# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 148

This is a list of cases reported in volume 148 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 148 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 148 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 148 U.S.
### Pettibone v. United States

In Pettibone v. United States, 148 U.S. 197 (1893), the Supreme Court considered a criminal case involving the knowledge requirement in an obstruction of justice charge. It was the first Supreme Court case involving interpretation of obstruction of federal justice statutes. In the Court's opinion, Chief Justice Fuller wrote, "a person is not sufficiently charged with obstructing or impeding the due administration of justice in a court unless it appears that he knew of had notice that justice was being administered in such court".$^{:1022}$

### Virginia v. Tennessee

Virginia v. Tennessee, 148 U.S. 503 (1893), is a case under the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction. The Court decided that if an agreement between two states sets the boundary between them, both states ratify that agreement, and one state later discovers that the boundary was wrong (such as the other state received a larger share of territory than originally planned), unless the other state agrees to change it, the original agreement nevertheless stands. In this particular instance, the Supreme Court rejected Virginia's contention that the intent of the original "charters of the English sovereigns" should take precedent over a 1803 compromise, which sought to address the situation initially and was agreed upon by both states. The Court also decided that because the states informed Congress of the original survey that both states hired people to establish carefully and then enacted as legislation by the two states, the agreement was implicitly approved by Congress, and the border between the two states had been set forth in the survey.

## 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 148 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| The J.E. Rumbell | 1 (1893) | Gray | none | none | 7th Cir. | certification |
| Moelle v. Sherwood | 21 (1893) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
| United States v. California and Oregon Land Company | 31 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| United States v. Dalles Military Road Company | 49 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | 9th Cir. | affirmed |
| Commercial National Bank v. Armstrong | 50 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| May v. Tenney | 60 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Lehnen v. Dickson | 71 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Astiazaran v. Santa Rita Land and Mining Company | 80 (1893) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. | affirmed |
| United States v. Fletcher | 84 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| City of St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Company | 92 (1893) | Brewer | none | Brown | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Virginia v. Paul | 107 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.W.D. Va. | mandamus granted |
| United States v. Post | 124 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Gates | 134 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Bier v. McGehee | 137 (1893) | Brown | none | none | La. Ct. App. | dismissed |
| Rosenthal v. Coates | 142 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Indiana v. United States | 148 (1893) | Gray | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| In Re Schneider I | 157 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| In Re Schneider II | 162 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Roget v. United States | 167 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Marx v. Hanthorn | 172 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.D. Or. | affirmed |
| United States v. Alexander | 186 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| United States v. Truesdell | 196 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Pettibone v. United States | 197 (1893) | Fuller | none | Brewer | D. Idaho | reversed |
| Passavant v. United States | 214 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| In re Sanborn | 222 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Ct. Cl. | mandamus denied |
| Gaines v. Rugg | 228 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | mandamus granted |
| Hume v. Bowie | 245 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissed |
| Pennsylvania Company v. Bender | 255 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Ohio | dismissed |
| Hohorst v. Hamburg American Packet Company | 262 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | dismissed |
| Columbus Watch Company v. Robbins | 266 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | 6th Cir. | dismissed |
| Huber v. Nelson Manufacturing Company | 270 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Wasatch Mining Company v. Crescent Mining Company | 293 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Cameron v. United States | 301 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. | reversed |
| Monongahela Navigation Company v. United States | 312 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Ankeny v. Clark | 345 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wash. | affirmed |
| Johnston v. Standard Mining Company | 360 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| American Construction Company v. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company | 372 (1893) | Gray | none | none | 5th Cir. | mandamus denied |
| Wolfe v. Hartford Life Annuity Insurance Company | 389 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Ogden v. United States | 390 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | dismissed |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Walker | 391 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | 8th Cir. | reversed |
| Barnum v. Town of Okolona | 393 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| People ex rel. Schurz v. Cook | 397 (1893) | Jackson | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Manhattan Company v. Blake | 412 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| United States v. Old Settlers | 427 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| National Hat Pouncing Machine Company v. Hedden | 482 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
| Smith v. Townsend | 490 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. | affirmed |
| Bender v. Pennsylvania Company | 502 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | dismissed |
| Virginia v. Tennessee | 503 (1893) | Field | none | none | original | boundary set |
| Chicot County v. Sherwood | 529 (1893) | Jackson | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Lascelles v. Georgia | 537 (1893) | Jackson | none | none | Ga. | affirmed |
| Grant v. Walter | 547 (1893) | Jackson | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Krementz v. S. Cottle Company | 556 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| United States v. Union Pacific Railway Company | 562 (1893) | Brown | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| German Bank of Memphis v. United States | 573 (1893) | Brown | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Lonergan v. Buford | 581 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Atchison Board of Education v. De Kay | 591 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Swan Land and Cattle Company v. Frank | 603 (1893) | Jackson | none | Brown | C.C.N.D. Ill. | decree modified |
| Casement v. Brown | 615 (1893) | Brewer | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Humphreys v. Perry | 627 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Isaacs v. Jonas | 648 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| United States v. Isaacs | 654 (1893) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
| Giozza v. Tiernan | 657 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Martin v. Snyder | 663 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Mexia v. Oliver | 664 (1893) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.N.D. Tex. | reversed |
| Smith v. Whitman Saddle Company | 674 (1893) | Fuller | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | reversed |
| Bushnell v. Crooke Mining and Smelting Company | 682 (1893) | Jackson | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | dismissed |
| Pam-to-Pee v. United States | 691 (1893) | Shiras | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |