OF

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

JANUARY TERM, 1846.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

COUNSELOR AT Law, and REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME Court of THE
UNITED STATES.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884,

BY BANKS & BROTHERS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HON. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice.
HON. JOHN MCLEAN, Associate Justice.
HON. JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN CATRON, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN MCKINLEY, Associate Justice.
HON. PETER V. DANIEL, Associate Justice.
HON. SAMUEL NELSON, Associate Justice.
HON. LEVI WOODBURY, Associate Justice.

JOHN Y. MASON, Esq., Attorney-General.
WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk.

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, Esq., Reporter.
ALEXANDER HUNTER, Esq., Marshal.

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