List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 141

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 141 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1891.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 141 U.S.

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

See also: List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office

See also: List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition

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 141 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
	Melville Fuller	Chief Justice	Illinois	Morrison Waite	July 20, 1888 (41–20)	October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (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)
	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)
	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	Associate Justice	Mississippi	William Burnham Woods	January 16, 1888 (32–28)	January 18, 1888 – January 23, 1893 (Died)
	David Josiah Brewer	Associate Justice	Kansas	Stanley Matthews	December 18, 1889 (53–11)	January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died)
	Henry Billings Brown	Associate Justice	Michigan	Samuel Freeman Miller	December 29, 1890 (Acclamation)	January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired)

Notable Case in 141 U.S.

Marshall v. Holmes

In Marshall v. Holmes, 141 U.S. 589 (1891), the Supreme Court held it unconscionable to allow a state court's decision to stand that had been based on documents later exposed as forgeries. It permitted a federal case seeking to set that verdict aside to go forward. Other courts noted shortly afterwards that the invocation of unconscionability seemed to conflict with the Court's holding 13 years earlier in United States v. Throckmorton that equitable relief could not be granted in cases of intrinsic fraud. The Court was asked later in Graver v. Faurot to reconcile the two cases, but declined. As of the early 21st century this issue remains unresolved; some state courts and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals have held that Marshall overruled Throckmorton while others have reaffirmed the latter case.

Citation style

See also: United States district court

See also: United States circuit court

See also: United States court of appeals

See also: United States federal courts

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. The change resulted in an immediate reduction in the Supreme Court's workload (from 623 cases filed in 1890 to 379 in 1891 and 275 in 1892).

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 141 U.S.

See also: Fuller Court

Case Name	Page and year	Opinion of the Court	Concurring opinion(s)	Dissenting opinion(s)	Lower Court	Disposition
In re Garnett	1 (1891)	Bradley	none	none	S.D. Ga.	prohibition denied
Pullman's Palace Car Company v. Pennsylvania	18 (1891)	Gray	none	Bradley	Pa.	affirmed
Pullman's Palace Car Company v. Hayward	36 (1891)	Gray	none	none	C.C.D. Kan.	affirmed
Massachusetts v. Western Union Telegraph Company	40 (1891)	Gray	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Crutcher v. Kentucky	47 (1891)	Bradley	none	none	Ky.	reversed
Voight v. Wright	62 (1891)	Bradley	none	none	Va. Corp. Ct.	reversed
Stein v. Bienville Water Supply Company	67 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ala.	affirmed
Parker v. Ormsby	81 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	reversed
Carpenter v. Strange	87 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	Tenn.	reversed
Evans v. State Bank	107 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	affirmed
In re Mayfield	107 (1891)	Brown	none	none	W.D. Ark.	habeas corpus granted
Reynolds v. Burns	117 (1891)	Brown	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	dismissed
Denny v. Pironi	121 (1891)	Brown	none	none	C.C.N.D. Tex.	reversed
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company v. McBride	127 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.W.D. Ark.	affirmed
Briggs v. Spaulding	132 (1891)	Fuller	none	Gray	C.C.N.D.N.Y.	affirmed
McAllister v. United States	174 (1891)	Harlan	none	Field	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Wingard v. United States	201 (1891)	Harlan	none	Field	Ct. Cl.	affirmed
Gorman v. Havird	206 (1891)	Brown	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Idaho	dismissed
Caldwell v. Texas	209 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	Tex. Civ. App.	dismissed
United States v. Griffith	212 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	Ct. Cl.	dismissed
Schutz v. Jordan	213 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Gregory Consolidated Mining Company v. Starr	222 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	Sup. Ct. Terr. Mont.	multiple
Pacific National Bank v. Eaton	227 (1891)	Bradley	none	none	Mass.	reversed
Thayer v. Butler	234 (1891)	Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
Butler v. Eaton	240 (1891)	Bradley	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Tuskaloosa Northern Railway Company v. Gude	244 (1891)	per curiam	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ala.	dismissed
Williams v. Passumpsic Savings Bank	249 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.N.D. Fla.	dismissed
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Botsford	250 (1891)	Gray	none	Brewer	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Griswold v. Hazard	260 (1891)	Harlan	none	Brewer	C.C.D.R.I.	multiple
Potter v. Couch	296 (1891)	Gray	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
In re Green	325 (1891)	Field	none	none	Colo.	mandamus denied
McNulta v. Lochridge	327 (1891)	Brown	none	none	Ill.	affirmed
Magowan v. New York Belting and Packing Company	332 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D.N.J.	affirmed
Gage v. Bani	344 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
United States v. Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company	358 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Kan.	reversed
Fowler v. Equitable Trust Company I	384 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	reversed
Fowler v. Equitable Trust Company II	408 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	reversed
Fowler v. Equitable Trust Company III	411 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ill.	affirmed
Hickman v. City of Ft. Scott	415 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.D. Kan.	affirmed
McClain v. Ortmayer	419 (1891)	Brown	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
McLean v. Clapp	429 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ill.	affirmed
Kneeland v. Luce I	437 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	affirmed
Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company v. Consolidated Safety Valve Company	441 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	affirmed
McCreary v. Pennsylvania Canal Company	459 (1891)	Brown	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	affirmed
American Net and Twine Company v. Worthington	468 (1891)	Brown	none	none	C.C.D. Mass.	reversed
Leadville Coal Company v. McCreery	475 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ohio	affirmed
Davis v. Patrick	479 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.D. Neb.	affirmed
Kneeland v. Luce II	491 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.D. Ind.	multiple
Seitz v. Brewers' Refrigerating Machine Company	510 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.E.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Metropolitan National Bank v. Claggett	520 (1891)	Lamar	none	none	N.Y. Sup. Ct.	affirmed
Cross v. Allen	528 (1891)	Lamar	none	none	C.C.D. Or.	affirmed
Adams v. Bellaire Stamping Company	539 (1891)	Field	none	none	C.C.S.D. Ohio	affirmed
Olcott v. Headrick	543 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.E.D. Tenn.	affirmed
Rogers v. United States	548 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Rector v. Lipscomb	557 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.E.D. Ark.	dismissed
Patent Clothing Company, Ltd. v. Glover	560 (1891)	Brewer	none	none	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	affirmed
Fire Insurance Association, Ltd. v. Wickham	564 (1891)	Brown	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	affirmed
In re Lau Ow Bew	583 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	9th Cir.	certiorari granted
Marshall v. Holmes	589 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	La. Ct. App.	reversed
Johnson v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company	602 (1891)	Blatchford	none	Lamar	C.C.E.D. Ark.	multiple
Moline Plow Company v. Webb	616 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.W.D. Tex.	reversed
Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company v. Ewing	627 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.E.D. Pa.	reversed
Craig v. Continental Insurance Company	638 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	C.C.E.D. Mich.	affirmed
Thompson v. Barer	648 (1891)	Harlan	none	none	C.C.N.D. Tex.	affirmed
Smyth v. New Orleans Canal and Banking Company	656 (1891)	Field	none	none	C.C.E.D. La.	affirmed
McLish v. Roff	661 (1891)	Lamar	none	none	U.S. Ct. Indian Terr.	dismissed
Ferry v. King County I	668 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	Wash.	dismissed
Ferry v. King County II	673 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	Wash.	dismissed
Myers v. Groom Shovel Company	674 (1891)	Fuller	none	none	C.C.W.D. Pa.	affirmed
Henderson Bridge Company v. City of Henderson	679 (1891)	Blatchford	none	none	Ky.	dismissed
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company v. Roberts	690 (1891)	Lamar	none	none	C.C.D. Minn.	dismissed
Singer Manufacturing Company v. Wright	696 (1891)	Field	none	none	C.C.N.D. Ga.	dismissed

Notes and references

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

External links

• [1] Case reports in volume 141 from Library of Congress
• [2] Case reports in volume 141 from Court Listener
• [3] Case reports in volume 141 from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
• [4] Case reports in volume 141 from Google Scholar
• [5] Case reports in volume 141 from Justia
• [6] Case reports in volume 141 from Open Jurist
• Website of the United States Supreme Court
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• National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
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