List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 113 explained

Location:Washington, D.C.
Type:Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authority:Constitution of the United States, Art. III, §1
Terms:life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Positions:9 (by statute)

This is a list of cases reported in volume 113 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1885.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 113 U.S.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition.

The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).[1] Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).

When the cases in volume 113 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Morrison WaiteChief JusticeOhioSalmon P. Chase
(63–0)


March 23, 1888
(Died)
Samuel Freeman MillerAssociate JusticeIowaPeter Vivian Daniel
(Acclamation)


October 13, 1890
(Died)
Stephen Johnson FieldAssociate JusticeCalifornianewly created seat
(Acclamation)


December 1, 1897
(Retired)
Joseph P. BradleyAssociate JusticeNew Jerseynewly created seat
(46–9)


January 22, 1892
(Died)
John Marshall HarlanAssociate JusticeKentuckyDavid Davis
(Acclamation)


October 14, 1911
(Died)
William Burnham WoodsAssociate JusticeGeorgiaWilliam Strong
(39–8)


May 14, 1887
(Died)
Stanley MatthewsAssociate JusticeOhioNoah Haynes Swayne
(24–23)


March 22, 1889
(Died)
Horace GrayAssociate JusticeMassachusettsNathan Clifford
(51–5)


September 15, 1902
(Died)
Samuel BlatchfordAssociate JusticeNew YorkWard Hunt
(Acclamation)


July 7, 1893
(Died)

Citation style

See also: United States district court.

See also: United States circuit court.

See also: United States federal courts. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 113 U.S.

See also: Waite Court.

