New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-05
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
AZ LARGE NUMBER HANDED DOWN At
WASHINGTON
EvERAL IMPORTANT RAILROAD CASES DECIDED
A CASH REGISTER PATENT SUSTAINED

EvERAL IMPORTANT RAILROAD CASES DECIDED
A CASH REGISTER PATENT SUSTAINED
THE CoFFINs TO HAVE A NEW TRIAL
Washington March 4-The Supreme Court OF the
Omitted States to-day decided several railroad cases
Of Importance Justice White announced the opini on
Of the Court that the assessment FOR taxes by the
Territory OF Arizona against the MAricopa Railroad
vas well grounded. and the judgment OF me ST.
creme Court OF the Territory 70 that IF ~ was
affirmed In thc case Of Cunningham aga net the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad OF Georgia. Jas Q
White announced a decision for the respondent;
Cunningham represented certain bonds issued ny
he railroad in 1870 and ndo:sei by the State, which
were subsequent TO a similar issue Of 1876. The road
was seized by the state and subsequently sod The
court below found tina: Cunningham had no ella m
and dismissed his BIZ, and the Supreme Court o.
the United States affc1led that Judgment \ sim!1:
case that OF JonnsJn against the Atlantic. Guf
and Western Railroad Company, appealed from
Florida The judgment Of The Cour; below, dismiss
ing Johnson's bill, VAS affirmed n opinion read
BY Justice Shiras.
-Four cases appealed from the Supreme Court OF,
Arkansas by the 81. Louis and san Francisco Rail
road Company involved the validity OF the statute
Of that State regulating freight charges, the rail-
road company contending that the statute IN
violation Of certain privileges contained IN 80 char
ter The Supreme Court of Arkansas held hat the
statute valid and the Supreme Court Of the
United States affirmed that judgment.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad appealed from
ehe decision of the Court Of Appeals OF Virginia in
two similar cases, affecting he act OF that State
regulating freight charges The railroad COMPANY
contended that the provision in the charter OF ts
predecessor organization. giving il power 10 make
its charges succeeded to Itself The CoIri be
low took the view that the privilege did not
descend the Norfolk and Western; and the Su-
prerre Court Of the United States in an opinion read
BY Justice shiras affirmed the judgment against the
railroad COMPANY
Two cases Involving claims made against the
United States by the late General Hiram Berdan
for the use OF breech-loading firearms Inventions
PATENTED by him were decide to-day. They came
from the Court OF Claims. which allowed General
Berdan s95. 0O4 royalty on one patent and denied his
claim as to the other In rendering the opinion OF
the Court Justice Brewer said there had been r.,
u,e OF the device by the United States under the
ast patent or at least, under any contract either
expressed or implied The device under the second
patent, said Justice Brewer. used. bu, the
Statute OF Limitations applied and barred all ca
for its prior to six years before the action
begun. The Judgment of he Court Of Claims
sustained in both
The patent Of the National Cash Register Com
pany sustained in opinion by Justice Brown.
The judgment OF the United States Court for Mas
sschusetts that the patent OF the Boston Cash In
sssor Company not infringement
vers.d
The Court, in opinion rendered by Justice
reversed
Court for the District Of Indiana ana ordered "A
new trial in the case Of Francis A. and Percival g.
Vonn They indicted for conspiracy to wreck
inc Indianapolis National Bank. which failed In
me panic Of 1893. and sentenced 70 the pen
"entiary for ten and five years. respectively. The
nversal was based Judge Bakers charge
The suit OF the Black Diamond Coal Company
against the Excelsior Coal Company for infringe
oent Of a patent coal screen decided in favor
q the defendant. 1t held that there was no
Infringement, and the judgment Of the Court OF
NE Northern District Of California was reversed
and the case remanded for new trial
In one Of the cases instituted by the United States
against Monroe Salisbury ct al mall contractors In
0e United States Court for the Northern District
o. California TO recover alleged illegal payments
On account Of services rendered, the Supreme Court
Today, In an opinion read by Justice Harlan. re
he complaint OF the United States demurrer
Ana remanded the case with Instructions TO require
me defendants to answer. In hve other cases
xsainst Salisbury where the court below overrued
neld that the demurrers should have been sustained
and the judgment below was reversed
The conviction of Bannon and Mulkey. In the
United States Court for the District OF oregon. for
smuggling Cinnamon and opium into the United
States was affirmed In an opinion read by Justice
Brown
The list OF decisions handed down to-day by the
supreme Court is as follows: .
, No 1877 Cyrus F. Palmer, appellant agt. the VII
hge Of Corning Decree affirmed.
No. 1876 The Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad Com
pany. appellant. agt. the Territory OF Arizona De-
cree affirmed.
No o. Josephine p. waldron. plaintiff in error;
egt Mary 4. Waldron. Judgment reversed and