City of Mackinac

This case involves an appeal from the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan regarding a libel claim by the City of Mackinac. The appellants, Timothy Hurley and another, represented by John C. Shaw, appealed a decree dismissing the libel. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decree, and a rehearing was granted on October 5, 1890. However, the case was discontinued by consent before the rehearing took place, as noted in the opinion dated November 10, 1896.

The case involves an appeal from a district court decree dismissing a libel claim filed by a city, which was reversed by the circuit court of appeals with a rehearing ordered. Before the rehearing occurred, the parties discontinued the case by mutual consent. The matter concluded without further proceedings.

• Decree dismissing the libel was reversed
• Rehearing granted on October 5, 1890
• Case discontinued by consent before rehearing

• Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan

• Reversal of the decree dismissing the libel