List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 91

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 91 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1875 and 1876.

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 91 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) Nathan Clifford Associate Justice Maine Benjamin Robbins Curtis January 12, 1858(26–23) January 21, 1858–July 25, 1881(Died) Noah Haynes Swayne Associate Justice Ohio John McLean January 24, 1862(38–1) January 27, 1862–January 24, 1881(Retired) Samuel Freeman Miller Associate Justice Iowa Peter Vivian Daniel July 16, 1862(Acclamation) July 21, 1862–October 13, 1890(Died) David Davis Associate Justice Illinois John Archibald Campbell December 8, 1862(Acclamation) December 10, 1862–March 4, 1877(Resigned) Stephen Johnson Field Associate Justice California newly created seat March 10, 1863(Acclamation)May 10, 1863–December 1, 1897(Retired) William Strong Associate Justice Pennsylvania Robert Cooper Grier February 18, 1870(No vote recorded) March 14, 1870–December 14, 1880(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)

Kohl v. United States, 91 U. S. 367 (1875), involved the power of eminent domain. The Supreme Court ruled that it is necessary for governments to be able to seize property for their uses, such as creating infrastructure, which ultimately are to be determined by the legislature and not the judiciary.

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

Case Name Page & year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition McComb v. Knox Cnty. 1 (1875) Waite none none Richland Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl. dismissed Wilmington & W. R. R. Co. v. King 3 (1875) Field none Bradley N. C. reversed Matthews v. McStea 7 (1875) Strong none none N. Y. affirmed Dainese v. Hale 13 (1875) Bradley none none Sup. Ct. D. C. reversed Semmes v. United States 21 (1875) Clifford none none C. C. D. La. affirmed McLemore v. Louisiana S. Bank 27 (1875) Davis none none C. C. D. La. affirmed Farmers' & M. Nat'l Bank v. Dearing 29 (1875) Swayne none none N. Y. reversed Brown v. Piper 37 (1875) Swayne none none C. C. D. Mass. reversed Piper v. Moon 44 (1875) Swayne none none C. C. D. Mass. affirmed Upton v. Tribilcock 45 (1875) Hunt none Miller C. C. D. Iowa reversed Sanger v. Upton 56 (1875) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed Carver v. Upton 64 (1875) per curiam none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed Webster v. Upton 65 (1876) Strong none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed United States v. Union P. R. R. Co. 72 (1875) Davis none none Ct. Cl. affirmed National Bank v. Merchants' Nat'l Bank 92 (1875) Strong none none C. C. D. Mass. reversed Long v. Converse 105 (1875) Waite none none Mass. dismissed Sawyer v. Turpin 114 (1875) Strong none none C. C. D. Mass. affirmed Jackson v. Jackson 122 (1875) Field none Davis Sup. Ct. D. C. reversed Baltimore & P. R. R. Co. v. 6th Pres. Church 127 (1875) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D. C. affirmed Beauregard v. Case 134 (1875) Field none none C. C. D. La. affirmed Atherton v. Fowler 143 (1875) Waite none none Cal. dismissal denied Roemer v. Simon 149 (1875) Waite none none C. C. D. N. J. rehearing denied Roberts v. Ryer 150 (1875) Waite none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Hall v. Lanning 160 (1875) Bradley none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed Sewall v. Jones 171 (1875) Hunt none Clifford C. C. D. Me. reversed The Free State 200 (1875) Hunt none none C. C. E. D. Mich. affirmed Mitchell v. Leavenworth Cnty. 206 (1876) Waite none none Kan. affirmed The Sunnyside 208 (1876) Clifford none none C. C. E. D. Mich. reversed Pollard v. Lyon 225 (1876) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D. C. affirmed Mutual B. L. Ins. Co. v. Tisdale 238 (1876) Hunt none none C. C. D. Iowa reversed Butterfield v. Usher 246 (1876) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D. C. dismissed Muller v. Ehlers 249 (1876) Waite none none C. C. E. D. Wis. affirmed Wright v. Tebbitts 252 (1876) Waite none none Sup. Ct. D. C. affirmed Haines v. Carpenter 254 (1876) Bradley none none C. C. D. La. affirmed McMurray v. Brown 257 (1876) Clifford none none Sup. Ct. D. C. affirmed Black v. United States 267 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Moore v. United States 270 (1876) Bradley none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Welton v. Missouri 275 (1876) Field none none Mo. reversed Western Union Tel. Co. v. Western & A. R. R. Co. 283 (1876) Miller none none C. C. N. D. Ga. reversed Forsythe v. Kimball 291 (1876) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed Dow v. Humbert 294 (1876) Miller none Clifford C. C. W. D. Wis. affirmed United States v. Allison 303 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. reversed Hoover v. Wise 308 (1876) Hunt none Miller N. Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed United States v. Ashfleld 317 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. reversed United States v. Corliss S. E. Co. 321 (1876) Field none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Lobenstein v. United States 324 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Shepley v. Cowan 330 (1876) Field none none Mo. affirmed Stone v. Towne 341 (1876) Miller none none C. C. S. D. Miss. reversed Union P. R. R. Co. v. Hall 343 (1876) Strong none Bradley C. C. D. Iowa affirmed Amory v. Amory 356 (1876) Waite none none N. Y. Sup. Ct. dismissal denied Morsell v. First Nat'l Bank 357 (1876) Swayne none none Sup. Ct. D. C. reversed Arthur v. Cumming 362 (1876) Swayne none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed The D. R. Martin 365 (1876) Waite none none C. C. E. D. N. Y. dismissed The Juniata 366 (1875) Waite none none C. C. D. La. depositions denied Kohl v. United States 367 (1876) Strong none Field C. C. S. D. Ohio affirmed Romie v. Casanova 379 (1876) Waite none none Cal. dismissed The Dove 381 (1876) Clifford none none C. C. E. D. Mich. affirmed Cooke v. United States 389 (1875) Waite none Clifford C. C. S. D. N. Y. reversed Scudder v. Union Nat'l Bank 406 (1875) Hunt none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed First Unitarian Soc'y v. Faulkner 415 (1875) Clifford none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed Ex parte French 423 (1875) Waite none none original mandamus denied Nudd v. Burrows 426 (1875) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed United States v. McKee 442 (1876) Miller none Clifford Ct. Cl. affirmed Townsend v. Todd 452 (1876) Hunt none none C. C. D. Conn. affirmed Grand Trunk R. R. Co. v. Richardson 454 (1876) Strong none none C. C. D. Vt. affirmed Osborn v. United States 474 (1876) Field none none C. C. D. Kan. affirmed Lloyd v. Fulton 479 (1876) Swayne none none C. C. N. D. Ga. affirmed Zeller v. Switzer 487 (1876) Waite none none La. dismissed Milwaukee et al. Ry. Co. v. Arms 489 (1876) Davis none none C. C. D. Iowa reversed Mayer v. Hellman 496 (1876) Field none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. reversed Earle v. McVeigh 503 (1876) Clifford none none C. C. E. D. Va. affirmed Aetna L. Ins. Co. v. France 510 (1876) Hunt none none C. C. E. D. Pa. reversed Lathrop v. Drake 516 (1876) Bradley none none C. C. E. D. Pa. reversed Eyster v. Gaff 521 (1876) Miller none none Colo. affirmed Gould v. Evansville & C. R. R. Co. 526 (1876) Clifford none none C. C. D. Ind. affirmed Lower v. United States 536 (1876) Davis none none C. C. N. D. Ill. judgment modified Barnes v. District of Columbia 540 (1876) Hunt none Field Sup. Ct. D. C. reversed United States v. Norton I 558 (1876) Waite none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. certification Hall v. United States 559 (1876) Clifford none none C. C. D. Minn. affirmed United States v. Norton II 566 (1876) Swayne none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. certification Meyer v. Arthur 570 (1876) Bradley none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Spencer v. United States 577 (1876) Waite none none Ct. Cl. affirmed McManus v. O'Sullivan 578 (1876) Waite none none Cal. dismissed Dainese v. Cooke 580 (1875) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D. C. reversed Haldeman v. United States 584 (1876) Davis none none C. C. D. Ky. affirmed Twin Lick O. Co. v. Marbury 587 (1876) Miller none none Sup. Ct. D. C. affirmed Bolling v. Lersner 594 (1876) Waite none none Va. dismissed Woodruff v. Hough 596 (1876) Miller none none C. C. N. D. Ill. affirmed Gilman v. Illinois & M. Tel. Co.
603 (1876) Swayne none none C. C. D. Iowa affirmed Dows v. National E. Bank 618 (1875) Strong none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Knotts v. Stearns 638 (1875) Field none none C. C. E. D. Va. affirmed Mississippi & M. R. R. Co. v. Cromwell 643 (1876) Bradley none none C. C. D. Iowa reversed Phillips & C. C. Co. v. Seymour 646 (1876) Miller none none C. C. N. D. Ill. reversed New Lamp C. Co. v. Ansonia B. & C. Co. 656 (1876) Clifford none none N. Y. Sup. Ct. affirmed Florida v. Anderson 667 (1876) Bradley none none original decree for Florida Warfield v. Chaffe 690 (1876) Waite none none La. dismissed The Colorado 692 (1876) Clifford none none C. C. E. D. Mich. affirmed Warren v. Shook 704 (1876) Hunt none none C. C. S. D. N. Y. affirmed Raymond v. Thomas 712 (1876) Swayne none none S. C. affirmed Nichols v. Eaton 716 (1875) Miller none none C. C. D. R. I. affirmed