New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-20
OTHER SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

TWO CASES WON BY GENERAL HARRIsoN--A
QUESTION OF SYMPATHY STRIKES.
Washington April 1.-Two cases recently argued
IN tho Supreme Court of the United States by OK
President Harrison were to-day decided by that
court In favor OF the contention Of the ex-Presden'
one of these cases involved the right OF the city
a. Hammond Ind, to annex land belonging 10
Caroline NJ Forsythe. which she resisted She
sought TO onjoin the collection of taxes. and. after
failing in the State courts. took the case TO the
Federal courts In these courts she also failed ana
the decisions below were affirmed by to-day's opin-
ion The other was that of the City halfway
Germany against the Citizens Railroad Company
Thai The charter of the city Company did not ex-
pre until 1901 The matter Of the perpetuity OF the
Charter was not passed upon.
The supreme Court to-day affirmed. in an opinion
Gircnit Court Of Appeals Tor the Sixth Circuit in
the Of the petition OF James Lennon ioi a
Enrin GO on the Lake Shore and Michigan South
crn Railroad and as such refused 10 haul me cars
of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Rail
road Company, in dlsobedience OF an order OF the
Circuit Court of Ohio. because the engineers OF
the Ann Arbor road were on STRIKE. ana nose
Of the other line were In sympathy with them
Lennon arrested and fine r OF $50 RIsr1
District OF ohio He Immediately fled "A petition
for writ of habeas corpus which was success,
lively denied by the courts below ana their acmpn
sustained by the Supreme Court to-day. The
case originated in 1893 and attracted widespread at
The case was one of those which caused general
discussion OF the contempt powers OF the courts ana
OF their use Of processes of Injunction No attempt,
the opinion of the court says, was made to interfere
with Lemons contract with his own company or
10 compel a continuance of his services. Ii was not
necessary o decide whether an engineer may sud
denly without notice quit the service OF railroad
company between stations. though cases might be
Imagined where "A sudden abandonment OF a train
load Of passengers in an unfrequented spot might
imper their safety and even their lives. on the
question OF the Injunction the court says II was
proper as ii bore solely upon the relations Of the
railway companies TO each other. II was question
for Inc court below to determine whether Lennon $
action In delaying the train five hours at way
station was taken In pursuance OF determination
TO abandon the service OF the company or for the
purpose OF disobeying the courts Injunction. The
nndlng of the trial court against him that
point and the Supreme Court held that there no
error in this judgment.
In the case Of the United States against Clarence
T. (;reathOuse. Justice Harlan rendered opinion
holding that the Tucker act did repeal the
clause OF a former Jaw giving three years ad-
djtioua To claimants beyond the seas 10 file claims
in the Court of Claims against the Government.
Great house was Consul-Gensral TO Japan and made
claim for the return OF fees turned into the United
States Treasury. which II afterward appeared he
was entitled. His turned upon the question
whether 1t barred by Limitation.