COPYRIGHT, 1888, BY BANKS & BROTHERS. 3/1/1889 REPLACEMENT 4/62 ELECTROTYPED BY J. 8. CUSHING & Co., BOSTON. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.1 JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, ASSOCIATE Justice. LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS LAMAR, AUGUSTUS HILL GARLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL. JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL. 1 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER'S commission bears date July 20, 1888. He took the oath of office in open court October 8, 1888, and immediately took his seat on the bench. 2 MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS, by reason of illness, took no part in the decision of any of the cases reported in this volume, except Kidd v. Pearson, Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Merchants' Bank, and Robinson v. Fair, all argued at the last term. TABLE OF CONTENTS. TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. Etna Insurance Company, Brodnax v. Alabama, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway v. Asher v. Texas PAGE 236 96 590 315 129 Blackburn, Hunt v. Boyd, Quimby v. . Bradshaw, Chappell v. Brown v. Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company Brush Electric Association of St. Louis, Pollak v. Bundy v. Cocke 40 |