# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 147

This is a list of cases reported in volume 147 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1893.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 147 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 147 U.S. were decided the Court comprised, at any one time, at least nine of the following members (Justice Lamar died in January 1893 and was replaced by Justice Jackson in March 1893):
| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| Melville Fuller | Chief Justice | Illinois | Morrison Waite | July 20, 1888 (41–20) | October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (Died) |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) | May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) | December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
| Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) | January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
| Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) | April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
| Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | Associate Justice | Mississippi | William Burnham Woods | January 16, 1888 (32–28) | January 18, 1888 – January 23, 1893 (Died) |
| David Josiah Brewer | Associate Justice | Kansas | Stanley Matthews | December 18, 1889 (53–11) | January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died) |
| Henry Billings Brown | Associate Justice | Michigan | Samuel Freeman Miller | December 29, 1890 (Acclamation) | January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired) |
| George Shiras Jr. | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Joseph P. Bradley | July 26, 1892 (Acclamation) | October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903 (Retired) |
| Howell Edmunds Jackson | Associate Justice | Tennessee | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | February 18, 1893 (Acclamation) | March 4, 1893 – August 8, 1895 (Died) |

## Notable Cases in 147 U.S.
### Kohn v. McNulta

In Kohn v. McNulta, 147 U.S. 238 (1893), the Supreme Court held that a person should not receive compensation for injuries sustained when he is experienced in his work, and there is no evidence of negligence or extenuating circumstances.

### Shoemaker v. United States

Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U.S. 282 (1893), concerned the United States Constitution's Appointments Clause. The Supreme Court held that Congress may expand the duties an existing office without it being necessary that the incumbent again be nominated and confirmed, as long as the new duties are "germane" to those already held by the office.

## 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.
The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.
Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
* "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals
** e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
* "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 147 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Iowa v. Illinois | 1 (1893) | Field | none | none | original | boundary set |
| In re Morrison | 14 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | 2d Cir. | multiple |
| Streeter v. Jefferson County National Bank | 36 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Monroe Cattle Company v. Becker | 47 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | reversed |
| Lytle v. Town of Lansing | 59 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Alexandre v. Machan | 72 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | affirmed |
| The City of New York | 72 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Albuquerque National Bank v. Perea | 87 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | affirmed |
| Knox County v. Ninth National Bank | 91 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company v. Prentice | 101 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Ankeney v. Hannon | 118 (1893) | Field | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Fisher v. Shropshire | 133 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | reversed |
| Jennings v. Coal Ridge Improvement and Coal Company | 147 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| United States ex rel. Trask v. Wanamaker | 149 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Holmes v. Goldsmith | 150 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| Noble v. Union River Logging Railroad Company | 165 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Miles v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company | 177 (1893) | Blatchford | none | Brown | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company v. City of Decatur | 190 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |
| De la Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company v. Featherstone | 209 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | 7th Cir. | certification |
| Sutliff v. Lake County | 230 (1893) | Gray | none | none | 8th Cir. | certification |
| Kohn v. McNulta | 238 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Bernier v. Bernier | 242 (1893) | Field | none | none | Mich. | reversed |
| Osborne v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | 248 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| City of New Orleans v. Paine | 261 (1893) | Brown | none | none | 5th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Harmon | 268 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | affirmed |
| Shoemaker v. United States | 282 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Weatherhead v. Coupe | 322 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D.R.I. | reversed |
| Luxton v. North River Bridge Company | 337 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | dismissed |
| Smithmeyer v. United States | 342 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Glenn v. Garth | 360 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | dismissed |
| Walter v. Northeastern Railroad Company | 370 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | reversed |
| Keels v. Central Railroad Company | 374 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | reversed |
| Cooke v. Avery | 375 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | multiple |
| Harmon v. City of Chicago | 396 (1893) | Field | none | none | Ill. | reversed |
| Doyle v. Union Pacific Railroad Company | 413 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| United Lines Telegraph Company v. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company | 431 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Horner v. United States | 449 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | 2d Cir. | certification |
| Clement v. Field | 467 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Barnett v. Kinney | 476 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho | reversed |
| In Re Hawkins | 486 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | 2d Cir. | mandamus denied |
| Thorington v. City of Montgomery | 490 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Ala. | dismissed |
| Arnold v. United States | 494 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Schunk v. Moline, Milburn & Stoddart Company | 500 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
| Stanley v. Schwalby | 508 (1893) | Fuller | none | Field | Tex. | reversed |
| In re Haberman Manufacturing Company | 525 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | mandamus denied |
| Hamblin v. Western Land Company | 531 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Iowa | affirmed |
| Fleitas v. Richardson | 538 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | dismissed |
| Fleitas v. Richardson | 550 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Hayes v. Pratt | 557 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company v. Harmon's Administrator | 571 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company v. Estill | 591 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | multiple |
| Lovell Manufacturing Company v. Cary | 623 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Taylor v. Brown | 640 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota | affirmed |
| Bauserman v. Blunt | 647 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| United States v. Tanner | 661 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Fletcher | 664 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
| United States v. Pitman | 669 (1893) | Brown | none | none | D.R.I. | affirmed |
| United States v. Jones | 672 (1893) | Brown | none | none | S.D. Ala. | reversed |
| United States v. King | 676 (1893) | Brown | none | none | S.D. Ga. | reversed |
| United States v. Erwin | 685 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Payne | 687 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Hall | 691 (1893) | Brown | none | none | N.D. Ohio | reversed |
| United States v. McCandless | 692 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| United States v. Taylor | 695 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tenn. | reversed |