This is a list of cases reported in volume 231 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1913 and 1914.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 231 U.S.

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). Since 1789, Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices; this number always including one chief justice.

When the cases in volume 231 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 Edward Douglass White Chief Justice Louisiana Melville Fuller (Acclamation) –May 19, 1921(Died) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray (Acclamation) –January 12, 1932(Retired) William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. (Acclamation) –November 13, 1922(Retired) Horace Harmon Lurton Associate Justice Tennessee Rufus W. Peckham (Acclamation) –July 12, 1914(Died) Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justice New York David Josiah Brewer (Acclamation) –June 10, 1916(Resigned) Willis Van Devanter Associate Justice Wyoming Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) (Acclamation) –June 2, 1937(Retired) Joseph Rucker Lamar Associate Justice Georgia William Henry Moody (Acclamation) –January 2, 1916(Died) Mahlon Pitney Associate Justice New Jersey John Marshall Harlan (50–26) –December 31, 1922(Resigned)

Citation style

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.

On January 1, 1912, the effective date of the Judicial Code of 1911, the old Circuit Courts were abolished, with their remaining trial court jurisdiction transferred to the U.S. District Courts.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "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 231 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition of case Wood v. Vandalia Railroad Company 1 (1913) Hughes none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed Luria v. United States 9 (1913) VanDevanter none none S.D.N.Y. affirmed United States v. Sandoval 28 (1913) VanDevanter none none D.N.M. reversed National City Bank of New York v. Hotchkiss 50 (1913) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed Mechanics' and Metals National Bank v. Ernst 60 (1913) Holmes none none 2d Cir. affirmed Baltic Mining Company v. Massachusetts 68 (1913) Day none none Mass. affirmed Virginia v. West Virginia 89 (1913) White none none original continued Summers v. United States 92 (1913) McKenna none none 9th Cir. reversed Alzua v. Johnson 106 (1913) Holmes none none Phil. affirmed Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company v. United States 112 (1913) Holmes none none 5th Cir. affirmed Clement National Bank v. Vermont 120 (1913) Hughes none none Vt. affirmed United States v. Whitridge 144 (1913) Pitney none none 2d Cir. affirmed Munsey v. Webb 150 (1913) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Buchser v. Buchser 157 (1913) Holmes none none 9th Cir. affirmed Straus v. Foxworth 162 (1913) VanDevanter none none N.M. affirmed Torres v. Lothrop, Luce and Company 171 (1913) White none none P.R. affirmed Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Houston 181 (1913) White none none Minn. reversed United States v. Davis 183 (1913) White none none W.D. Mo. reversed Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Laramie Stock Yards Company 190 (1913) McKenna none none D. Wy. reversed Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Snow 204 (1913) McKenna none none Colo. reversed Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Sides 213 (1913) McKenna none none Colo. reversed Kener v. La Grange Mills 215 (1913) Holmes none none Ga. affirmed United States ex rel. Goldberg v. Daniels 218 (1913) Holmes none none D.C. Cir. affirmed Straus and Straus v. American Publishers' Association 222 (1913) Day none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. reversed United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. United States ex rel. Bartlett 237 (1913) Day none none 2d Cir. affirmed Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company v. Brewer 245 (1913) Day none none La. dismissed Marshall v. Dye 250 (1913) Day none none Ind. dismissed City of Vicksburg v. Henson 259 (1913) Day none none 5th Cir. reversed United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 274 (1913) Lurton none none Comm. Ct. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Garrett 298 (1913) Hughes none none C.C.E.D. Ky. affirmed Sturges and Burn Manufacturing Company v. Beauchamp 320 (1913) Hughes none none Ill. affirmed Eastern Extension, Australia & China Telegraph Company, Ltd. v. United States 326 (1913) Hughes none none Ct. Cl. reversed Little v. Williams 335 (1913) VanDevanter none none Ark. affirmed Monson v. Simonson 341 (1913) VanDevanter none none S.D. reversed Steet and Smith v. Atlas Manufacturing Company 348 (1913) VanDevanter none none 8th Cir. dismissed Downman v. Texas 353 (1913) Lamar none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama Hats 358 (1913) Lamar none none 2d Cir. reversed Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company v. United States 363 (1913) Lamar none none W.D.N.Y. affirmed Amoskeag Savings Bank v. Purdy373 (1913) Pitney none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Kentucky 394 (1913) Pitney none none Ky. affirmed Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert 399 (1913) Pitney none none 8th Cir. certification Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. United States 423 (1913) Pitney none none Comm. Ct. affirmed Grand Trunk Railroad Company v. Michigan Railroad Commission 457 (1913) McKenna none none E.D. Mich. affirmed Graham v. United States 474 (1913) Holmes none none 4th Cir. affirmed Chavez v. Bergere 482 (1913) VanDevanter none none N.M. affirmed United States v. Carter 492 (1913) White none none W.D.N.C. dismissed New York Life Insurance Company v. Deer Lodge County 495 (1913) McKenna none none Mont. affirmed Greey v. Dockendorff 513 (1913) Holmes none none 3d Cir. affirmed Kinder v. Scharff 517 (1913) Holmes none none La. affirmed Ludvigh v. American Woolen Company 522 (1913) Day none none 2d Cir. affirmed Peabody v. United States 530 (1913) Hughes none none Ct Cl. affirmed Springstead v. Crawfordsville State Bank 541 (1913) White none none C.C.S.D. Fla. reversed Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Moore 543 (1913) McKenna none none 5th Cir. reversed Prudential Insurance Company v. Moore 560 (1913) McKenna none none 5th Cir. reversed Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Company v. Washington ex rel. Linhoff 568 (1913) Holmes none none Wash. dismissed Pullman Company v. Croom 571 (1913) Day none none C.C.N.D. Fla. dismissed Phoenix Railroad Company v. Landis 578 (1913) Hughes none none Ariz. affirmed John v. Paullin 583 (1913) VanDevanter none none Okla. dismissed Baker v. Warner 588 (1913) Lamar none none D.C. Cir. reversed Work v. United Globe Mines 595 (1914) White none none Ariz. affirmed Van Syckel v. Arsuaga 601 (1914) White none none D.P.R. affirmed Wisconsin ex rel. Bolens v. Frear 616 (1914) White none none Wis. dismissed Wyandotte County Gas Company v. Kansas ex rel. Marshall 622 (1914) White none none Kan. affirmed Pennington v. United States 631 (1914) White none none Ct. Cl. affirmed In re City of Louisville 639 (1914) McKenna none none W.D. Ky. mandamus denied In re Engelhard and Sons Company 646 (1914) McKenna none none W.D. Ky. mandamus denied Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company 652 (1914) McKenna none none W.D. Ky. affirmed United States v. Antikamnia Chemical Company 654 (1914) McKenna none none D.C. Cir. reversed Mulcrevy v. City of San Francisco 669 (1914) McKenna none none Cal. affirmed Pennell v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company 675 (1914) McKenna none none 3d Cir. affirmed Tinker v. Midland Valley Mercantile Company 681 (1914) Holmes none none Okla. reversed Trimble v. City of Seattle 683 (1914) Holmes none none Wash. affirmed Piza Hermanos v. Caldentey 690 (1914) Holmes none none P.R. affirmed Hobbs v. Head and Dowst Company 692 (1914) Holmes none none 1st Cir. affirmed United States v. Moist 701 (1914) Holmes none none N.D. Ill. dismissed Rainey v. W.R. Grace and Company 703 (1914) Day none none 9th Cir. certification Cameron v. United States 710 (1914) Day none none 2d Cir. reversed Radford v. Myers 725 (1914) Day none none Mich. affirmed

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