List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 26


This is a list of cases reported in volume 26 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1828.

Nominative reports

In 1874, the U.S. government created the United States Reports, and retroactively numbered older privately published case reports as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of U.S. Reports have dual citation forms; one for the volume number of U.S. Reports, and one for the volume number of the reports named for the relevant reporter of decisions.

Richard Peters, Jr.

Starting with the 26th volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Richard Peters Jr. Peters was Reporter of Decisions from 1828 to 1843, covering volumes 26 through 41 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 16 of his Peters's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, United States v. Stansbury is 26 U.S. 573.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 26 U.S. (1 Pet.)

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. Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices.
When the cases in 26 U.S. were decided, the Court comprised these seven justices:
PortraitJusticeOfficeHome StateSucceededDate confirmed by the Senate
Tenure on Supreme Court
John MarshallChief JusticeVirginiaOliver Ellsworth


July 6, 1835
Bushrod WashingtonAssociate JusticeVirginiaJames Wilson



November 26, 1829
William JohnsonAssociate JusticeSouth CarolinaAlfred Moore


August 4, 1834
Gabriel Duvall
Associate JusticeMarylandSamuel Chase


January 12, 1835
Joseph Story
Associate JusticeMassachusettsWilliam Cushing


September 10, 1845
Smith ThompsonAssociate JusticeNew YorkHenry Brockholst Livingston


December 18, 1843
Robert TrimbleAssociate JusticeKentuckyThomas Todd


August 25, 1828

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 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. 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.
Case NamePage and yearOpinion of the CourtConcurring opinionDissenting opinionLower CourtDisposition
Hunt v. RhodesWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D.R.I.affirmed
Carroll v. PeakeTrimblenonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Bank of Washington v. TriplettMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Gaither v. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown ex rel. CorcorranJohnsonnonenonenot indicatedreversed
Minor v. Mechanics' Bank of AlexandriaStorynonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Pearson v. Bank of the MetropolisMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Hickie v. StarkeMarshallnonenoneMiss.dismissed
United States v. Saline Bank of VirginiaMarshallnonenoneW.D. Va.affirmed
Rhea v. RhennerDuvallnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Georgia v. MadrazoMarshallnoneJohnsonC.C.D. Ga.reversed
Mandeville v. HoleyMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Greenleaf v. QueenWashingtonnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Buck v. Chesapeake Insurance CompanyJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D. Md.certification
Wright v. Hollingsworth's LesseeTrimblenonenoneC.C.D.E. Tenn.affirmed
McLanahan v. Universal Insurance CompanyStorynonenoneC.C.D. Md.reversed
Comegys v. VasseStorynonenoneC.C.D. Pa.reversed
Karthaus v. Yllas y FerrerTrimblenonenoneC.C.D. Md.affirmed
Horsburg v. BakerMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.reversed
Breithaupt v. Bank of Georgiaper curiamnonenoneC.C.D. Ga.certification
Findlay v. HindeTrimblenonenoneC.C.D. Ohioreversed
Old Grant v. M'Kee ex rel. Bank of KentuckyMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.dismissed
Konig v. BayardMarshallnonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.certification
Schimmelpennich v. BayardMarshallnonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.certification
Parker v. United StatesDuvallnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Mechanics' Bank of Alexandria v. SetonThompsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Barry v. FoylesMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Dox v. Postmaster GeneralMarshallnonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.certification
Ellott v. Peirsol's LesseeTrimblenonenoneC.C.D. Ky.affirmed
Spratt's Lessee v. SprattMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Bell v. MorrisonStorynonenoneC.C.D. Ky.affirmed
Mechanics' Bank of Alexandria v. LynnThompsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Conard v. Atlantic Insurance Company of New YorkStoryJohnsonnoneC.C.D. Pa.affirmed
Bank of Columbia v. HagnerThompsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Doe v. GrymesMarshallnoneJohnsonC.C.D. Ga.dismissed
D'Wolf v. JacquesStorynonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
Davis v. MasonJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D. Ky.affirmed
American Insurance Company v. 356 Bales of CottonMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.S.C.affirmed
United States v. 422 Casks of WineStorynonenoneD. La.affirmed
Steele's Lessee v. SpencerTrimblenonenoneC.C.D. Ohioreversed
Nicholls v. HodgesDuvallnonenoneC.C.D.C.multiple
Bank of Columbia v. SweenyMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.dismissed
Waring v. JacksonThompsonnonenoneC.C.S.D.N.Y.affirmed
United States v. StansburyMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Md.reversed
Bank of Columbia ex rel. Second Bank of the United States v. LawrenceThompsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Archer v. DenealeMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Tayloe v. RiggsMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.reversed
Fullerton v. Second Bank of the United StatesJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D. Ohioaffirmed
M'Donald v. SmalleyMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ohioreversed
McArthur v. PorterMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ohioreversed
Jackson v. ClarkMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ohioaffirmed
Barry v. CoombeJohnsonnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Ross v. DoeTrimblenonenoneMiss.affirmed
Pray v. BeltMarshallnonenoneC.C.D. Ga.reversed
Alexander v. BrownMarshallnonenoneC.C.D.C.affirmed
Biddle v. WilkinsThompsonnonenoneD. Miss.reversed