This is a list of cases reported in volume 84 (17 Wall.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1873.Anne Ashmore, DATES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, Library, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 December 2018.

Nominative reports In 1874, the U.S. government created the United States Reports, and retroactively numbered older privately published case reports as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of U.S. Reports have dual citation forms; one for the volume number of U.S. Reports, and one for the volume number of the reports named for the relevant reporter of decisions (these are called "nominative reports").

John William Wallace Starting with the 66th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was John William Wallace. Wallace was Reporter of Decisions from 1863 to 1874, covering volumes 68 through 90 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 23 of his Wallace's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Tyler v. Magwire is 84 U.S. (17 Wall.) 253 (1873).

Wallace's Reports were the final nominative reports for the US Supreme Court; starting with volume 91, cases were identified simply as "(volume #) U.S. (page #) (year)".

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 84 U.S. (17 Wall.)

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 1873 cases in 84 U.S. (17 Wall.) were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Justices during at least part of the Court session reported in 84 U.S. (17 Wall.) Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase Chief Justice Ohio Roger B. Taney (Acclamation) –May 7, 1873(Died) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis (26–23) –July 25, 1881(Died) Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean (38–1) –January 24, 1881(Retired) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel (Acclamation) –October 13, 1890(Died) David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell (Acclamation) –March 4, 1877(Resigned) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier (No vote recorded) –December 14, 1880(Retired) Joseph P. Bradley Associate Justice New Jersey newly created seat (46–9) –January 22, 1892(Died) Ward Hunt Associate Justice New York Samuel Nelson (Acclamation) –January 27, 1882(Retired)

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 84 U.S. (17 Wall.)

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Cordova v. Hood1 (1873) Strong none none C.C.W.D. Tex. reversed United States v. Hickey9 (1873) Hunt none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Marin v. Lalley14 (1873) Chase none none C.C.D. La. dismissal denied Bank of the Metropolis v. Kennedy19 (1873) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed The Nuestra Senora29 (1873) Chase none none S.D.N.Y. reversed Branson v. Wirth32 (1873) Bradley none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed Olcott v. Bynum44 (1873) Swayne none none C.C.D.N.C. affirmed Ex parte Warmouth64 (1873) Chase none none C.C.D. La. dismissed Mason v. United States67 (1873) Clifford none Chase Ct. Cl. affirmed Sweeny v. United States75 (1873) Clifford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Harwood v. Air-Line R.R. Co.78 (1873) Hunt none none D. Ind. affirmed Averill v. Smith82 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. reversed Bailey v. Hannibal et al. R.R. Co.96 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmed Oulton v. German S. & L. Soc'y109 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.D. Cal. reversed Goddard v. Foster123 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.D.N.Y. affirmed Williams v. Baker144 (1873) Miller none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Homestead Co. v. Des Moines V.R.R. Co.153 (1873) Davis none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Crilley v. Burrows167 (1873) Davis none none not indicated not indicated United States v. Cook168 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.S.D. Ohio certification Collector v. Beggs182 (1873) Strong none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Lapeyre v. United States191 (1873) Swayne none Hunt Ct. Cl. reversed Allen v. United States207 (1873) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Holden v. Joy211 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Warner v. Joy253 (1873) Clifford none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Tyler v. Magwire253 (1873) Clifford none none Mo. reversed Barnes v. Philadelphia & Reading R.R.294 (1873) Clifford Bradley Strong C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed United States v. Baltimore & O.R.R. Co.322 (1873) Hunt Bradley Clifford C.C.D. Md. affirmed Hume v. Beale's Ex'r336 (1873) Davis none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Allen v. Massey351 (1873) Field none none C.C.D. Mo. affirmed Rodd v. Heartt354 (1873) Chase none none C.C.D. La. dismissal denied New York C.R.R. Co. v. Lockwood357 (1873) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Stitt v. Huidekopers384 (1873) Miller none none C.C.W.D. Pa. affirmed Conway v. Stannard398 (1873) Davis none none C.C.D. Vt. certification United States v. Henry405 (1873) Miller none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Reed v. Gardner409 (1873) Hunt none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Ray v. Smith411 (1873) Strong none none M.D. Ala. reversed Moore v. Huntington417 (1873) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. reversed State v. Stoll425 (1873) Hunt none Bradley S.C. reversed Lasere v. Rochereau437 (1873) Swayne none none La. reversed Ex parte Atocha439 (1873) Field none none Ct. Cl. mandamus denied Washington et al. R.R. Co. v. Brown445 (1873) Davis none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Adams v. Burke453 (1873) Miller none Bradley C.C.D. Mass. affirmed Philp v. Nock460 (1873) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Carlton v. Bokee463 (1873) Bradley none none C.C.D. Md. affirmed Wilson v. City Bank473 (1873) Miller none none C.C.D. Minn. certification Carpenter v. United States489 (1873) Strong none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Isham496 (1873) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Mich. dismissed Northwestern P. Co. v. McCue508 (1873) Davis none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Goodwin v. United States515 (1873) Swayne none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Cutner v. United States517 (1873) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Board of P. Works v. Columbia Coll.521 (1873) Field none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Rea v. Missouri532 (1873) Bradley none none C.C.D. Mo. reversed Eldred v. Michigan Ins. Bank545 (1873) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Wis. reversed Union P.R.R. Co. v. Fort553 (1873) Davis none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Chicago & N.R.R. Co. v. Fuller560 (1873) Swayne none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed Horn v. Lockhart570 (1873) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed The Merritt582 (1873) Hunt none none C.C.E.D. Wis. affirmed Knode v. Williamson586 (1873) Strong none none D.W. Va. reversed Harrell v. Beall's Assignee590 (1873) Miller none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed Amoskeag Mfg. Co. v. United States592 (1873) Miller none none Ct. Cl. reversed Sohn v. Waterson596 (1873) Bradley none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed United States v. Lapène601 (1873) Hunt none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Boutwell604 (1873) Strong none none Sup. Ct. D.C. mandamus denied Sawyer v. Hoag's Assignee610 (1873) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Kibbe v. Benson624 (1873) Hunt none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed Smiths v. Shoemaker630 (1873) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed Daniel v. Whartenby639 (1873) Swayne none none C.C.D. Del. affirmed Walker v. State H. Comm'rs648 (1873) Field none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed The Star of Hope651 (1873) Bradley none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed Miller v. Joseph655 (1873) Field none none Va. dismissed Sioux City & P.R.R. Co. v. Stout657 (1873) Hunt none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed The Emily Souder666 (1873) Field none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Manhattan L. Ins. Co. v. Francisco672 (1873) Strong none none C.C.D. Cal. affirmed

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