List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 147 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 147 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1893.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 147 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 147 U.S. were decided the Court comprised, at any one time, at least nine of the following members (Justice Lamar died in January 1893 and was replaced by Justice Jackson in March 1893):

PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
(Vote)
Tenure on Supreme Court
Melville FullerChief JusticeIllinoisMorrison Waite
(41–20)


July 4, 1910
(Died)
Stephen Johnson FieldAssociate JusticeCalifornianewly created seat
(Acclamation)


December 1, 1897
(Retired)
John Marshall HarlanAssociate JusticeKentuckyDavid Davis
(Acclamation)


October 14, 1911
(Died)
Horace GrayAssociate JusticeMassachusettsNathan Clifford
(51–5)


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


July 7, 1893
(Died)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarAssociate JusticeMississippiWilliam Burnham Woods
(32–28)


January 23, 1893
(Died)
David Josiah BrewerAssociate JusticeKansasStanley Matthews
(53–11)


March 28, 1910
(Died)
Henry Billings BrownAssociate JusticeMichiganSamuel Freeman Miller
(Acclamation)


May 28, 1906
(Retired)
George Shiras Jr.Associate JusticePennsylvaniaJoseph P. Bradley
(Acclamation)


February 23, 1903
(Retired)
Howell Edmunds JacksonAssociate JusticeTennesseeLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
(Acclamation)


August 8, 1895
(Died)

Notable Cases in 147 U.S.

Kohn v. McNulta

In Kohn v. McNulta, 147 U.S. 238 (1893), the Supreme Court held that a person should not receive compensation for injuries sustained when he is experienced in his work, and there is no evidence of negligence or extenuating circumstances.

Shoemaker v. United States

Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U.S. 282 (1893), concerned the United States Constitution's Appointments Clause. The Supreme Court held that Congress may expand the duties an existing office without it being necessary that the incumbent again be nominated and confirmed, as long as the new duties are "germane" to those already held by the office.

Citation style

See also: United States district court.

See also: United States circuit court.

See also: United States court of appeals.

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.

The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.

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

List of cases in volume 147 U.S.

See also: Fuller Court.

Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinion(s)Dissenting opinion(s)Lower CourtDisposition
Iowa v. Illinois 1 (1893) Field none none originalboundary set
In re Morrison 14 (1893) Blatchford none none multiple
Streeter v. Jefferson County National Bank 36 (1893) Shirasnone none affirmed
Monroe Cattle Company v. Becker 47 (1893) Brown none none reversed
Lytle v. Town of Lansing 59 (1893) Brown none none affirmed
Alexandre v. Machan 72 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
The City of New York 72 (1893) Brown none none affirmed
Albuquerque National Bank v. Perea 87 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
Knox County v. Ninth National Bank 91 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company v. Prentice 101 (1893) Gray none none reversed
Ankeney v. Hannon 118 (1893) Field none none affirmed
Fisher v. Shropshire 133 (1893) Fuller none none reversed
Jennings v. Coal Ridge Improvement and Coal Company 147 (1893) Fuller none none affirmed
United States ex rel. Trask v. Wanamaker 149 (1893) Fuller none none dismissed
Holmes v. Goldsmith 150 (1893) Shirasnone none affirmed
Noble v. Union River Logging Railroad Company 165 (1893) Brown none none affirmed
Miles v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company 177 (1893) Blatchford none Brown affirmed
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. City of Decatur 190 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
De la Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company v. Featherstone 209 (1893) Fuller none none certification
Sutliff v. Lake County 230 (1893) Gray none none certification
Kohn v. McNulta 238 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
Bernier v. Bernier 242 (1893) Field none none reversed
Osborne v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 248 (1893) Fuller none none affirmed
City of New Orleans v. Paine 261 (1893) Brown none none affirmed
United States v. Harmon 268 (1893) Blatchford none none affirmed
Shoemaker v. United States 282 (1893) Shirasnone none affirmed
Weatherhead v. Coupe 322 (1893) Blatchford none none reversed
Luxton v. North River Bridge Company 337 (1893) Gray none none dismissed
Smithmeyer v. United States 342 (1893) Blatchford none none affirmed
Glenn v. Garth 360 (1893) Fuller none none dismissed
Walter v. Northeastern Railroad Company 370 (1893) Brown none none reversed
Keels v. Central Railroad Company 374 (1893) Brown none none reversed
Cooke v. Avery 375 (1893) Fullernone none multiple
Harmon v. City of Chicago 396 (1893) Field none none reversed
Doyle v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 413 (1893) Shirasnone none affirmed
United Lines Telegraph Company v. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 431 (1893) Blatchford none none affirmed
Horner v. United States 449 (1893) Blatchford none none certification
Clement v. Field 467 (1893) Shirasnone none affirmed
Barnett v. Kinney 476 (1893) Fuller none none reversed
In Re Hawkins 486 (1893) Fuller none none mandamus denied
Thorington v. City of Montgomery 490 (1893) Fuller none none dismissed
Arnold v. United States 494 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
Schunk v. Moline, Milburn & Stoddart Company 500 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
Stanley v. Schwalby 508 (1893) Fuller none Field reversed
In re Haberman Manufacturing Company 525 (1893) Blatchford none none mandamus denied
Hamblin v. Western Land Company 531 (1893) Brewer none none affirmed
Fleitas v. Richardson 538 (1893) Gray none none dismissed
Fleitas v. Richardson 550 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La.affirmed
Hayes v. Pratt 557 (1893) Gray none none C.C.D.N.J.affirmed
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company v. Harmon's Administrator 571 (1893) Fuller none none affirmed
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company v. Estill 591 (1893) Blatchford none none multiple
Lovell Manufacturing Company v. Cary 623 (1893) Blatchford none none reversed
Taylor v. Brown 640 (1893) Fuller none none affirmed
Bauserman v. Blunt 647 (1893) Gray none none reversed
United States v. Tanner 661 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. Fletcher 664 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. Pitman 669 (1893) Brown none none affirmed
United States v. Jones 672 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. King 676 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. Erwin 685 (1893) Brown none none affirmed
United States v. Payne 687 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. Hall 691 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. McCandless 692 (1893) Brown none none reversed
United States v. Taylor 695 (1893) Brown none none reversed

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Notes and References

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