This is a list of cases reported in volume 122 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1887.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 122 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 122 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 122 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Barnes v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1 (1887) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed State Bank v. St. Louis Rail Fastening Company 21 (1887) Gray None None C.C.S.D. Ill. dismissed Hanna v. Maas 24 (1887) Gray None None C.C.W.D. Mich. affirmed Gibson v. Shufeldt and Company 27 (1887) Gray None None C.C.E.D. Va. multiple Eames v. Andrews 40 (1887) Matthews None None C.C.D. Conn. affirmed Beedle v. Bennett 71 (1887) Matthews None None C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Knight 79 (1887) Matthews None None C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed The Manitoba 97 (1887) Blatchford None None C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed Parsons v. Robinson 112 (1887) Waite None None C.C.E.D. Pa. dismissed Bartram v. Robertson 116 (1887) Field None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Topliff v. Topliff 121 (1887) Matthews None None C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Warren v. Moody 132 (1887) Blatchford None None C.C.M.D. Ala. reversed Davis v. Patrick 138 (1887) Blatchford None None C.C.D. Neb. reversed Williams v. City of Albany 154 (1887) Field None None C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Bullard v. Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad Company 167 (1887) Miller None None Iowa affirmed Sanger v. Nightingale 176 (1887) Miller None None C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway Company 189 (1887) Bradley None Miller C.C.E.D. Mich. affirmed United States v. C.A. Auffmordt and Company 197 (1887) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Benziger Brothers v. Robertson 211 (1887) Blatchford None None C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Wisner v. Brown 214 (1887) Bradley None None Mich. affirmed Simonton v. Sibley 220 (1887) Gray None None C.C.W.D.N.C. affirmed Shepherd v. Thompson 231 (1887) Gray None None Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Drexel v. Berney 241 (1887) Matthews none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed The Hesper 256 (1887) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Porter v. Pittsburg (sic) Bessemer Steel Company 267 (1887) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ind. rehearing denied Seibert v. Lewis 284 (1887) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Minneapolis Gas Light Company v. Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company 300 (1887) Matthews none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Harshman v. Knox County 306 (1887) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed Walter v. Bickham and Moore 320 (1887) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Miss. affirmed Philadelphia and Southern Steamship Company v. Pennsylvania 326 (1887) Bradley none none Pa. reversed Western Union Telegraph Company v. Pendleton 347 (1887) Field none none Ind. reversed St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Vickers 360 (1887) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Whitsitt v. Union Depot and Railroad Company 363 (1887) Waite none none C.C.D. Colo. dismissed Maxwell Land Grant Case 365 (1887) Miller none none C.C.D. Colo. rehearing denied Merchants' Insurance Company v. Allen 376 (1887) Waite none none C.C.E.D. La. rehearing denied Adams v. Collier 382 (1887) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ga. reversed Goodlett v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company 391 (1887) Harlan none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed New Process Fermentation Company v. Maus 413 (1887) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed Gandy v. Marble 432 (1887) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Paxton v. Griswold 441 (1887) Bradley none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Estes v. Gunter 450 (1887) Field none none C.C.N.D. Miss. reversed Travelers' Insurance Company v. Edwards 457 (1887) Miller none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Clinton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 469 (1887) Miller none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed Argentine Mining Company v. Terrible Mining Company 478 (1887) Field none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Struthers v. Drexel 487 (1887) Matthews none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Bean v. Patterson 496 (1887) Field none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Muskegon National Bank 501 (1887) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company v. Dunn 513 (1887) Waite none none Minn. reversed Morrison v. Kennedy and Durr 518 (1887) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Texas Transportation Company v. Seeligson 519 (1887) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Tex. affirmed Fisher v. Perkins 522 (1887) Waite none none Ky. Super. Ct. dismissed McLeod and Reid v. Fourth National Bank 528 (1887) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Thorn Wire Hedge Company v. Fuller and Patrick 535 (1887) Waite none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed Runkle v. United States 543 (1887) Waite none none Ct. Cl. reversed Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey 561 (1887) Harlan none none Mo. rehearing denied Shippen v. Bowen 575 (1887) Harlan none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. Kountz Line 583 (1887) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company v. Harris 597 (1887) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Rice v. United States 611 (1887) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed

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