This is a list of cases reported in volume 145 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1892.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 145 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 145 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following eight members (Justice Joseph P. Bradley had died in January 1892):

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) 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.

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 145 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Ficklen v. Shelby County 1 (1892) Fuller none Harlan Tenn. affirmed Sessions v. Romadka 29 (1892) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed Oregon Railway and Navigation Company v. Oregonian Railway Company 52 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.D. Or. reversed Lewis v. Barnhart 56 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad Company v. Humphreys 82 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Humphreys 105 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Willard v. Willard 116 (1892) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed New England Mortgage Security Company v. Gay 123 (1892) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ga. dismissed Furrer v. Ferris 132 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Barnett v. City of Denison 135 (1892) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Goode v. Gaines 141 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Topliff v. Topliff 156 (1892) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed People ex rel. New York Electric Lines Company v. Squire 175 (1892) Lamar none none N.Y. Ct. Com. Pl. affirmed Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. Pennsylvania 192 (1892) Fuller none none Pa. affirmed Culver v. Wilkinson 205 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Washington v. Opie 214 (1892) Harlan none none D.W. Va. reversed City of Clay Center v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company 224 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.D. Kan. dismissed Freeman v. Asmus 226 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Ryan v. Hard 241 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Earnshaw v. Cadwalader 247 (1892) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 263 (1892) Brown none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Hillmon 285 (1892) Gray none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed South Spring Hill Gold Mining Company v. Amador Medean Gold Mining Company 300 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Hoyt v. Horne 302 (1892) Brown none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Pickering v. Lomax 310 (1892) Brown none none Ill. reversed Felix v. Patrick 317 (1892) Brown none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed The Corsair 335 (1892) Brown none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Pewabic Mining Company v. Marcus 349 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed Galliher v. Cadwell 368 (1892) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed Cox v. Hart 376 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad Company v. Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company 393 (1892) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Hancock v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company 409 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Aerkfetz v. Humphreys 418 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Miller v. Ammon 421 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed Benson Mining and Smelting Company v. Alta Mining and Smelting Company 428 (1892) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Kissam v. Anderson 435 (1892) Brewer none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Shaw v. Quincy Mining Company 444 (1892) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied Brown v. Smart 454 (1892) Gray none none Md. affirmed Franklin Telegraph Company v. Harrison 459 (1892) Harlan none Fuller C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Matthews v. Warner 475 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Baker's Executors v. Kilgore 487 (1892) Harlan none none Tenn. affirmed McDonald v. Belding 492 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Glenn v. Marbury 499 (1892) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Dowling v. National Exchange Bank of Boston 512 (1892) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mich. reversed Nebraska v. Iowa 519 (1892) per curiam none none original boundary set Telfener v. Russ 522 (1892) Field none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed Bardon v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company 535 (1892) Field none none C.C.W.D. Wis. reversed Jenkins v. Collard 546 (1892) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Rossman v. Hedden 561 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Cross v. United States 571 (1892) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Oteri v. Scalzo 578 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Cox 593 (1892) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Meagher v. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company 608 (1892) Fuller none none Minn. dismissed Meehan v. Valentine 611 (1892) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed

Notes and references

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