# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 114

This is a list of cases reported in volume 114 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1885.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 114 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 114 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 114 U.S.

| Case Name | Page and year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Thompson v. Boisselier | 1 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Murphy v. Ramsey | 15 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | multiple |
| Bohall v. Dilla | 47 (1885) | Field | none | none | Cal. | affirmed |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Ide | 52 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Putnam v. Ingraham | 57 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company v. Wilson | 60 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Sargent v. Hall's Safe and Lock Company | 63 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Electric Railroad Signal Company v. Hall Railway Signal Company | 87 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| Thomson v. Wooster | 104 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Hayes v. City of Holly Springs | 120 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Mower v. Fletcher | 127 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Cal. | dismissal denied |
| Butterworth v. Hill | 128 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Vt. | reversed |
| Detroit City Railway Company v. Guthard | 133 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Mich. | dismissed |
| Village of Farmington v. Pillsbury | 138 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Me. | reversed |
| Ex parte Hughes | 147 (1885) | Waite | none | none | D. Or. | mandamus denied |
| Stephenson v. Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad Company | 149 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Chapman v. Brewer | 158 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Morgan | 174 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | mandamus denied |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Miller | 176 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | W. Va. | affirmed |
| City of Litchfield v. Ballou | 190 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Gloucester Ferry Company v. Pennsylvania | 196 (1885) | Field | none | none | Pa. | reversed |
| Lámar v. Micou | 218 (1885) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | rehearing denied |
| Xenia Bank v. Stewart | 224 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| United States v. Minor | 233 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Weaver v. Field | 244 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Doe v. Hyde | 247 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Bissell v. Foss | 252 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
| Bradstreet Company v. Higgins | 262 (1885) | Waite | none | none | not indicated | judgment amended |
| Boatmen's Savings Bank v. State Savings Association | 265 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Mo. Ct. App. | dismissed |
| Poindexter v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond I | 269 (1885) | per curiam | None | None | Va. Hustings Ct. | multiple |
| Poindexter v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond II | 270 (1885) | Matthews | None | None | Va. Hustings Ct. | reversed |
| White v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond | 307 (1885) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D. Va. | reversed |
| Chaffin v. Taylor | 309 (1885) | Matthews | None | None | Va. | reversed |
| Allen v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company | 311 (1885) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.W.D. Va. | affirmed |
| Carter v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond | 317 (1885) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.E.D. Va. | affirmed |
| Pleasants v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond | 323 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | affirmed |
| Marye v. Parsons | 325 (1885) | Matthews | None | Bradley | C.C.E.D. Va. | reversed |
| Moore v. Greenhow, Treasurer of Richmond | 338 (1885) | Matthews | None | None | Va. | affirmed |
| East Alabama Railway Company v. Doe ex rel. Visscher | 340 (1885) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.M.D. Ala. | reversed |
| The Belgenland | 355 (1885) | Bradley | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Walden v. Knevals | 373 (1885) | Field | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | affirmed |
| Pennsylvania National Bank v. Furness, Brinley and Company | 376 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Aurrecoechea v. Bangs | 381 (1885) | Miller | None | None | Cal. | affirmed |
| Amy v. Shelby County | 387 (1885) | Miller | None | None | Tenn. | affirmed |
| Huntley v. Huntley | 394 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| State National Bank v. United States | 401 (1885) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| The Laura | 411 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Wilson | 417 (1885) | Gray | none | none | E.D. Ark. | habeas corpus granted |
| United States v. Petit | 429 (1885) | Waite | none | none | not indicated | certification |
| Dodge v. Knowles | 430 (1885) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Dobson v. Hartford Carpet Company | 439 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Western Electric Manufacturing Company v. Ansonia Brass and Copper Company | 447 (1885) | Woods | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
| District of Columbia v. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company | 453 (1885) | Miller | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Pacific National Bank v. Mixter | 463 (1885) | Waite | None | None | C.C.D. Mass. | dismissal denied |
| Cavender v. Cavender | 464 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Burton v. West Jersey Ferry Company | 474 (1885) | Harlan | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
| Clawson v. United States | 477 (1885) | Blatchford | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Hopt v. Utah | 488 (1885) | Gray | None | None | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | reversed |
| Atlantic Phosphate Company v. Grafflin | 492 (1885) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| New Orleans, Spanish Fort and Lake Railroad Company v. Delamore | 501 (1885) | Woods | None | None | La. | reversed |
| Sturges v. Carter | 511 (1885) | Woods | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Beecher Manufacturing Company v. Atwater Manufacturing Company | 523 (1885) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | reversed |
| Fort Leavenworth Railroad Company v. Lowe | 525 (1885) | Field | None | None | Kan. | affirmed |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. McGlinn | 542 (1885) | Field | None | None | Kan. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Hughes | 548 (1885) | Waite | None | None | original | multiple |
| Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad Company v. March | 549 (1885) | Harlan | None | None | D.W. Va. | reversed |
| Strang and Holland Brothers v. Lowery & Bradner | 555 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Alling v. United States | 562 (1885) | Miller | None | None | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Wales v. Whitney | 564 (1885) | Miller | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Richmond Mining Company v. Rose | 576 (1885) | Miller | None | None | Nev. | affirmed |
| Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company v. Ham | 587 (1885) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
| Macalester's Administrator v. Maryland | 598 (1885) | Gray | None | None | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Wurts v. Hoagland | 606 (1885) | Gray | None | None | N.J. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company | 615 (1885) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| United States v. Corson | 619 (1885) | Harlan | None | None | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Brown and Jones v. Houston | 622 (1885) | Bradley | None | None | La. | affirmed |
| Provident Savings Life Assurance Society v. Ford | 635 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Reggel | 642 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | Dist. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Canal and Claiborne Streets Railroad Company v. Hart | 654 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | affirmed |
| Stevens v. Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company | 663 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | affirmed |