This is a list of cases reported in volume 125 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 125 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 125 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members (Chief Justice Waite died in March 1888, and some of his opinions in the cases below were issued posthumously):

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) 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) Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods (32–28) –January 23, 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 125 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition Willamette Iron Bridge Company v. Hatch 1 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.D. Or. reversed New Orleans Waterworks Company v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Company 18 (1888) Gray none none La. dismissed Kreiger v. Shelby Railroad Company 39 (1888) Gray none none Ky. dismissed Dale Tile Manufacturing Company v. Hyatt 46 (1888) Gray none none N.Y. affirmed Felix v. Scharnweber 54 (1888) Gray none none Ill. dismissed National Bank Redemption v. City of Boston 60 (1888) Matthews none none C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Arthur's Executors v. Butterfield 70 (1888) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Cunningham v. Norton 77 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Davison v. Davis 90 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.D. Ky. affirmed Weir v. Morden 98 (1888) Matthews none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Tompkins v. Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad 109 (1888) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Hartranft v. Langfeld 128 (1888) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Tilghman v. Proctor and Gamble 136 (1888) Gray none none C.C.S.D. Ohio reversed City of Chicago v. Taylor 161 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Cissel v. Dutch 171 (1888) Blatchford none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Potts v. United States 173 (1888) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Burchard 176 (1888) Waite none none Ct. Cl. reversed Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining and Milling Company v. Pennsylvania 181 (1888) Field none none Pa. affirmed Maynard v. Hill 190 (1888) Field none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. affirmed Hoskin v. Fisher 217 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Cal. reversed Friedenstein v. United States 224 (1888) Blatchford none Field C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Origet v. United States 240 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Southern Development Company v. Silva 247 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.N.D. Cal. affirmed Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company v. Missouri River Packet Company 260 (1888) Lamar none none Mo. affirmed United States v. San Jacinto Tin Company 273 (1888) Miller Field none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Clement v. Packer 309 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed Hartranft v. Sheppard 337 (1888) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Missouri ex rel. Walker v. Walker 339 (1888) Waite none none Mo. affirmed Spencer v. Merchant 345 (1888) Gray none Matthews N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Sage v. Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company 361 (1888) Harlan none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed Wall v. Bissell 382 (1888) Gray none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Williams v. Conger 397 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.N.D. Tex. affirmed Washington Ice Company v. Webster 426 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed Yale Lock Manufacturing Company v. James 447 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Bowman Brothers v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company 465 (1888) Matthews Field Harlan C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Hartranft v. Oliver 525 (1888) Field none none C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Western Union Telephone Company v. Attorney General of Massachusetts 530 (1888) Miller none none C.C.D. Mass. reversed Bucher v. Cheshire Railroad Company 555 (1888) Miller none Harlan C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Bowerman Brothers v. Rogers 585 (1888) Miller none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Union Trust Company v. Morrison 591 (1888) Bradley none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Dewolf v. Hays 614 (1888) Gray none none C.C.D. Cal. reversed Doolan v. Carr 618 (1888) Miller none Waite C.C.D. Cal. reversed Johnson v. Christian 642 (1888) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reconsideration granted United States v. Baker 646 (1888) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Nutt v. United States 650 (1888) Matthews none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Strong 656 (1888) Matthews none none Ct. Cl. affirmed St. Louis, Alton, and Terre Haute Railroad Company v. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company 658 (1888) Matthews none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed Dow v. Beidelman 680 (1888) Gray none none Ark. multiple Bonahan v. Nebraska 692 (1888) Waite none none Neb. case off docket Addington v. Burke 693 (1888) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Tex. dismissed City of Shreveport v. Holmes 694 (1888) Waite none none C.C.W.D. La. rehearing denied East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company v. Southern Telegraph Company 695 (1888) Miller none none C.C.M.D. Ala. dismissed In re Royall 696 (1888) Waite none none Va. mandate denied Lyon v. Perin and Gaff Manufacturing Company 698 (1888) Lamar none none C.C.D. Ind. affirmed

Notes and references

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