This is a list of cases reported in volume 114 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 114 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 114 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 (63–0) –March 23, 1888(Died) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel (Acclamation) –October 13, 1890(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) William Burnham Woods Associate Justice Georgia William Strong (39–8) –May 14, 1887(Died) Stanley Matthews Associate Justice Ohio Noah Haynes Swayne (24–23) –March 22, 1889(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)

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.

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 114 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Thompson v. Boisselier 1 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Murphy v. Ramsey 15 (1885) Matthews none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah multiple Bohall v. Dilla 47 (1885) Field none none Cal. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Ide 52 (1885) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Putnam v. Ingraham 57 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company v. Wilson 60 (1885) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Sargent v. Hall's Safe and Lock Company 63 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Electric Railroad Signal Company v. Hall Railway Signal Company 87 (1885) Matthews none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Thomson v. Wooster 104 (1885) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Hayes v. City of Holly Springs 120 (1885) Blatchford none none N.D. Miss. affirmed Mower v. Fletcher 127 (1885) Waite none none Cal. dismissal denied Butterworth v. Hill 128 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Vt. reversed Detroit City Railway Company v. Guthard 133 (1885) Waite none none Mich. dismissed Village of Farmington v. Pillsbury 138 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Me. reversed Ex parte Hughes 147 (1885) Waite none none D. Or. mandamus denied Stephenson v. Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad Company 149 (1885) Woods none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. affirmed Chapman v. Brewer 158 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed Ex parte Morgan 174 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Ind. mandamus denied Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Miller 176 (1885) Matthews none none W. Va. affirmed City of Litchfield v. Ballou 190 (1885) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed Gloucester Ferry Company v. Pennsylvania 196 (1885) Field none none Pa. reversed Lámar v. Micou 218 (1885) Gray none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. rehearing denied Xenia Bank v. Stewart 224 (1885) Woods none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed United States v. Minor 233 (1885) Miller none none C.C.D. Cal. reversed Weaver v. Field 244 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Doe v. Hyde 247 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Bissell v. Foss 252 (1885) Woods none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Bradstreet Company v. Higgins 262 (1885) Waite none none not indicated judgment amended Boatmen's Savings Bank v. State Savings Association 265 (1885) Waite none none Mo. Ct. App. dismissed Poindexter v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond I 269 (1885) per curiam None None Va. Hustings Ct. multiple Poindexter v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond II 270 (1885) Matthews None None Va. Hustings Ct. reversed White v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond 307 (1885) Matthews None None C.C.E.D. Va. reversed Chaffin v. Taylor 309 (1885) Matthews None None Va. reversed Allen v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 311 (1885) Matthews None None C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed Carter v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond 317 (1885) Matthews None None C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Pleasants v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond 323 (1885) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Marye v. Parsons 325 (1885) Matthews None Bradley C.C.E.D. Va. reversed Moore v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond 338 (1885) Matthews None None Va. affirmed East Alabama Railway Company v. Doe ex rel. Visscher 340 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed The Belgenland 355 (1885) Bradley None None C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Walden v. Knevals 373 (1885) Field None None C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Pennsylvania National Bank v. Furness, Brinley and Company 376 (1885) Field none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Aurrecoechea v. Bangs 381 (1885) Miller None None Cal. affirmed Amy v. Shelby County 387 (1885) Miller None None Tenn. affirmed Huntley v. Huntley 394 (1885) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed State National Bank v. United States 401 (1885) Harlan None None Ct. Cl. affirmed The Laura 411 (1885) Harlan none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Ex parte Wilson 417 (1885) Gray none none E.D. Ark. habeas corpus granted United States v. Petit 429 (1885) Waite none none not indicated certification Dodge v. Knowles 430 (1885) Gray none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Dobson v. Hartford Carpet Company 439 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed Western Electric Manufacturing Company v. Ansonia Brass and Copper Company 447 (1885) Woods None None C.C.D. Conn. affirmed District of Columbia v. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company 453 (1885) Miller None None Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Pacific National Bank v. Mixter 463 (1885) Waite None None C.C.D. Mass. dismissal denied Cavender v. Cavender 464 (1885) Woods none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Burton v. West Jersey Ferry Company 474 (1885) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Clawson v. United States 477 (1885) Blatchford None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Hopt v. Utah 488 (1885) Gray None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed Atlantic Phosphate Company v. Grafflin 492 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.D.S.C. affirmed New Orleans, Spanish Fort and Lake Railroad Company v. Delamore 501 (1885) Woods None None La. reversed Sturges v. Carter 511 (1885) Woods None None C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Beecher Manufacturing Company v. Atwater Manufacturing Company 523 (1885) Gray None None C.C.D. Conn. reversed Fort Leavenworth Railroad Company v. Lowe 525 (1885) Field None None Kan. affirmed Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. McGlinn 542 (1885) Field None None Kan. affirmed Ex parte Hughes 548 (1885) Waite None None original multiple Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad Company v. March 549 (1885) Harlan None None D.W. Va. reversed Strang and Holland Brothers v. Lowery & Bradner 555 (1885) Harlan none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Alling v. United States 562 (1885) Miller None None Ct. Cl. reversed Wales v. Whitney 564 (1885) Miller None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Richmond Mining Company v. Rose 576 (1885) Miller None None Nev. affirmed Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company v. Ham 587 (1885) Gray None None C.C.D. Ind. reversed Macalester's Administrator v. Maryland 598 (1885) Gray None None C.C.D. Md. affirmed Wurts v. Hoagland 606 (1885) Gray None None N.J. Sup. Ct. affirmed Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 615 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.D. Minn. affirmed United States v. Corson 619 (1885) Harlan None None Ct. Cl. reversed Brown and Jones v. Houston 622 (1885) Bradley None None La. affirmed Provident Savings Life Assurance Society v. Ford 635 (1885) Bradley none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Ex parte Reggel 642 (1885) Harlan none none Dist. Ct. Terr. Utah affirmed Canal and Claiborne Streets Railroad Company v. Hart 654 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Stevens v. Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company 663 (1885) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed

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