This is a list of cases reported in volume 147 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 147 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 147 U.S. were decided the Court comprised, at any one time, at least nine of the following members (Justice Lamar died in January 1893 and was replaced by Justice Jackson in March 1893):

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat (Acclamation)–December 1, 1897(Retired) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died) Horace Gray Associate Justice Massachusetts Nathan Clifford (51–5) –September 15, 1902(Died) Samuel Blatchford Associate Justice New York Ward Hunt (Acclamation) –July 7, 1893(Died) Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Associate Justice Mississippi William Burnham Woods (32–28) –January 23, 1893(Died) David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews (53–11) –March 28, 1910(Died) Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice Michigan Samuel Freeman Miller (Acclamation) –May 28, 1906(Retired) George Shiras Jr. Associate Justice Pennsylvania Joseph P. Bradley (Acclamation) –February 23, 1903(Retired) Howell Edmunds Jackson Associate Justice Tennessee Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Acclamation) –August 8, 1895(Died)

Notable Cases in 147 U.S.

Kohn v. McNulta In Kohn v. McNulta, 147 U.S. 238 (1893), the Supreme Court held that a person should not receive compensation for injuries sustained when he is experienced in his work, and there is no evidence of negligence or extenuating circumstances.

Shoemaker v. United States Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U.S. 282 (1893), concerned the United States Constitution's Appointments Clause. The Supreme Court held that Congress may expand the duties an existing office without it being necessary that the incumbent again be nominated and confirmed, as long as the new duties are "germane" to those already held by the office.

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 147 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition Iowa v. Illinois 1 (1893) Field none none original boundary set In re Morrison 14 (1893) Blatchford none none 2d Cir. multiple Streeter v. Jefferson County National Bank 36 (1893) Shiras none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Monroe Cattle Company v. Becker 47 (1893) Brown none none C.C.N.D. Tex. reversed Lytle v. Town of Lansing 59 (1893) Brown none none C.C.N.D.N.Y. affirmed Alexandre v. Machan 72 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed The City of New York 72 (1893) Brown none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Albuquerque National Bank v. Perea 87 (1893) Brewer none none Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. affirmed Knox County v. Ninth National Bank 91 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company v. Prentice 101 (1893) Gray none none C.C.N.D. Ill. reversed Ankeney v. Hannon 118 (1893) Field none none C.C.S.D. Ohio affirmed Fisher v. Shropshire 133 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.S.D. Iowa reversed Jennings v. Coal Ridge Improvement and Coal Company 147 (1893) Fuller none none Pa. affirmed United States ex rel. Trask v. Wanamaker 149 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. dismissed Holmes v. Goldsmith 150 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Or. affirmed Noble v. Union River Logging Railroad Company 165 (1893) Brown none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Miles v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company 177 (1893) Blatchford none Brown C.C.E.D. Pa. affirmed Illinois Central Railroad Company v. City of Decatur 190 (1893) Brewer none none Ill. affirmed De la Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company v. Featherstone 209 (1893) Fuller none none 7th Cir. certification Sutliff v. Lake County 230 (1893) Gray none none 8th Cir. certification Kohn v. McNulta 238 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.N.D. Ohio affirmed Bernier v. Bernier 242 (1893) Field none none Mich. reversed Osborne v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 248 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.E.D. Mo. affirmed City of New Orleans v. Paine 261 (1893) Brown none none 5th Cir. affirmed United States v. Harmon 268 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.D. Me. affirmed Shoemaker v. United States 282 (1893) Shiras none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed Weatherhead v. Coupe 322 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.D.R.I. reversed Luxton v. North River Bridge Company 337 (1893) Gray none none C.C.D.N.J. dismissed Smithmeyer v. United States 342 (1893) Blatchford none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Glenn v. Garth 360 (1893) Fuller none none N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed Walter v. Northeastern Railroad Company 370 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed Keels v. Central Railroad Company 374 (1893) Brown none none C.C.D.S.C. reversed Cooke v. Avery 375 (1893) Fuller none none C.C.N.D. Tex. multiple Harmon v. City of Chicago 396 (1893) Field none none Ill. reversed Doyle v. Union Pacific Railroad Company 413 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed United Lines Telegraph Company v. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 431 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Horner v. United States 449 (1893) Blatchford none none 2d Cir. certification Clement v. Field 467 (1893) Shiras none none C.C.D. Kan. affirmed Barnett v. Kinney 476 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho reversed In Re Hawkins 486 (1893) Fuller none none 2d Cir. mandamus denied Thorington v. City of Montgomery 490 (1893) Fuller none none Ala. dismissed Arnold v. United States 494 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed Schunk v. Moline, Milburn & Stoddart Company 500 (1893) Brewer none none C.C.D. Neb. affirmed Stanley v. Schwalby 508 (1893) Fuller none Field Tex. reversed In re Haberman Manufacturing Company 525 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. mandamus denied Hamblin v. Western Land Company 531 (1893) Brewer none none Iowa affirmed Fleitas v. Richardson 538 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. dismissed Fleitas v. Richardson 550 (1893) Gray none none C.C.E.D. La. affirmed Hayes v. Pratt 557 (1893) Gray none none C.C.D.N.J. affirmed Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company v. Harmon's Administrator 571 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. D.C. affirmed New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company v. Estill 591 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Mo. multiple Lovell Manufacturing Company v. Cary 623 (1893) Blatchford none none C.C.W.D. Pa. reversed Taylor v. Brown 640 (1893) Fuller none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Dakota affirmed Bauserman v. Blunt 647 (1893) Gray none none C.C.D. Kan. reversed United States v. Tanner 661 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Fletcher 664 (1893) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Ark. reversed United States v. Pitman 669 (1893) Brown none none D.R.I. affirmed United States v. Jones 672 (1893) Brown none none S.D. Ala. reversed United States v. King 676 (1893) Brown none none S.D. Ga. reversed United States v. Erwin 685 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. affirmed United States v. Payne 687 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Hall 691 (1893) Brown none none N.D. Ohio reversed United States v. McCandless 692 (1893) Brown none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Taylor 695 (1893) Brown none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed

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