This is a list of cases reported in volume 117 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1886.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 117 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 117 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 117 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Southern Express Company 1 (1886) Waite None Miller, Field C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Pickard v. Pullman Southern Car Company 34 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Tennessee v. Pullman Southern Car Company 51 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Hagood v. Southern 52 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.D.S.C. reversed Wright v. Kentucky and Great Eastern Railway Company 72 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Leather Manufacturers National Bank v. Morgan 96 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Ohle 123 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D. Iowa affirmed Tennessee v. Whitworth 139 (1886) Waite None None C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Van Brocklin v. Tennessee 151 (1886) Gray None None Tenn. reversed Graffam v. Burgess 180 (1886) Bradley None Miller C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Akers v. Akers 197 (1886) Waite None None C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed Johnson v. Keith 199 (1886) Waite None None Mo. dismissed Harwood v. Dieckerhoff 200 (1886) Waite None None not indicated bond increase denied Tua v. Carriere 201 (1886) Woods None None C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Patch v. White 210 (1886) Bradley None Woods Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Barney v. Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company 228 (1886) Field None None C.C.D. Minn. reversed Coffey v. United States 233 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.D. Ky. rehearing denied Phelps v. Oaks 236 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.W.D. Mo. reversed Ex parte Royall I 241 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Ex parte Royall II 254 (1886) Harlan None None original habeas corpus denied Applegate v. Lexington and Carter County Mining Company 255 (1886) Woods None None C.C.D. Ky. reversed Boardman v. Toffey 271 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Jefferson v. Driver 272 (1886) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed W. and J. Sloane v. Anderson 275 (1886) Waite None None C.C.W.D. Wis. affirmed Fidelity Insurance Company v. Huntington 280 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Kleinschmidt v. McAndrews 282 (1886) Matthews None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed Cherokee Trust Funds 288 (1886) Field None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Phoenix Insurance Company v. Erie and Western Transportation Company 312 (1886) Gray None None C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Glasgow v. Lipse 327 (1886) Field None None C.C.W.D. Va. reversed New Providence Township v. Halsey 336 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D.N.J. reversed Rand v. Walker 340 (1886) Waite None None C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Dunphy v. Sullivan 346 (1886) Waite None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. affirmed Core v. Vinal 347 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed MacKin v. United States 348 (1886) Gray None None C.C.N.D. Ill. certification Union Pacific Railway Company v. United States 355 (1886) Matthews None None Ct. Cl. affirmed Sturges v. United States 363 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Walrath 365 (1886) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Ex parte Phoenix Insurance Company of London, England 367 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D. Vt. mandamus denied Van Riswick v. Spalding 370 (1886) Gray None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Yale Lock Manufacturing Company v. Sargent I 373 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Kerr v. South Park Commissioners 379 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Fulkerson v. Holmes 389 (1886) Woods None None C.C.W.D. Va. affirmed Hoyt v. Russell 401 (1886) Field None None Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 406 (1886) Miller None None C.C.D. Iowa multiple Knapp v. Homeopathic Mutual Life Insurance Company 411 (1886) Gray None None C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Marshall v. Hubbard 415 (1886) Harlan None None C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Littlefield v. Florida 419 (1886) Waite None None C.C.N.D. Fla. affirmed Stone v. South Carolina 430 (1886) Waite None None S.C. affirmed Union Trust Company v. Illinois Midland Railway Company 434 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D. Ill. multiple Ferguson v. Arthur 482 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Dingley Brothers v. W.M. Oler and Company 490 (1886) Matthews None None C.C.D. Me. reversed Turpin v. Burgess 504 (1886) Bradley None None C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Town of Mahomet v. Quackenbush 508 (1886) Waite None None C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Bruce v. Manchester and Keene Railroad Company 514 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D.N.H. dismissed Ex parte Fonda 516 (1886) Waite None None Mich. Cir. Ct. habeas corpus denied New York Life Insurance Company v. Fletcher 519 (1886) Field None None C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Yale Lock Manufacturing Company v. Sargent II 536 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. multiple Yale Lock Manufacturing Company v. Greenleaf 554 (1886) Woods None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Dimock v. Revere Copper Company 559 (1886) Miller None None N.Y. affirmed Hobbs v. McLean 567 (1886) Woods None None C.C.S.D. Iowa affirmed Burnes v. Scott 582 (1886) Woods None None C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed New York Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Armstrong 591 (1886) Field None None C.C.E.D.N.Y. reversed Express Cases 601 (1886) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Mo. decrees amended Alabama v. Montague I 602 (1886) Miller None None C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Alabama v. Montague II 611 (1886) Miller None None C.C.E.D. Tenn. affirmed Stewart v. Virginia 612 (1886) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed Campbell v. District of Columbia 615 (1886) Waite None None Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Long v. Bullard 617 (1886) Waite None None Ga. affirmed District of Columbia v. McElligott 621 (1886) Harlan None None Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Scammon 634 (1886) Blatchford None None C.C.N.D. Ill. multiple Given v. Wright 648 (1886) Bradley None None N.J. affirmed Daviess County v. Dickinson 657 (1886) Gray None None C.C.D. Ky. reversed Phillips v. Negley 665 (1886) Matthews None None Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Jackson v. Lawrence 679 (1886) Woods None None C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Zeigler v. Hopkins 683 (1886) Waite None None C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Cantrell v. Wallick 689 (1886) Woods None None C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed

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