List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 137

This is a list of cases reported in volume 137 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1890 and 1891.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 137 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 137 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 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) Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat (46–9) –January 22, 1892(Died) 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) Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt (Acclamation) –July 7, 1893(Died) Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods (32–28) –January 23, 1893(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)

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. The change resulted in an immediate reduction in the Supreme Court's workload (from 623 cases filed in 1890 to 379 in 1891 and 275 in 1892).

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 137 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition The Max Morris 1 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed York v. Texas 15 (1890) Brewer none none Tex. affirmed Butler v. Steckel 21 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Hostetter v. Park 30 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Dable G.S. Co. v. Flint 41 (1890) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Harding v. Woodcock 43 (1890) Field none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Texas et al. Ry. Co. v. Southern P. Co. 48 (1890) Fuller none none La. affirmed Shenfield v. Nashawannuck Mfg. Co. 56 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Fishburn v. Chicago et al. Ry. Co. 60 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed La Confiance Compagnie v. Hall 61 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Washington M. Co. v. District of Columbia 62 (1890) per curiam none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed In re Huntington 63 (1890) per curiam none none C.C.D. Colo. habeas corpus denied Florsheim v. Schilling 64 (1890) Lamar none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Hennessy v. Bacon 78 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Crowley v. Christensen 86 (1890) Field none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Seeberger v. Cahn 95 (1890) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Fitzgerald & M.C. Co. v. Fitzgerald 98 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Williams v. United States 113 (1890) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Lawrence v. Rector 139 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Ark. decree modified Gurnee v. Patrick Cnty. 141 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Va. dismissed The S.S. Haverton 145 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed United States v. Grimley 147 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed In re Morrissey 157 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed United States v. Trinidad C. & C. Co. 160 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed Morgan's et al. Co. v. Texas C. Ry. Co. 171 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Jones v. United States 202 (1890) Gray none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Falk v. Robertson 225 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Fourth Nat'l Bank v. American M. Co. 234 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed French v. Carter 239 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Wheeler v. Jackson 245 (1890) Harlan none none Sup Ct. N.Y. affirmed Dobson v. Lees 258 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed MacFarland v. Jackson258 (1890) Harlan none none Sup Ct. N.Y. affirmed Broom v. Armstrong 266 (1890) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed United States v. Lynch 280 (1890) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Grover et al. Co. v. Radcliffe 287 (1890) Fuller none none Md. affirmed Johnson v. Risk 300 (1890) Fuller none none Tenn. dismissed C.A. Auffmordt & Co. v. Hedden 310 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed The Nacoochee 330 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Solomons v. United States 342 (1890) Brewer none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Montana Ry. Co. v. Warren 348 (1890) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed Central Nat'l Bank v. United States 355 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Handley v. Stutz 366 (1890) Gray none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. dismissal denied Hamilton v. Home Ins. Co. 370 (1890) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed The Propeller Burlington 386 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed In re Lancaster 393 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Ga. habeas corpus denied Fond du Lac Cnty. v. May 395 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed May v. Juneau Cnty. 408 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed Union et al. Bank v. Gillespie 411 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Busell T. Co. v. Stevens 423 (1890) Lamar none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Robertson v. Oelschlaeger 436 (1890) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Texas et al. Co. v. Scott 436 (1890) per curiam none none C.C.W.D. Tex. dismissed New York et al. Co. v. New Jersey et al. Co. 445 (1890) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed In re Pennsylvania Co. 451 (1890) Bradley none none C.C.D. Conn. mandamus denied Ex parte Pennsylvania Co. 457 (1890) Bradley none none C.C.D. Conn. mandamus denied Bass v. Taft 458 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed Hoffman et al. Co. v. Overbey 465 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed Bank of B.N.A. v. Cooper 473 (1890) Brewer none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Ambler v. Eppinger 480 (1890) Field none none C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed Holden v. Minnesota 483 (1890) Harlan none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Bassett v. United States 496 (1890) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed Chicago et al. Ry. Co. v. Artery 507 (1890) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Iowa reversed Wellford v. Snyder 521 (1890) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed St. Paul et al. Ry. Co. v. Phelps 528 (1890) Lamar none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed Merritt v. Cameron & Co. 542 (1890) Lamar none Brewer C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Cadwalader v. Partridge 553 (1890) Lamar none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Mackall v. Casilear 556 (1890) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Baltimore & P.R.R. Co. v. Fifth B.C. 568 (1891) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Lloyd v. McWilliams 576 (1890) Fuller none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed Smith v. Gale 577 (1891) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota dismissal denied Sire v. Ellithorpe A.B. Co. 579 (1891) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Ayers v. Watson 584 (1891) Bradley none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Preston v. Prather 604 (1891) Field none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Green v. Elbert 615 (1891) Fuller none none C.C.D. Colo. dismissed In re Converse 624 (1891) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Red River C. Co. v. Needham 632 (1891) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. dismissed United States ex rel. Redfield v. Windom 636 (1891) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Duncan v. Navassa P. Co. 647 (1891) Gray none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Egan v. Clasbey 654 (1891) Lamar none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Packer v. Bird 661 (1891) Field none none Cal. affirmed United States v. Page 673 (1891) Fuller none none Ct. Cl. reversed Cope v. Cope 682 (1891) Brown none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed Massachusetts B. Ass'n v. Miles 689 (1891) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Pa. dismissal denied Caldwell v. Texas 692 (1891) Fuller none none Tex. Civ. App. dismissed

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