# List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 113

This is a list of cases reported in volume 113 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 113 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 113 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 113 U.S.

| Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower Court | Disposition |
| Cole v. City of La Grange | 1 (1885) | Gray | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Head v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company | 9 (1885) | Gray | none | none | N.H. | affirmed |
| Barbier v. Connolly | 27 (1885) | Field | none | none | Cal. Super. Ct. | affirmed |
| Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Company v. Commissioners of Emigration | 33 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Davison v. Von Lingen | 40 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Md. | affirmed |
| Drennen v. London Assurance Company | 51 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Hollister v. Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company | 59 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Conn. | reversed |
| Hess v. Reynolds | 73 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | reversed |
| Polleys v. Black River Improvement Company | 81 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Wis. Cir. Ct. | dismissed |
| Pullman Palace Car Company v. Speck | 84 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Griffith v. Godey | 89 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | reversed |
| Rowell v. Lindsay | 97 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
| Findlay v. McAllister | 104 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
| Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia v. Pettus | 116 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.M.D. Ala. | reversed |
| Steele v. United States | 128 (1885) | Woods | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Ackley School District v. Hall | 135 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Clawson v. United States | 143 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah | affirmed |
| Bicknell v. Comstock | 149 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| United States v. Mueller | 153 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Consolidated Safety-Valve Company v. Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Company | 157 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Mass. | reversed |
| Bryan v. Kennett | 179 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
| Northern Liberty Market Company v. Kelly | 199 (1885) | Gray | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Tucker v. Masser | 203 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Cardwell v. American Bridge Company | 205 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Voss v. Fisher | 213 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mich. | reversed |
| Caillot v. Deetken | 215 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| Cheong Ah Moy v. United States | 216 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| Price v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company | 218 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Pa. | dismissed |
| Dakota County v. Glidden | 222 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | dismissed |
| Anderson County v. Beal | 227 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Kan. | affirmed |
| Harvey v. United States | 243 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | multiple |
| Central Railroad of New Jersey v. Mills | 249 (1885) | Gray | none | none | C.C.D.N.J. | affirmed |
| Looney v. District of Columbia | 258 (1885) | Gray | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company v. United States | 261 (1885) | Gray | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Coon v. Wilson | 268 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Spaids v. Cooley | 278 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
| Sully v. Drennan | 287 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Avegno v. Schmidt | 293 (1885) | Woods | none | none | La. | affirmed |
| Stone v. Chisolm | 302 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D.S.C. | affirmed |
| Thornley v. United States | 310 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Baylis v. Travellers' Insurance Company | 316 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Pneumatic Gas Company v. Berry | 322 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Bigelow | 328 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | habeas corpus denied |
| Quincy v. Jackson | 332 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Santa Anna v. Frank | 339 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | not indicated | affirmed |
| McArthur v. Scott | 340 (1885) | Gray | none | Waite | C.C.S.D. Ohio | reversed |
| Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank | 408 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| United States v. Jordan | 418 (1885) | Blatchford | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. Crane | 424 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D. Iowa | affirmed |
| Prentice v. Stearns | 435 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
| Morgan v. Hamlet | 449 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
| Chase v. Curtis | 452 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company v. Berry | 465 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | Ark. | affirmed |
| Morgan v. United States | 476 (1885) | Matthews | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
| Provident Institution for Savings v. Jersey City | 506 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | N.J. | affirmed |
| Union Pacific Railway Company v. Cheyenne | 516 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. Wyo. | reversed |
| Erhardt v. Boaro I | 527 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Erhardt v. Boaro II | 537 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Richards v. Mackall | 539 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | dismissal denied |
| Peugh v. Davis | 542 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Gumbel v. Pitkin | 545 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. La. | dismissal denied |
| Fussell v. Gregg | 550 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| Fussell v. Hughes | 565 (1885) | per curiam | none | none | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
| City of St. Louis v. Myers | 566 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Mo. | dismissed |
| Brown v. United States | 568 (1885) | Woods | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Chicago Life Insurance Company v. Needles | 574 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | Ill. | affirmed |
| Pearce v. Ham | 585 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Ayers v. Watson | 594 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.W.D. Tex. | reversed |
| California Artificial Stone Paving Company v. Molitor | 609 (1885) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | dismissed |
| Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company v. Barney | 618 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | reversed |
| Kansas Pacific Railway Company v. Dunmeyer | 629 (1885) | Miller | none | none | Kan. | affirmed |
| Schmieder v. Barney | 645 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
| Camp v. United States | 648 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson | 656 (1885) | Gray | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
| Flagg v. Walker | 659 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ill. | affirmed |
| Blake v. City and County of San Francisco | 679 (1885) | Woods | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| Fourth National Bank v. Stout | 684 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | dismissed |
| Davies v. Corbin | 687 (1885) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmance denied |
| Boyer v. Boyer | 689 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | Pa. | reversed |
| Soon Hing v. Crowley | 703 (1885) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
| United States v. Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company | 711 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | affirmed |
| Ex parte Fisk | 713 (1885) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | habeas corpus granted |
| Cooper Manufacturing Company v. Ferguson | 727 (1885) | Woods | Matthews | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
| Carter v. Burr | 737 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
| Gregory v. Hartley | 742 (1885) | Waite | none | none | Neb. | affirmed |
| United States v. Steever | 747 (1885) | Gray | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
| Hardin v. Boyd | 756 (1885) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |