# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 119

This is a list of cases reported in volume 119 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1886 and 1887.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 119 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 119 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) |
| Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) | July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) |
| Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) | May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) | March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
| John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) | December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
| William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) | January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
| Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) | May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (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) |

## 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 119 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Choctaw Nation v. United States | 1 (1886) | Matthews | None | Waite | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Consolidated Safety Valve Company v. Kunkle | 45 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| White v. Dunbar | 47 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| Dainese v. Kendall | 53 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Buttz v. Northern Pacific Railway Company | 55 (1886) | Field | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota | affirmed |
| Town of Oregon v. Jennings | 74 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Palmer v. Hussey | 96 (1886) | Waite | None | None | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company v. O'Brien | 99 (1886) | Harlan | None | Field | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Philadelphia Fire Association v. New York | 110 (1886) | Blatchford | None | Harlan | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Home Insurance Company v. New York | 129 (1886) | Waite | None | None | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Shipman v. District of Columbia | 148 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company v. Columbus Rolling Mill | 149 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| French v. Hall | 152 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Hanrick v. Patrick | 156 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Washington County v. Sallinger | 176 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D.N.C. | affirmed |
| Freeman v. Alderson | 185 (1886) | Field | None | None | C.C.N.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Willamette Manufacturing Company v. Bank of British Columbia | 191 (1886) | Miller | None | None | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| The Harrisburg | 199 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Crow v. Oxford Township | 215 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Hapgood v. Hewitt | 226 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| Story v. Black | 235 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | dismissed |
| Continental Life Insurance Company v. Rhoads | 237 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company v. Grayson | 240 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ala. | affirmed |
| Cunard Steamship Company v. Carey | 245 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Newhall v. Le Breton | 259 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| City of New Orleans v. Houston | 265 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Hamilton v. Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway Company | 280 (1886) | Field | None | None | La. | affirmed |
| Schmidt Brothers v. Cobb | 286 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad v. Nickals | 296 (1886) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| R.D. Wood and Company v. City of Fort Wayne | 312 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
| Clark v. Wooster | 322 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| McCreery v. Haskell | 327 (1886) | Field | None | None | Cal. | affirmed |
| Pomace Holder Company v. Ferguson | 335 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Donnelly v. District of Columbia | 339 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Halsted v. Buster | 341 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D.W. Va. | reversed |
| Coit v. North Carolina Gold Amalgamating Company | 343 (1886) | Field | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Buzard v. Houston | 347 (1886) | Gray | None | Bradley | C.C.W.D. Tex. | reversed |
| Kramer v. Cohn | 355 (1886) | Gray | None | None | W.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Williamsport National Bank v. Knapp | 357 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D. Pa. | dismissed |
| Wylie v. Northampton National Bank | 361 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Newton v. Furst and Bradley Manufacturing Company | 373 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Street v. Ferry | 385 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | dismissed |
| Wilson v. Blair | 387 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | dismissed |
| Johnson v. Chicago and Pacific Elevator Company | 388 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | Ill. | affirmed |
| California Artificial Stone Paving Company v. Schalicke | 401 (1886) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| United States v. Rauscher | 407 (1886) | Miller | Gray | Waite | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | certification |
| Ker v. Illinois | 436 (1886) | Miller | None | None | Ill. | affirmed |
| Campbell v. Laclede Gas-Light Company | 445 (1886) | Miller | None | None | Mo. | affirmed |
| Winchester v. Heiskell, Scott & Heiskell | 450 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Tenn. | affirmed |
| Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company v. McClung | 454 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. Bates | 464 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Ohio | reversed |
| Peper v. Fordyce | 469 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Germania Insurance Company v. Wisconsin | 473 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.W.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| United States v. Jones | 477 (1886) | Waite | None | None | Ct. Cl. | dismissal denied |
| Greenwich Insurance v. Providence and Stonington Steam-Ship Company | 481 (1886) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Wolverton v. Nichols | 485 (1886) | Miller | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | reversed |
| Gilbert v. Moline Plow Company | 491 (1886) | Miller | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota | affirmed |
| Bignall v. Gould Manufacturing Company | 495 (1886) | Gray | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Thackrah v. Haas | 499 (1886) | Gray | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| Brooks v. Clark | 502 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Eldred v. Bell Telephone Company | 513 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Whitford v. Clark County | 522 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Ashby v. Hall | 526 (1886) | Field | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | affirmed |
| Sutter v. Robinson | 530 (1886) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Huse, Loomis and Company v. Glover | 543 (1886) | Field | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Goetz and Luening v. Bank of Kansas City | 551 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Paine | 561 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. McLaughlin | 566 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Mace v. Merrill | 581 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Cal. | dismissed |
| Ex parte Mirzan | 584 (1886) | Waite | None | None | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | habeas corpus denied |
| Hancock v. Holbrook | 586 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Borer v. Chapman | 587 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Ivinson v. Hutton | 604 (1887) | Miller | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | affirmed |
| Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad Company v. Johnson | 608 (1887) | Miller | None | None | E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Ralston | 613 (1887) | Waite | None | None | La. | mandamus denied |
| Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. Wiggins Ferry Company | 615 (1887) | Waite | None | None | Mo. | dismissed |
| Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Company | 625 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Sharp v. Riessner | 631 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Barrell v. Tilton | 637 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| A.S. Baldwin and J. Levy and Company v. Black | 643 (1887) | Blatchford | None | Bradley | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Ives v. Sargent and Company | 652 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Hartshorn v. Saginaw Barrel Company | 664 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Town of Enfield v. Jordan | 680 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Hubbard v. New York, New England and Western Investment Company | 696 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |