This is a list of cases reported in volume 115 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 115 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 115 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 115 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition of case Pacific Railroad Removal Cases 1 (1885) Bradley none Waite multiple reversed Hadden v. Merritt 25 (1885) Matthews none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Wheeler and Company v. New Brunswick and Canada Railroad Company 29 (1885) Miller none Blatchford C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Pirie v. Tvedt 41 (1885) Waite none Harlan C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Gwillim v. Donnellan 45 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Grant v. Parker 51 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Richter v. Union Trust Company 55 (1885) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mich. motion to take testimony de bene esse in a cause pending in this Court on appeal is denied Crump v. Thurber 56 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed Stewart Brothers and Company v. Dunham, Buckley and Company 61 (1885) Matthews none none C.C.S.D. Miss. multiple Ehrhardt v. Hogaboom 67 (1885) Field none none Cal. affirmed The Charles Morgan 69 (1885) Waite none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Clark v. Beecher Manufacturing Company 79 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Wollensak v. Reiher 87 (1885) Matthews none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Frasher v. O'Connor 102 (1885) Field none none Cal. affirmed Gray v. National Steamship Company 116 (1885) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Buncombe County v. Tommey 122 (1885) Harlan none none C.C.W.D.N.C. affirmed Mayfield v. Richards 137 (1885) Woods none none La. reversed Smith v. Woolfolk 143 (1885) Woods none none Ark. Cir. Ct. affirmed Philippi v. Philippe 151 (1885) Woods none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed Lámar v. McCulloch 163 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed A. Norrington and Company v. Peter Wright and Sons 188 (1885) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Filley v. Thomas J. Pope and Brother 213 (1885) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Boston Mining Company v. Eagle Mining Company 221 (1885) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Lancaster v. Collins 222 (1885) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Van Weel v. Winston 228 (1885) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Starin v. City of New York 248 (1885) Waite none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Clay v. Field 260 (1885) Gray None None N.D. Miss. affirmed Henderson v. Wadsworth 264 (1885) Woods None None C.C.D. Ky. reversed Moses v. Wooster 285 (1885) Waite None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. abatement granted Jacks v. City of Helena 288 (1885) Waite None None Ark. dismissed City of Waterville v. Van Slyke 290 (1885) Waite None None C.C.D. Kan. continued Hazlett v. United States 291 (1885) Harlan None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Merrick's Executor v. Giddings 300 (1885) Harlan None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Smith v. Black 308 (1885) Blatchford None Field Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Kentucky 321 (1885) Matthews None None Ky. affirmed Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company v. Pendleton 339 (1885) Bradley None None C.C.W.D. Tenn. reversed Sargent v. Helton 348 (1885) Woods None None C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed Watts v. J.B. Camors and Company 353 (1885) Gray None None C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Thomas J. Pope and Brother v. E.P. Allis and Company 363 (1885) Woods None None C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Humphrey Bell and Company v. First National Bank of Chicago 373 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Merchants' Exchange National Bank v. Bergen County 384 (1885) Field None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Deffeback v. Hawke 392 (1885) Field None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed Sparks v. Pierce 408 (1885) Field None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed Alabama v. Burr 413 (1885) Waite None None original dismissed Eachus v. Broomall 429 (1885) Matthews None None C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Gibson v. Lyon 439 (1885) Matthews None None C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Gage v. Pumpelly 454 (1885) Harlan None None C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Jones v. Van Benthuysen 464 (1885) Waite None None C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Leonard v. Ozark Land Company 465 (1885) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Ark. vacation denied St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. McGee 469 (1885) Waite None None Mo. affirmed Drew v. Grinnell 477 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Bohlen v. Arthurs 482 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Kurtz v. Moffitt 487 (1885) Gray None None Cal. Super. Ct. reversed Shepherd v. May 505 (1885) Woods None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Humes 512 (1885) Field None None Mo. affirmed Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Terry 523 (1885) per curiam None None not indicated affirmed Davis Sewing Machine Company v. Richards 524 (1885) Gray None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Traer v. Clews 528 (1885) Woods None None Iowa affirmed Ferry v. Livingston 542 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Thompson v. Allen County 550 (1885) Miller None Harlan C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Effinger v. Kenney 566 (1885) Field None None Va. reversed Harrison, Havemeyer and Company v. Merritt, Collector of the Port of New York 577 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Kenney v. Effinger 577 (1885) Field None None Va. dismissed Arnson v. Murphy 579 (1885) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Pullman's Palace Car Company v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 587 (1885) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Hassall v. Wilcox 598 (1885) Waite None None C.C.W.D. Tex. largely dismissed Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Traill County 600 (1885) Miller None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota reversed Bowman v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company 611 (1885) Waite None None C.C.N.D. Ill. dismissed Clay County v. United States 616 (1885) Waite None None C.C.D. Iowa reversed Campbell v. Holt 620 (1885) Miller None Bradley Tex. affirmed Baltzer v. Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad Company 634 (1885) Woods None None C.C.W.D.N.C. affirmed New Orleans Gas Light Company v. Louisiana Light and Heat Producing and Manufacturing Company 650 (1885) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. La. reversed New Orleans Water Works Company v. Rivers 674 (1885) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. La. reversed Louisville Gas and Electric Company v. Citizens' Gaslight Company 683 (1885) Harlan None None Ky. reversed

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