The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-27

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DAY aIter three weeks recess anu oe-
! cisions were announced in about twenty
, four cases
An important matter was decided by the
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! Court of Appeals for the Sixth circuit.
William Weight, messenger of the United
States Express Company. running on the
baltimore and Ohio SOUTHWESTERN PaiIroad
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/ INC .cinp""' ioi
! IN an accident on the defendant road In
( the lower court IL was shown that by
contract between the railroad and express
comnanv emnloves of tho latter yera NOT
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Jufies sustained IN accluehts on tne ran,
ROADS. ana the emploSes agree 10 De oouho
oy Ihe terms Oh that contract
! mat court Heid mat sucn a contract anu
agreement were contrary 10 pubic poiicy
ana could not De enforced me case went
10 the oouT. OIL appeals, anu 'nat .Iio otnnd
asked the supreme Court II. uhuer th a;s
coHui,ions; eoisul %es a p ao9ee ~. ~
49,, ~ pa;,road Co-nnanv VS. Ioclt
wood. which declared that company could
not enforce contract with stock drover
traVeilne on return pass ina. .nG I'm
pa pans 9n ~, ~ n - ~
Mr. Inetica sh;ras said that in this case
yciybt was not a Messenger for hire and
that there was nothing in the contract and
agreement referred to that violated any
nrincinle of nublic nolicv Mr. Justice Har-
Ian dissepted
In another case the court affirmed the
Judgment of the Court of Appeals of New
York perpetuall,, enioiping the Adirondack
Railroad Comnany from taking lands In
the Adirondack PARK The company sought
, to secure right Of way for the extension
of it's linz through Hamilton Essex and
Warren counties but the forest reserve
commissioners II was held nv the State
court. had erst got nossess,on Of the lands
and under t,e new, constitution they could
not ba tr,n-ferred 10 nor acouIred nv a
cornoration Tho comnanv apnealed to the
synren,e Court setting nm that contract
hst,roop II and The state tits charterl
had baen in,nairad NV the action of the
ST. eo,,-,s ard nat 81 had baan denied
tho duo nrocess of law yithin fine meaning
of the Constitution of the United States,
hut chief Justice Fuller said the court
found to the contrary.
Sn,,i.h v,r Case.
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the court, the seizures and concentrations
being sustained. The first was that of the
British shin Adula running between ia |
,,sica and cuba in connection with the |
A.Ias Line from New York She was tap
t,,rod Of cuantansrno Raw Inv the Marble |
head Gune % 1SgS carrying load of refu-
eos and some cargo For this VOYAGE |
She had been chartered by a Spaniard. pre- |
ylously engaged in the eoastwise trade. |
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ship engaged in carrying refugees from the !
island. but said Justice Brown. inasmuch |
as the trip netted $4,000 to the manager, |
IL could hardly be called humane mis-
sion only.
There was question raised as 10 the |
validity of the blockade OF Guantanamo |
Bay. which the court answered py stalins
that II was ehectlVe- Inc Juashebt Oh
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affirmed. From this decision Justices |
Gray, Brown, Shiras, and Peckham dis
sented
MI 1us,ice niay "niouHe oe NV .ne S Sp,
'taan,ar ponama seized Inv the Mangroyt
about twenty-five miles from Havana on
April 25, 1895. She was a royal mail steam
ship, carrying arms, accoutrements. and
ammunitions of auxiliary of the navy,
was taken to Key West and ordered sold.
1t was held in defence % that she was not |
liable to capture. being a mail ship and
carrying mails OF the United States; and
~ that she was protected by the fourth |
clause of the Presidents proclamation, CIV
ing Spanish merchant vessels IN American
ports a certain time within which to load
and get away to their destination safely.
AS to the first Justice Gray said that no
provision of international law yet accepted
excepted mail vessels from capture during
4 war. The Presidents proclamation re-
earding Spanish merchant vessels In ports
of the United States could not be held &c
apply to a vessel under contract with the
navy armed and eouipped for that servia.
and liable To he taken nv the enemy and
,eed In its service
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Inc court sustained the dlstFict court ior
the State of Washington in the matter of |
Mrs Cue Linn and other Chinese whom the
rrooa,,r,- omcia1e ON tho Pacific coaet h., |
$3.50, nv, !
oi'e'.u " De 'eN 'ou' "e''
that, being dependents OF chinese already
lawfully in the country they could be ad-
mitted without certificates.
decision announced by Mr.. Justice
White instructed the Court of Private Land
Claims TO dismiss the petition of Luis
Maria Ortiz for patent to the Sierra
Nosco land grant in New Mexico yariousIy
estimated to contain from AZ coo TO liz 0OO
sai,ure nv Nv cIaipent 70 estol'Iisb the qrant
Stenben HaIIv from the Fourth supreme
Judicial district of Texas. Mr.. Justice