List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 113

Supreme Court of the United States
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Established	March 4, 1789;236 years ago (1789-03-04)
Location	Washington, D.C.
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Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorised by	Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term length	life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions	9 (by statute)
Website	supremecourt.gov

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:

Portrait	Justice	Office	Home State	Succeeded	Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote)	Tenure on Supreme Court
	Morrison Waite	Chief Justice	Ohio	Salmon P. Chase	January 21, 1874 (63–0)	March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died)
	Samuel Freeman Miller	Associate Justice	Iowa	Peter Vivian Daniel	July 16, 1862 (Acclamation)	July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died)
	Stephen Johnson Field	Associate Justice	California	newly created seat	March 10, 1863 (Acclamation)	May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired)
	Joseph P. Bradley	Associate Justice	New Jersey	newly created seat	March 21, 1870 (46–9)	March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died)
	John Marshall Harlan	Associate Justice	Kentucky	David Davis	November 29, 1877 (Acclamation)	December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died)
	William Burnham Woods	Associate Justice	Georgia	William Strong	December 21, 1880 (39–8)	January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died)
	Stanley Matthews	Associate Justice	Ohio	Noah Haynes Swayne	May 12, 1881 (24–23)	May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died)
	Horace Gray	Associate Justice	Massachusetts	Nathan Clifford	December 20, 1881 (51–5)	January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died)
	Samuel Blatchford	Associate Justice	New York	Ward Hunt	March 22, 1882 (Acclamation)	April 3, 1882 – 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.

• "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
  • e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
• "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
  • e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
  • e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
  • e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
• "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
• The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
  • e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
  • e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 113 U.S.

See also: Waite Court

Case Name	Page & year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower Court	Disposition
Cole v. City of La Grange	1 (1885)	Gray	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Head v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company	9 (1885)	Gray	none	none	N.H.	affirmed
Barbier v. Connolly	27 (1885)	Field	none	none	Cal. Super. Ct.	affirmed
Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Company v. Commissioners of Emigration	33 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Davison v. Von Lingen	40 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Md.	affirmed
Drennen v. London Assurance Company	51 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	reversed
Hollister v. Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company	59 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.D. Conn.	reversed
Hess v. Reynolds	73 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	reversed
Polleys v. Black River Improvement Company	81 (1885)	Miller	none	none	Wis. Cir. Ct.	dismissed
Pullman Palace Car Company v. Speck	84 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Griffith v. Godey	89 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	reversed
Rowell v. Lindsay	97 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.E.D. Wis.	affirmed
Findlay v. McAllister	104 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	reversed
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Pettus	116 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.M.D. Ala.	reversed
Steele v. United States	128 (1885)	Woods	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Ackley School District v. Hall	135 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Iowa	affirmed
Clawson v. United States	143 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah	affirmed
Bicknell v. Comstock	149 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	reversed
United States v. Mueller	153 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Consolidated Safety-Valve Company v. Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Company	157 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Bryan v. Kennett	179 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	affirmed
Northern Liberty Market Company v. Kelly	199 (1885)	Gray	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
Tucker v. Masser	203 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Colo.	reversed
Cardwell v. American Bridge Company	205 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	affirmed
Voss v. Fisher	213 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.W.D. Mich.	reversed
Caillot v. Deetken	215 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	dismissed
Cheong Ah Moy v. United States	216 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	dismissed
Price v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company	218 (1885)	Miller	none	none	Pa.	dismissed
Dakota County v. Glidden	222 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	dismissed
Anderson County v. Beal	227 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Kan.	affirmed
Harvey v. United States	243 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	Ct. Cl.	multiple
Central Railroad of New Jersey v. Mills	249 (1885)	Gray	none	none	C.C.D.N.J.	affirmed
Looney v. District of Columbia	258 (1885)	Gray	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company v. United States	261 (1885)	Gray	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Coon v. Wilson	268 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Spaids v. Cooley	278 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	reversed
Sully v. Drennan	287 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.S.D. Iowa	affirmed
Avegno v. Schmidt	293 (1885)	Woods	none	none	La.	affirmed
Stone v. Chisolm	302 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.D.S.C.	affirmed
Thornley v. United States	310 (1885)	Miller	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Baylis v. Travellers' Insurance Company	316 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	reversed
Pneumatic Gas Company v. Berry	322 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	affirmed
Ex parte Bigelow	328 (1885)	Miller	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	habeas corpus denied
Quincy v. Jackson	332 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
Santa Anna v. Frank	339 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	not indicated	affirmed
McArthur v. Scott	340 (1885)	Gray	none	Waite	C.C.S.D. Ohio	reversed
Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank	408 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
United States v. Jordan	418 (1885)	Blatchford	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Crane	424 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.S.D. Iowa	affirmed
Prentice v. Stearns	435 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	affirmed
Morgan v. Hamlet	449 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	affirmed
Chase v. Curtis	452 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Berry	465 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	Ark.	affirmed
Morgan v. United States	476 (1885)	Matthews	none	none	Ct. Cl.	reversed
Provident Institution for Savings v. Jersey City	506 (1885)	Bradley	none	none	N.J.	affirmed
Union Pacific Railway Company v. Cheyenne	516 (1885)	Bradley	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo.	reversed
Erhardt v. Boaro I	527 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Colo.	reversed
Erhardt v. Boaro II	537 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Colo.	reversed
Richards v. Mackall	539 (1885)	Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	dismissal denied
Peugh v. Davis	542 (1885)	Miller	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Gumbel v. Pitkin	545 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.D. La.	dismissal denied
Fussell v. Gregg	550 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ohio	affirmed
Fussell v. Hughes	565 (1885)	per curiam	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ohio	affirmed
City of St. Louis v. Myers	566 (1885)	Waite	none	none	Mo.	dismissed
Brown v. United States	568 (1885)	Woods	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Chicago Life Insurance Company v. Needles	574 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	Ill.	affirmed
Pearce v. Ham	585 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
Ayers v. Watson	594 (1885)	Bradley	none	none	C.C.W.D. Tex.	reversed
California Artificial Stone Paving Company v. Molitor	609 (1885)	Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	dismissed
Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company v. Barney	618 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	reversed
Kansas Pacific Railway Company v. Dunmeyer	629 (1885)	Miller	none	none	Kan.	affirmed
Schmieder v. Barney	645 (1885)	Waite	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Camp v. United States	648 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson	656 (1885)	Gray	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	reversed
Flagg v. Walker	659 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
Blake v. City and County of San Francisco	679 (1885)	Woods	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	affirmed
Fourth National Bank v. Stout	684 (1885)	Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mo.	dismissed
The court dismissed the appeal of a bank from a decree adjudging that it held property of another corporation in trust for the creditors of the latter and directed the bank to pay to each of the creditors.
Davies v. Corbin	687 (1885)	Waite	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	affirmance denied
Boyer v. Boyer	689 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	Pa.	reversed
Soon Hing v. Crowley	703 (1885)	Field	none	none	C.C.D. Cal.	affirmed
United States v. Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company	711 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Ex parte Fisk	713 (1885)	Miller	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	habeas corpus granted
Cooper Manufacturing Company v. Ferguson	727 (1885)	Woods	Matthews	none	C.C.D. Colo.	reversed
Carter v. Burr	737 (1885)	Waite	none	none	Sup. Ct. D.C.	affirmed
Gregory v. Hartley	742 (1885)	Waite	none	none	Neb.	affirmed
United States v. Steever	747 (1885)	Gray	none	none	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Hardin v. Boyd	756 (1885)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	affirmed

Notes and references

1. "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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