Case NamePage & yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Cole v. City of La Grange1 (1885)GraynonenoneC.C.E.D. Mo.affirmed
Head v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company9 (1885)GraynonenoneN.H.affirmed
Barbier v. Connolly27 (1885)FieldnonenoneCal. Super. Ct.affirmed
Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Company v. Commissioners of Emigration33 (1885)Matthewsnonenonereversed
Davison v. Von Lingen40 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneC.C.D. Md.affirmed
Drennen v. London Assurance Company51 (1885)HarlannonenoneC.C.D. Minn.reversed
Hollister v. Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company59 (1885)Matthewsnonenonereversed
Hess v. Reynolds73 (1885)Millernonenonereversed
Polleys v. Black River Improvement Company81 (1885)MillernonenoneWis. Cir. Ct.dismissed
Pullman Palace Car Company v. Speck84 (1885)MillernonenoneC.C.N.D. Ill.affirmed
Griffith v. Godey89 (1885)Field nonenoneC.C.D. Cal.reversed
Rowell v. Lindsay97 (1885)Woods nonenoneC.C.E.D. Wis.affirmed
Findlay v. McAllister104 (1885)WoodsnonenoneC.C.E.D. Mo.reversed
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Pettus116 (1885)HarlannonenoneC.C.M.D. Ala.reversed
Steele v. United States128 (1885)WoodsnonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Ackley School District v. Hall135 (1885)HarlannonenoneC.C.D. Iowaaffirmed
Clawson v. United States143 (1885)HarlannonenoneSup. Ct. Terr. Utahaffirmed
Bicknell v. Comstock149 (1885)Miller nonenoneC.C.E.D.N.Y.reversed
United States v. Mueller153 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Consolidated Safety-Valve Company v. Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Company157 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneC.C.D. Mass.reversed
Bryan v. Kennett179 (1885)Harlan nonenoneC.C.E.D. Mo.affirmed
Northern Liberty Market Company v. Kelly199 (1885)GraynonenoneSup. Ct. D.C.reversed
Tucker v. Masser203 (1885)FieldnonenoneC.C.D. Colo.reversed
Cardwell v. American Bridge Company205 (1885)Field nonenoneC.C.D. Cal.affirmed
Voss v. Fisher213 (1885)WoodsnonenoneC.C.W.D. Mich.reversed
Caillot v. Deetken215 (1885)MillernonenoneC.C.D. Cal.dismissed
Cheong Ah Moy v. United States216 (1885)MillernonenoneC.C.D. Cal.dismissed
Price v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company218 (1885)MillernonenonePa.dismissed
Dakota County v. Glidden222 (1885)MillernonenoneC.C.D. Neb.dismissed
Anderson County v. Beal227 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneC.C.D. Kan.affirmed
Harvey v. United States243 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneCt. Cl.multiple
Central Railroad of New Jersey v. Mills249 (1885)GraynonenoneC.C.D.N.J.affirmed
Looney v. District of Columbia258 (1885)GraynonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company v. United States261 (1885)GraynonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Coon v. Wilson268 (1885)Blatchford nonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.reversed
Spaids v. Cooley278 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneSup. Ct. D.C.reversed
Sully v. Drennan 287 (1885)MillernonenoneC.C.S.D. Iowaaffirmed
Avegno v. Schmidt293 (1885)WoodsnonenoneLa.affirmed
Stone v. Chisolm302 (1885)Miller nonenoneC.C.D.S.C.affirmed
Thornley v. United States310 (1885)MillernonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Baylis v. Travellers' Insurance Company316 (1885)Matthewsnonenonereversed
Pneumatic Gas Company v. Berry322 (1885)Field nonenoneC.C.E.D. Mich.affirmed
Ex parte Bigelow328 (1885)MillernonenoneSup. Ct. D.C.habeas corpus denied
Quincy v. Jackson332 (1885)Harlan nonenoneC.C.S.D. Ill.affirmed
Santa Anna v. Frank339 (1885)Harlan nonenonenot indicatedaffirmed
McArthur v. Scott340 (1885)GraynoneWaiteC.C.S.D. Ohioreversed
Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank408 (1885)BlatchfordnonenoneC.C.D. Ind.affirmed
United States v. Jordan418 (1885)Blatchford nonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Crane424 (1885)MatthewsnonenoneC.C.S.D. Iowaaffirmed
Prentice v. Stearns435 (1885)MatthewsnonenoneC.C.D. Minn.affirmed
Morgan v. Hamlet449 (1885)MatthewsnonenoneC.C.E.D. Ark.affirmed
Chase v. Curtis452 (1885)MatthewsnonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Berry465 (1885)Matthews nonenoneArk.affirmed
Morgan v. United States476 (1885)Matthewsnonenonereversed
Provident Institution for Savings v. Jersey City506 (1885)BradleynonenoneN.J.affirmed
Union Pacific Railway Company v. Cheyenne516 (1885)BradleynonenoneSup. Ct. Terr. Wyo.reversed
Erhardt v. Boaro I527 (1885)FieldnonenoneC.C.D. Colo.reversed
Erhardt v. Boaro II537 (1885)FieldnonenoneC.C.D. Colo.reversed
Richards v. Mackall539 (1885)WaitenonenoneSup. Ct. D.C.dismissal denied
Peugh v. Davis542 (1885)MillernonenoneSup. Ct. D.C.affirmed
Gumbel v. Pitkin545 (1885)MillernonenoneC.C.D. La.dismissal denied
Fussell v. Gregg550 (1885)WoodsnonenoneC.C.N.D. Ohioaffirmed
Fussell v. Hughes565 (1885)per curiamnonenoneC.C.N.D. Ohioaffirmed
City of St. Louis v. Myers566 (1885)WaitenonenoneMo.dismissed
Brown v. United States568 (1885)Woods nonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Chicago Life Insurance Company v. Needles574 (1885)HarlannonenoneIll.affirmed
Pearce v. Ham585 (1885)Woods nonenoneC.C.S.D. Ill.affirmed
Ayers v. Watson594 (1885)BradleynonenoneC.C.W.D. Tex.reversed
California Artificial Stone Paving Company v. Molitor609 (1885)BradleynonenoneC.C.D. Cal.dismissed
Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company v. Barney618 (1885)FieldnonenoneC.C.D. Minn.reversed
Kansas Pacific Railway Company v. Dunmeyer629 (1885)MillernonenoneKan.affirmed
Schmieder v. Barney645 (1885)WaitenonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
Camp v. United States648 (1885)HarlannonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson656 (1885)GraynonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.reversed
Flagg v. Walker659 (1885)WoodsnonenoneC.C.S.D. Ill.affirmed
Blake v. City and County of San Francisco679 (1885)WoodsnonenoneC.C.D. Cal.affirmed
Fourth National Bank v. Stout684 (1885)Waitenonenonedismissed
Davies v. Corbin687 (1885)WaitenonenoneC.C.E.D. Ark.affirmance denied
Boyer v. Boyer689 (1885)HarlannonenonePa.reversed
Soon Hing v. Crowley703 (1885)FieldnonenoneC.C.D. Cal.affirmed
United States v. Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company711 (1885)HarlannonenoneC.C.D. Ind.affirmed
Ex parte Fisk713 (1885)Millernonenonehabeas corpus granted
Cooper Manufacturing Company v. Ferguson727 (1885)Woods Matthewsnonereversed
Carter v. Burr737 (1885)WaitenonenoneSup. Ct. D.C.affirmed
Gregory v. Hartley742 (1885)WaitenonenoneNeb.affirmed
United States v. Steever747 (1885)GraynonenoneCt. Cl.affirmed
Hardin v. Boyd756 (1885)Harlan nonenoneC.C.E.D. Ark.affirmed

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supreme Court Research Guide . 7 April 2021 . Georgetown Law Library.