# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 105

This is a list of cases reported in volume 105 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1881 and 1882.

## Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 105 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 105 U.S. were decided the Court comprised nine of the following ten members at one time (Ward Hunt retired in January 1882 and was replaced by Samuel Blatchford in April 1882):
| 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) |
| Ward Hunt | Associate Justice | New York | Samuel Nelson | December 11, 1872 (Acclamation) | January 9, 1873 – January 27, 1882 (Retired) |
| 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 105 U.S.

| Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition of case |
| Wade v. Town of Walnut | 1 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Swope v. Leffingwell | 3 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Mo. | affirmed |
| Clark v. Fredericks | 4 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. | affirmed |
| Bartholow v. Trustees | 6 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | dismissed |
| Pollard v. Vinton | 7 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| Greenwood v. Union F.R.R. Co. | 13 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| The Scotland | 24 (1882) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | multiple |
| United States v. Dix Island Granite Co. | 37 (1882) | Field | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Young v. American S.S. Co. | 41 (1882) | Field | none | none | Pa. | affirmed |
| Head v. Hargrave | 45 (1882) | Field | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. | reversed |
| Smith v. Field | 52 (1882) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Mathews v. Boston Mach. Co. | 54 (1882) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | affirmed |
| Taylor v. City of Ypsilanti | 60 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | reversed |
| New Buffalo Twp. v. Cambria Iron Co. | 73 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Hammock v. Farmers' L. & T. Co. | 77 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Lehnbeuter v. Holthaus | 94 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
| United States v. Temple | 97 (1882) | Woods | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Blennerhassett v. Sherman | 100 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| McCormick v. Knox | 122 (1882) | Woods | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Ager v. Murray | 126 (1882) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Rives v. Duke | 132 (1882) | Gray | none | none | C.C.W.D. Va. | affirmed |
| Scovill v. Thayer | 143 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Bantz v. Frantz | 160 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| New Orleans et al. R.R. Co. v. Ellerman | 166 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Marine et al. Co. v. Bradley | 175 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| United States v. Hunt | 183 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | reversed |
| Root v. Lake Shore et al. Ry. Co. | 189 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Cecil Nat'l Bank v. Watsontown Bank | 217 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
| Warren v. Stoddart | 224 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Chatfield v. Boyle & Co. | 231 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tenn. | dismissed |
| Hecht v. Boughton | 235 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | dismissed |
| Davenport v. Dodge Cnty. | 237 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| United States v. Tyler | 244 (1882) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Burley v. Flint | 247 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Scheefer v. Washington City et al. R.R. Co. | 249 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | affirmed |
| Goulds' Mfg. Co. v. Cowing | 253 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Memphis et al. R.R. Co. v. Loftin | 258 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Ark. | affirmed |
| Brandies v. Cochrane | 262 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | dismissal denied |
| United States v. Union P.R.R. Co. | 263 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | dismissed |
| Keyser v. Farr | 265 (1881) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissal denied |
| James v. McCormack | 265 (1881) | Waite | none | none | not indicated | dismissal confirmed |
| The Schooner S.C. Tryon | 267 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Simmons v. Ogle | 271 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Louisiana v. Pilsbury | 278 (1882) | Field | none | none | La. | reversed |
| Russell v. Stansell | 303 (1882) | Waite | none | none | N.D. Miss. | dismissed |
| Albany Cnty. v. Stanley | 305 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Hills v. National A.E. Bank | 319 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Evansville Nat'l Bank v. Britton | 322 (1882) | Miller | none | Waite, Bradley | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| American L. Ins. Co. v. Town of Bruce | 328 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
| Sullivan v. Burnett | 334 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Ottawa Mfg. Co. v. First Nat'l Bank | 342 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| City of Manchester v. Ericsson | 347 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | reversed |
| Knickerbocker L. Ins. Co. v. Foley | 350 (1882) | Field | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| Bennecke v. Connecticut M.L. Ins. Co. | 355 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| St. Anna's Asylum v. City of New Orleans | 362 (1882) | Bradley | none | Miller | La. | reversed |
| Moultrie Cnty. v. Fairfield | 370 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| The Francis Wright | 381 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Hewitt, Norton & Co. v. Phelps | 393 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D. Miss. | affirmed |
| Hauselt v. Harrison | 401 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | reversed |
| City of Hannibal v. Fauntleroy | 408 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| United States v. Emholt | 414 (1882) | Gray | none | none | C.C.W.D. Wis. | dismissed |
| Hitchcock v. Buchanan | 416 (1882) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| United States v. Rindskopf | 418 (1882) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | reversed |
| Marchand v. Frellsen | 423 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| Dowell v. Mitchell | 430 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | reversed |
| Russell v. Farley | 433 (1882) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| The S.S. Osborne | 447 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Ex parte Slayton | 451 (1882) | Waite | none | none | N.D. Ill. | certification |
| Louisiana v. Taylor | 454 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Western Union Tel. Co. v. Texas | 460 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Tex. | reversed |
| Thatcher v. Rockwell | 467 (1882) | Waite | none | none | Colo. | affirmed |
| Newport et al. Co. v. United States | 470 (1882) | Waite | none | Miller, Field, Bradley | C.C.S.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| French, Hanna, & Co. v. Gapen | 509 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
| Internal I.F. v. Greenough | 527 (1882) | Bradley | none | Miller | C.C.N.D. Fla. | multiple |
| Johnson v. Flushing et al. R.R. Co. | 539 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Guidet v. City of Brooklyn | 550 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Gordon v. Butler | 553 (1882) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Cincinnati et al. Co. v. Town of Catlettsburg | 559 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Ky. | affirmed |
| Packing Co. Cases | 566 (1882) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Corbin v. Van Brunt | 576 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Hoard | 578 (1882) | Waite | none | none | D.W. Va. | mandamus denied |
| Webster Loom Co. v. Higgins | 580 (1882) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| City of New Orleans v. Morris | 600 (1882) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Oglesby v. Attrill | 605 (1882) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| United States v. Carll | 611 (1882) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | certification |
| Lincoln v. French | 614 (1882) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Bridge v. Excelsior Mfg. Co. | 618 (1882) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| United States v. Smith | 620 (1882) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| New York G. & I. Co. v. Louisiana | 622 (1882) | Waite | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Leathers v. Blessing | 626 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. La. | affirmed |
| The Potomac | 630 (1882) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D. La. | multiple |
| Venable & Son v. Richards | 636 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Va. | affirmed |
| Upton v. McLaughlin | 640 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | reversed |
| Ex parte Boyd | 647 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | habeas corpus denied |
| Corbin v. Black Hawk Cnty. | 659 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Post v. Kendall Cnty. | 667 (1882) | Gray | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Harvey v. United States | 671 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Swift et al. Co. v. United States | 691 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Ex parte Mason | 696 (1882) | Waite | none | none | General court-martial | habeas corpus denied |
| Wurts v. Hoagland Iron Co. | 701 (1882) | Bradley | none | none | N.J. | certification |
| Stevenson v. Texas & P. Ry. Co. | 703 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | affirmed |
| Marsh v. McPherson | 709 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
| Flanders v. Seelye | 718 (1882) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Ralls Cnty. v. Douglass | 728 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Ralls Cnty. v. United States | 733 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Lewis v. Barbour Cnty. | 739 (1882) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | reversed |
| Carite v. Trotot | 751 (1882) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. La. | reversed |
| Paper-Bag Cases | 766 (1882) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ohio | multiple |
| The Mamie | 773 (1881) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | dismissal denied |