This is a list of cases reported in volume 150 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 150 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 (always including one chief justice).

When the cases in volume 150 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following eight members, after the death of Justice Samuel Blatchford in July 1893:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died) Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford (51–5) –September 15, 1902(Died) David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews (53–11) –March 28, 1910(Died) Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller (Acclamation) –May 28, 1906(Retired) George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley (Acclamation) –February 23, 1903(Retired) Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Acclamation) –August 8, 1895(Died)

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.

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 150 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition United States v. Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company I 1 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed United States v. Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company II 16 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Wood v. Brady 18 (1893) Brown none none Cal. dismissed New York and Texas Land Company v. Votaw 24 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.W.D. Tex. affirmed Aspen Mining and Smelting Company v. Billings 31 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.D. Colo. dismissed Corbin Cabinet Lock Company v. Eagle Lock Company 38 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Gordon v. Warder 47 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed United States v. Baird 54 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed Moore v. United States 57 (1893) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Collins v. United States 62 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed United States v. Patterson 65 (1893) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. reversed Magone v. Heller 70 (1893) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Hall v. United States 76 (1893) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Bushnell v. Crooke Mining and Smelting Company 82 (1893) Fuller none none Colo. rehearing denied Wells v. Goodnow's Administrator 84 (1893) Fuller none none Iowa dismissed Schuyler National Bank v. Bollong I 85 (1893) Fuller none none Neb. dismissed Schuyler National Bank v. Bollong II 90 (1893) Fuller none none Neb. dismissed Holder v. United States 91 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Ark. affirmed Brown v. United States 93 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Wager v. Providence Insurance Company 99 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Ball and Socket Fastener Company v. Kraetzer 111 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Graves v. United States 118 (1893) Brown none Brewer C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Rader's Administrator v. Maddox 128 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed Miller's Executors v. Swann 132 (1893) Brewer none none Ala. dismissed Colorado Central Consolidated Mining Company v. Turck 138 (1893) Fuller none none 8th Cir. dismissed United States v. The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 145 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed In re Parsons 150 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ala. mandamus denied Morse v. Anderson 156 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Empire Coal and Transportation Company v. Empire Coal and Mining Company 159 (1893) Gray none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Howard v. Detroit Stove Works 164 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Carey v. Houston and Texas Central Railway Company 170 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. dismissed Hedges v. Dixon County 182 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Lane and Bodley Company v. Locke 193 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed Mississippi Mills v. Cohn 202 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. La. reversed McDaid v. Oklahoma ex rel. Smith 209 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. reversed Knapp v. Morss 221 (1893) Jackson none Brown C.C.D. Conn. reversed Thompson v. Sioux Falls National Bank 231 (1893) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota reversed Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 245 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed United States v. Rodgers 249 (1893) Field none Gray, Brown 6th Cir. certification United States Trust Company v. Wabash Western Railway Company 287 (1893) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Seney v. Wabash Western Railway Company 310 (1893) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Sturm v. Boker 312 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed Gibson v. Peters 342 (1893) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Gardner v. Michigan Central Railroad Company 349 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed Eustis v. Bolles 361 (1893) Shiras none none Mass. dismissed Hollins v. Brierfield Coal and Iron Company 371 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.M.D. Ala. dismissed Magin v. Karle 387 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed In re Lennon 393 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Ohio dismissed Root v. Woolworth 401 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Jacobs v. George 415 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. dismissed Saltonstall, Collector of Customs v. Birtwell 417 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Seeberger v. Hardy 420 (1893) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed McAleer v. United States 424 (1893) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Powell v. Brunswick County 433 (1893) Fuller none none Va. dismissed Hicks v. United States 442 (1893) Shiras none Brewer C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Columbia Mill Company v. Alcorn 460 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed - style="background: white" colspan=7 Geographical names and previously appropriated words cannot be appropriated as an exclusive trademark. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Akens 468 (1893) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Lees v. United States 476 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Kinkead v. United States 483 (1893) Brown none Shiras Ct. Cl. affirmed Insley v. United States 512 (1893) Brown none none 8th Cir. affirmed Ide v. United States 517 (1893) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Long v. Thayer 520 (1893) Brown none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Latta v. Kilbourn 524 (1893) Jackson none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Allen v. United States 551 (1893) Fuller none Brewer C.C.W.D. Ark. reversed Mullett's Administratrix v. United States 566 (1893) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Farley v. Hill 572 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Turner v. Sawyer 578 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Belknap v. United States 588 (1893) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Ward v. Cochran 597 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed Horn v. Detroit Dry-Dock Company 610 (1893) Jackson none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Giles v. Heysinger 627 (1893) Brown none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Hammond v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company 633 (1893) Fuller none none Mo. dismissed In re Swan 637 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.D.S.C. habeas corpus denied In re Hohorst 653 (1893) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus granted Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company, Ltd. v. Bamford 665 (1893) Harlan none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Belden v. Chase 674 (1893) Fuller Brown none N.Y. reversed

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