New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-03
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT DECloioN'
RENDERED.

THE GOVERNMENT UPHELD ~ An A'LE"HD
FRAUDULENT INVOICE sUIr-THE ELMiFA
NATIONAL BANK CASE DECIDED FOR
THE REcEIvER-NoGALEs LAND
GRANT INVALID.
Washington. March I'm the case OF the " ra'
States agt. Tucker & Josephy. decision .. Ia'
reaching importance was made by the '" 'f ~",
Court OF the United States to-day Justice
announcing the opinion The case "i 5 Forfeiture
The United states sought to enoGSe f1aTiuent in
voice ed by the mPCrer In the taken 1 in France
after notice to the defendants to the YAM Oh
the goods in question: but II was ruieo roind that
although the proceedings were civil IN h io,i
was In substance criminal case. ana ,neHrontsi
BY at the ne wlnesses asans them The States
appealed to the Supreme Court OF me in Nev-
YORK because II that were the law the doyernmsaa,
would be Praeisa PreGmded fIG act pcdn
for the forfeiture OF goods In such ca CAST Was
purely civil and the defendants were no, eh' ,bnlr
10 be confronted by the Witnesses Ouf be decision
evidence could be taken IN aIiidaV's i"'
Of the court below was reversed.
The long-standing case of Charles Davis. receiver
of the Elmira National Bank. agt. the Eiinlra 'aN
ings Bank, decided to-day In favor oil ''e
ceiver The case to the supreme CUl IYor II
State Court of Appeals. which held that S i'
statute governed the case. and hat me en- ~, In
the National bank paid before other d,pIhst 10 t6s
court other similar have arisen ana b 2ecent
for parties TO these cases were heard III Viz, do
iivsred the opinon. He said that the law OF Con-
gress requiring a ratable distribution of the 49, go
m in In'f' upon by the State making pref
erences of savings banks deposits DO 20, lh n@pera-
tive against 1.-THE Federal statute, and the d.c sDK
of the Court OF Appeals In favor OF The SA'''S'
was therefore. reversed.
The Connection, Game Law. which forbids the
TRANSFORMATION OF certain kinds OF game Deyo'u
tho State limits was upheld by tho Supreme 'oui'
to-day In an opinion read by Justice W hi'e RE
said the contention that the law was III ', E,i
tuition was not we'll taken. and the judgfn.,nl ~
the State cour; sustaining the law was AN, am ,ho,
Justices Brewer and Harlan dissented. holding tnn'
game was properly the subject OF interstate com
merce, and entitled TO be transported OUTSIDE Oh INC
State
Chief Justice Fuller to-day announced the opln-
ion of the Supreme Court declaring tho Nosaies
land grant. In Arizona invalid The Government
attacked the title OF the claimants In the court O,
Private Land Claims, the latter being represented
in the person o. Santiago Ansa. executor, cic'
upon three grounds The court below found FOR
the Government upon the last ground. VIZ. NAT
the claim. which covered seven and onc-half cities
OF land. was not located at the time OF the eNecu.
ton OF the Ga1slen treaty. and therefor" was no.
tha, same Nc xronnd The spTeme Court affirmed
the decision OF the Court OF Private Land Claims
Tho case Of the State Of New-York agains, the
United States mp in the supreme Court Of the
United States again to-day. Senator Iiill FOR tho
State OF New-York moved to amend the judgment
OF the Court, made last January. az 70 affirm the
judgment OF the Court OF Claims IN favor ~ TIE
State Of New-iork for &l.S2o instead OF reversing
II. the judgment OF the supreme Court II IA"
wns sniitof not only to- the 81 s Int f' aso 10 h
SO. 81 which The Court of Claims dsnlowel Tho
purpose OF The motion was 70 pu, he STATE IN
In IN viii he Ia "a taI NON
judgments affirmed by he Court reversal Of The
Judgment prevents the State from claiming the In
ferest- The original claim FOR Interest Oh
moneys advanced by the State in the early years
OF the the Rebe II Il has been penihs tor nea
thirty-hve years.
a petition for a rchearng Of the case Of Warren
F. Putnam. ex-president OF the Granite State Ma
tIonal Bank. Exeter y. H.. nlei in the supreme
Court oaay TINS + peGP h n ose nv H KAN
and sentenced 10 the penitentiary FOR five years
An appeal was made 70 the supreme Court OF tho
United. states on two grounds one the general rec
ord OF the case. and the other tie form OF the
sentence They were set for argument I'm January
but. owing TO the press OF business IN that month
by agreement they were submitted 10 the Court
briefs without argument. This was on January
% when the record shows there we're nine justices
on the bench, on February 3. nine justices being
also present that DAY, the announcement was made
that the judgment Of the Court below which sent
Putnam 20 the penlieniary for i've years. had oe"n
affirmed by "A divided Court Tutnam's counsel
thinks that. In the circumstances. there should be
rehearing, with an opportunity 10 presen. the
facts orally.
The Supreme Court OF the United States has re-
fusel to grant rehearing Of the case Of Bamber-
ger Bloom Co.. against Senbolfeli ~ az. nvolv
Ing the construction OF the Preferred Creditors law
Of Alabama
The call for tomorrow will be as follows Nos
49, G52 6s 6ss and 6S0 $. Sl. 's 500 557. - and Gs