. ,o% he PEls%. Goal
OF the United States for the district OF Massachu
setts Mr.. Justice Davis delivered the opinion
Circuit Court in this case with costs.
No. 10. Simon Mussina, plaintiff In error, VS..
j. GayH5Ts !" to ths Ds,t
trict OF Texas. Mr.. Justice Swayne delivered
the opinion Of the court affirming the judgment
Of the said District Court In this case with costs
No. l. Maria ]. Cavazos, plaintiff in error, vs..
Manuel Trevino ct al In error to the District
Court Of the United States for the Eastern dis.
the opinion OF the court affirming the judgment
OF the said District Court in this case with costs.
White M hh1 The 4 chis snPSaS % HGG
the court ordered this cause to be argued at the
No. So. John. X. Eigec's administrator, plain
tiT In error, VS.. Oliver Lowell In error to the
circuit court OF the United States for the District
of Missouri: The court being equally divided in
opinion in this case, 1t is ordered that the Judg-
ment OF the said circuit court be affirmed, with
costs.
continued by Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Mcpherson, of
| counsel for the appellee, and concluded by Mr.,
Poland, Of counsel for the appellant.
Adjourned until tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
SUPREME CouRr OF THE DISTRICT OF CoLrM-
BIA.-All the Justices sat In bdnc yesterday.
No cases being in readiness, the court took
Upon resuming It's session, the court took up
the following case, which was fully reported for
| this paper on its hearing in the court below;
Ohio usnsi Company. DsvidgeNCox.
This Is q suit to on oin the canal company from
cutting Oft water from the plaintiffs paper mill,
proper construction of the lease Of water power
made by the company to Hill,
| The company frat leased $50 much water as
will pass through aperture OF 200 square
| inches" and afterwards upon the application o.
Hill for more power authorized an additional
| Hin, and that a lease be executed "for such adj
ditional quantity OF water power upon the usual
The plaintiff holds that the additional lease
gives him water of the same force as that of the
| first two hundred inches, and that as the add
| tional water has to be taken nearer the surface
| than the nrst two hundred inches, and is OF
| course OF less power, that tho rate of charge
| should be made proportionate thereto.
| The defendants deny this, and maintain that
| they lease only so much water as will pass
through so many square inches.
The wa. argued by Msr Cox and R
papers and reserved its decision. Adjourned.
| CIBcrlr CouRr-Chief Justice Carier-The
| some days. The following case was called to the
attention Of the court yesterday:
| THE COLORBD SCHOOLS AGAIN,
| j. Sayles Brown for trustees OF colored schools
vs. the Mayor Of Washington. Mr.. Riddcll
| filed the following notion;
"The PLAINTIFF come and make known to the
court that since the determination of the motion
In this case at the present term IT. has been dis
covered that grave error occurred In the report
| OF the auditor which was repeated In the judg-
| ment OF the court. Said report assumed the
whole amount of the fund, OF which the plsint fta
are entitled to one nth, to have been $40 So3 SO
when 1t was In fact $Oo, s6666s They ask that said
judment be vacated and said mistake corrected
"The auditor has discovered his mistake, and
| will make a statement"
The court will act upon the motion at an
early day. Adjourned.
CRIMINAL CouRr-Judge olin.-upon the open
Ing OF the court yesterday, the Jury reappearet
pursuant to the order OF last Monday.
| 1t having been agreed to devote the present
week to trials in the general term, the jury wal
| discharged until Monday next, and the sessions
| q the circuit court this week will be merel,
| formal.
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