List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 110

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Supreme Court of the United States
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38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
EstablishedMarch 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444
Composition methodPresidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized byConstitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1
Judge term lengthlife tenure, subject to impeachment and removal
Number of positions9 (by statute)
Websitesupremecourt.gov

This is a list of cases reported in volume 110 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1884.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 110 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).[1] 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 110 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait 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)

Notable Cases in 110 U.S.

Kellogg Bridge Co. v. Hamilton

Kellogg Bridge Company v. Hamilton, 110 U.S. 108 (1884), involved an Implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose lawsuit. The Supreme Court held that under the circumstances of this case (shoddy construction of a bridge), the buyer had the right to rely and necessarily relied on the judgment of the seller and not upon his own. In ordinary circumstances, the buyer has the opportunity to inspect the article sold and the seller is not the maker, so they stand on equal grounds of ignorance. But when the seller is the manufacturer, the fair presumption is that it understands the process of manufacture and knows of any latent defect caused by such process which reasonable diligence might have prevented.

Hurtado v. California

In Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516 (1884), the Supreme Court allowed state governments, as distinguished from the federal government, to avoid using grand juries in criminal prosecutions. The Court ruled that Hurtado, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, was not deprived of due process by lack of a grand jury hearing.

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.

List of cases in volume 110 U.S.

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower court Disposition
Goodwin v. Colorado M.I. Co. 1 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Martin v. Webb 7 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Holland v. Challen 15 (1884) Field none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Cedar Rapids et al. R.R. Co. v. Herring 27 (1884) Miller none none Iowa affirmed
Taylor v. Bemiss 42 (1884) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Gilmer v. Higley 47 (1884) Miller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont. reversed
United States v. Carey 51 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. La. affirmed
Jenness v. Citizens' Nat'l Bank 52 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mich. dismissed
Hoff v. Jasper Cnty. 53 (1884) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Susquehanna Boom Co. v. West Branch Boom Co. 57 (1884) Waite none none Pa. dismissed
Holland v. Chambers 59 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
American Bible Soc'y v. Price 61 (1884) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Frelinghuysen v. Key 63 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. multiple
Schreiber v. Sharpless 76 (1884) Waite none none E.D. Pa. dismissed
H.B. Claflin & Co. v. Commonwealth Ins. Co. 81 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Hilton v. Merritt 97 (1884) Woods none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Kellogg Bridge Co. v. Hamilton 108 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
Allen v. Withrow 119 (1884) Field none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Bussey v. Excelsior Mfg. Co. 131 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. reversed
United States v. Lawton 146 (1884) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Hart v. Sansom 151 (1884) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed
United States ex rel. Chandler v. Dodge Cnty. 156 (1884) Gray none none C.C.D. Neb. reversed
Bissell v. Spring Valley Twp. 162 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed
Redfield v. Ystalyfera Iron Co. 174 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
Quebec Bank v. Hellman 178 (1884) Woods none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed
White v. Crow 183 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
City of Jonesboro v. Cairo & S.L.R.R. Co. 192 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
Zane v. Soffe 200 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Sioux City & P.R.R. Co. v. United States 205 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.D. Iowa affirmed
Dimpfell v. Ohio & M. Ry. Co. 209 (1884) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
District of Columbia v. Clephane 212 (1884) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Vinal v. West Va. O. & O. Land Co. 215 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D.W. Va. affirmed
C.J. Hambro & Son v. Casey 216 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed
Aurrecoechea v. Bangs 217 (1884) Waite none none Cal. affirmed
United States v. Graham 219 (1884) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Jenkins v. Loewenthal 222 (1884) Waite none none Ill. affirmed
Dows & Co. v. Johnson 223 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Iowa dismissed
First Nat'l Bank v. Redick 224 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Neb. dismissed
United States v. Grant & Co. 225 (1884) Waite none none Ct. Cl. dismissed
Peugh v. Davis 227 (1884) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissal denied
Lake Shore & M.S. Ry. Co. v. National C.B. Shoe Co. 229 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Chouteau v. Barlow 238 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Minn. reversed
Freeman v. Dawson 264 (1884) Gray none none C.C.W.D. Tenn. affirmed
James v. Hicks 272 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.E.D. Va. affirmed
Krippendorf v. Hyde & Bros 276 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed
American File Co. v. Garrett & Sons 288 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D.R.I. affirmed
Whiteside v. Haselton 296 (1884) Miller none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed
Illinois Cent. R.R. Co. v. Turrill 301 (1884) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Wabash et al. Ry. Co. v. Knox 304 (1884) Waite none none C.C.S.D. Ill. dismissed
Jeffries v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. 305 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed
Vogel v. Gruaz 311 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
Corker v. Jones 317 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.S.D. Ga. affirmed
City of E. St. Louis v. United States ex rel. Zebley 321 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.S.D. Ill. reversed
United States v. Alexander 325 (1884) Woods none none C.C.M.D. Tenn. affirmed
Taylor v. Davis' Adm'x 330 (1884) Woods none none C.C.S.D. Ill. affirmed
United States v. Behan 338 (1884) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Spring Valley Water-Works v. Schottler 347 (1884) Waite none Field Cal. affirmed
Howard Cnty. v. Paddock 384 (1884) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
Ex parte Cota 385 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. dismissed
Webster v. Buffalo Ins. Co. 386 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mo. dismissed
Cable v. Ellis 389 (1884) Waite none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed
Tupper v. Wise 398 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Cal. dismissed
New Jersey v. Damarest 400 (1884) Waite none none N.J. case abated
Bean v. Patterson 401 (1884) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. appeal docketed
Conro & Carkin v. Crane 403 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed
Alexander v. Bryan 414 (1884) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
The Legal-Tender Cases 421 (1884) Gray none Field C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed
Iowa v. McFarland 471 (1884) Gray none Miller original dismissed
Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. Locomotive E.S.T. Co. 490 (1884) Gray none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Irwin & Davis v. Williar 499 (1884) Matthews none none C.C.D. Ind. reversed
Hurtado v. California 516 (1884) Matthews none Harlan Cal. affirmed
Washer v. Bullitt Cnty. 558 (1884) Woods none none C.C.D. Ky. reversed
German E.C. Church v. Ebbinghaus 568 (1884) Woods none none Sup. Ct. D.C. reversed
Hopt v. Utah 574 (1884) Harlan none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Utah reversed
Swann v. Wright's Ex'r 590 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Swann v. Clark 602 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.S.D. Ala. affirmed
Northern Bank v. Porter Twp. 608 (1884) Harlan none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed
McDonald v. Hovey 619 (1884) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed
Waples v. United States 630 (1884) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed
Mitchell v. Clark 633 (1884) Miller none Field Mo. reversed
Ex parte Yarbrough 651 (1884) Miller none none C.C.N.D. Ga. habeas corpus denied
Atchison et al. R.R. Co. v. Denver et al. R.R. Co. 667 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Colo. reversed
Dallas Cnty. v. McKenzie 686 (1884) Waite none none C.C.W.D. Mo. affirmed
United States v. Brindle 688 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Pa. reversed
Rice v. Sioux City et al. R.R. Co. 695 (1884) Waite none none C.C.D. Minn. affirmed
Cheely v. Clayton 701 (1884) Gray none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed
Freedman's S. & T. Co. v. Earle 710 (1884) Matthews none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed
Cutler v. Kouns 720 (1884) Woods none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed
United States v. Ryder 729 (1884) Bradley none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed
Leggett v. Allen 741 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D.N.Y. dismissed
The Mamie 742 (1884) Waite none none C.C.E.D. Mich. stay denied

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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