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131 U.S. 405

Docket No. 674.

Menken v. Atlanta

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1889.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1889-04-18

<p>ERROR' TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA.</p> <p>The case is stated in the opinion.</p>

2 counsel of record

Relies on Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife. · State of Louisiana Folsom v. Mayor Etc of the City of New Orleans · John Satterlee v. Elizabeth Matthewson

Cited in Bouvier (1914)’s definition of “Retrospective”

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Affirmed · 7–1 · Decided 1889-04-18

How this case has been cited

Cited by 37 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2010 · most notably Johannessen v. United States (1912), Stephens v. Cherokee Nation (1899)

7 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 state decisions — followed in 10 states

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¶1ERROR' TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA.

¶2The death of the accused in a criminal case brought here by writ of error abates the suit.

¶3The case is stated in the opinion.

¶4Mr. Hoke Smith for plaintiff in error.

¶5Mr. S. W. Packard for defendant in error.

¶6Per curiam:

¶7The death of Fritz Menken, the plaintiff in error in the cause having been suggested by Mr. Pope Barrow, in behalf of Mr. Hoke Smith of counsel for the said plaintiff in error, and it appearing to the court that this is a criminal case, it is considered by the court that this cause has abated. Therefore, it is ordered and adjudged by the court that the writ of error in this cause be, and the same is hereby,

¶8Dismissed.

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