Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-20
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
Gases Settled by the United Stat
Supreme Court.

Gases Settled by the United States
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday affirmed, In an opinion delivered
by Justice Brown, the decision of the cir
cult court of appeals for the sixth circuit
in the case Of the petition of James Lennon
for writ of habeas corpus. Lennon was
a locomotive engineer on the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railroad and as
sUch refused to haul the cars of the Toledo,
Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Railroad
Company. in disobedience of an order of
the circuit court for the northern district of
Ohio because the engineers of the Ann
Arbor road were on strike and those OF
the other lines were in sympathy with
them. Lennon was arrested and fine of
$50 imposed. This occurred in the circuit
court for the northern district of Ohio He
Immediately filed petition for a writ Of
habeas corpus. which was successfully de-
MED by the courts below, and their action
sustained by the Supreme Court yesterday.
The case originated in 1895 and attracted
widespread attention.
In the case of the United States against
Clarence r. Greenhouse, Justice Harlan
rendered an opinion holding that the Tuck
er act did not repeal the clause of the
former law giving three years additional
TO claimants beyond the seas to file
claims in the Court of Claims against the
government. Greenhouse was consul gen.
turn fees turned into the United States
treasury, to which it afterward appeared
he was entitled. His case turned upon the
fact of whether the case was barred by
limitation.
In the case of Charles W. Nordstrom. I'M
der sentence of death in Washington state,
the court granted stay of proceedings TO
await the decision Of Nordstrom's appeal
to this court from decision below refusing
him a writ of habeas corpus
An order was issued in the case of joseph
laSagi. late consul Of the Turkish govern
ment at Boston. charged with embezzle-
ment, directing that the mandate of this
court refusing Tasagi's petition for a writ
of habeas corpus be issued at once instead
of waiting the usual thirty days.
Hearing the case Of Thomas Phillips
Monday. Bryant is an Enlishman charged
with cmbezzlement, and awaits the decision
OF the court as to whether he shall be in
dicted.
case of the Mutual Life Insurance Company
against Nellie Phinney was granted. The
case comes from California. and involves
claim for the payment of an insurance
Justice Harlan handed down the opinion
of the court in the case of the Northern
Pacific against Junius G. Sanders and 9TH
ers, Involving the validity Of claims to land
made by settlers under the land laws with
In the limits Of the Northern Pacific grant
subsequent to the government circular of
1877 withdrawing the land and prior to the
DEFINITE location of the line of the road
The decision was favorable to the claims of
settlers that claims made under such condi-
uons are valid.
Two cases recently argued in the Supreme
Court OF the United States by ex-President
Harrison were yesterday decided by, thai
court, and both in favor Of the contention
OF the ex-President. One of these cases in
yolved the right of the city of Hammond,
in the state of Indiana to annex land he
longing to Caroline NJ. Forsythe which she
resisted. She sought to enjoin the coliec-
ton of taexs. and after failing in the state
courts took the case to the federal courts
In these courts she also failed. and the de-
cisions below were affirmed by yesterdays
opinion. The other case was that Of the
City Railway Company against the Citi-
zens' Railroad Company Of indianapolis
In this case the court decided that the
charter Of the City company did not expire
until 1901. The contention OF the perpetui-
ty Of the charter was not passed upon,