# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 93

This is a list of cases reported in volume 93 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1876 and 1877.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 93 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 93 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
| Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) | Tenure on Supreme Court |
| Morrison Waite | Chief Justice | Ohio | Salmon P. Chase | January 21, 1874 (63–0) | March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died) |
| Nathan Clifford | Associate Justice | Maine | Benjamin Robbins Curtis | January 12, 1858 (26–23) | January 21, 1858 – July 25, 1881 (Died) |
| Noah Haynes Swayne | Associate Justice | Ohio | John McLean | January 24, 1862 (38–1) | January 27, 1862 – January 24, 1881 (Retired) |
| Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) | July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) |
| David Davis | Associate Justice | Illinois | John Archibald Campbell | December 8, 1862 (Acclamation) | December 10, 1862 – March 4, 1877 (Resigned) |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) | May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
| William Strong | Associate Justice | Pennsylvania | Robert Cooper Grier | February 18, 1870 (No vote recorded) | March 14, 1870 – December 14, 1880 (Retired) |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) | March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
| Ward Hunt | Associate Justice | New York | Samuel Nelson | December 11, 1872 (Acclamation) | January 9, 1873 – 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 93 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Hoge v. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company | 1 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | acceleration denied |
| Gaines v. Hale | 3 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | Ark. | affirmed |
| South Carolina v. Georgia | 4 (1876) | Strong | none | none | original | dismissed |
| Fuller v. Claflin | 14 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.W.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Ex parte Parks | 18 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | original | habeas corpus denied |
| New York Life Insurance Company v. Statham | 24 (1876) | Bradley | Waite; Strong | Waite; Clifford | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Terry v. Abraham | 38 (1876) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
| Smith v. Chapman | 41 (1876) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Terry v. Hatch | 44 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | dismissed |
| Beaver v. Taylor | 46 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Grymes v. Sanders | 55 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | reversed |
| Birdsall v. Coolidge | 64 (1876) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Nev. | reversed |
| Hurst v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company | 71 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
| Chemung Canal Bank v. Lowery | 72 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Ryan v. Carter | 78 (1876) | Davis | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Kitchen v. Randolph | 86 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | supersedeas vacated |
| Dresser v. Missouri and Iowa Railway Construction Company | 92 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Bird v. Louisiana State Bank | 96 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Sherlock v. Alling | 99 (1876) | Field | none | none | Ind. | affirmed |
| Tippecanoe County v. Lucas | 108 (1876) | Field | none | none | Ind. | affirmed |
| Home Insurance Company v. City of Augusta | 116 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | Ga. | affirmed |
| Calhoun County v. American Emigrant Company | 124 (1876) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Claflin v. Houseman | 130 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | N.Y. | affirmed |
| Hendrick v. Lindsay | 143 (1876) | Davis | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| O'Hara v. Macconnell | 150 (1876) | Miller | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Kerrison v. Stewart | 155 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| Tilton v. Cofield | 163 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. | reversed |
| French v. Fyan | 169 (1876) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Company | 174 (1876) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | reversed |
| United States v. 43 Gallons Whiskey | 188 (1876) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Ober v. Gallagher | 199 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Sherman v. Buick | 209 (1876) | Miller | none | none | Cal. | reversed |
| Morgan v. Louisiana | 217 (1876) | Field | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Grant v. Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company | 225 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Hornor v. Henning | 228 (1876) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Del Valle v. Harrison | 233 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissed |
| Shaw v. United States | 235 (1876) | Field | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company | 241 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Garfielde v. United States | 242 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Whiteside v. United States | 247 (1876) | Clifford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Barkley v. Levee Commissioners of the Parishes of Madison and Carroll, Louisiana | 258 (1876) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Broughton v. City of Pensacola | 266 (1876) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Fla. | affirmed |
| Dalton v. Jennings | 271 (1876) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Windsor v. McVeigh | 274 (1876) | Field | none | none | Alexandria Corp. Ct. | affirmed |
| Bigelow v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company | 284 (1876) | Davis | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Sawin v. Kenny | 289 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Horst | 291 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| The Atlas | 302 (1876) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Kimball v. Evans | 320 (1876) | Waite | none | none | Ohio | dismissed |
| Talty v. Freedman's Savings Bank Company | 321 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Brant v. Virginia Coal and Iron Company | 326 (1876) | Field | none | none | C.C.D.W. Va. | reversed |
| The Juniata | 337 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.D. La. | multiple |
| Smith v. Gaines | 341 (1876) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Cockle v. Flack | 344 (1876) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Wiswall v. Campbell | 347 (1876) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Cowdrey v. Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company | 352 (1876) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Norton v. Switzer | 355 (1876) | Clifford | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Cohn v. United States Corset Company | 366 (1876) | Strong | none | Clifford | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Dodge v. Freedman's Savings and Trust Company | 379 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Callanan v. Hurley | 387 (1876) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | reversed |
| Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Snyder | 393 (1876) | Davis | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Karstendick | 396 (1876) | Waite | none | none | original | habeas corpus denied |
| The John L. Hasbrouck | 405 (1877) | Clifford | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Sage v. Central Railroad Company | 412 (1876) | Waite | none | Miller | C.C.D. Iowa | dismissal denied |
| DeBary v. Arthur | 420 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Osterberg v. Union Trust Company | 424 (1877) | Davis | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Lovejoy v. Spafford | 430 (1876) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company v. United States | 442 (1877) | Bradley | none | Miller | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Russell v. Dodge | 460 (1877) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Wiggins v. Utah | 465 (1876) | Miller | none | Clifford | Utah | reversed |
| Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company | 486 (1877) | Strong | none | Bradley | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Randolph County v. Post | 502 (1877) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| White v. Luning | 514 (1876) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Home Insurance Company v. Baltimore Warehouse Company | 527 (1876) | Strong | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Stanton v. Embrey | 548 (1877) | Clifford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Huff v. Doyle | 558 (1877) | Miller | none | none | Cal. | reversed |
| Western Union Telegraph Company v. Rogers | 565 (1877) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | dismissed |
| Callaway County v. Foster | 567 (1876) | Hunt | none | Miller | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| The Idaho | 575 (1877) | Strong | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States v. Thompson | 586 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Md. | dismissed |
| Mackie v. Story | 589 (1877) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Bond v. Moore | 593 (1877) | Waite | none | none | Tenn. | affirmed |
| West Wisconsin Railway Company v. Trempealeau County | 595 (1876) | Swayne | none | none | Wis. | affirmed |
| Badger v. United States ex rel. Bolles | 599 (1877) | Hunt | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Desmare v. United States | 605 (1877) | Swayne | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| City of Winona v. Cowdrey | 612 (1877) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Wood County v. Lackawana Iron and Coal Company | 619 (1877) | Swayne | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| United States v. Ferrary | 625 (1876) | Strong | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tenn. | reversed |
| Donaldson v. Farwell | 631 (1877) | Davis | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Company | 634 (1877) | Davis | none | none | Nev. | affirmed |
| Bayne v. United States | 642 (1877) | Davis | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Tameling v. United States Freehold and Emigration Company | 644 (1877) | Davis | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Colo. | affirmed |
| Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works | 664 (1877) | Davis | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Kibbe v. Ditto | 674 (1877) | Davis | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |