THE

AMERICAN REPORTS

CONTAINING

ALL DECISIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE

SEVERAL STATES,

WITH

NOTES AND REFERENCES

BY

IRVING BROWNE.

Vol. LVI.

CONTAINING ALL CASES OF GENERAL AUTHORITY IN THE FOLLOWING

REPORTS:

78 ALABAMA; 66 CALIFORNIA; 67 CALIFORNIA; 115 ILLINOIS; 116
ILLINOIS; 67 IOWA; 68 IOWA; 82 KENTUCKY: 142 MASSACHU-
SETTS: 56 MICHIGAN; 63 MISSISSIPPI; 86 MISSOURI; 87 MIS-
SOURI; 19 NEBRASKA; 63 NEW HAMPSHIRE; 41 NEW JER-
SEY EQUITY; 108 PENNSYLVANIA STATE; 111 PENN-
SYLVANIA STATE; 112 PENNSYLVANIA STATE;
58 VERMONT; 80 VIRGINIA; 65 WISCONSIN.

SAN FRANCISCO

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS,

1887.

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2.9.1947

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,

BY JOHN D. PARSONS, JR.,

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

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, ALBANY, N. Y.

SCHEDULE

OF STATE REPORTS FROM WHICH CASES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE AMERICAN REPORTS.

The volumes of State Reports are in parenthesis, and the volumes of American Reports in heavy letter.

Alabama (44) 4; (45) 6; (46) 7; (47) 11; (48) 17; (49, 50) 20; (51, 52) 23; (53, 54) 25; (55, 56) 28; (58) 29; (59, 60) 31; (61) 32; (62) 34; (63) 35 ; (64) 38; (65) 39; (66) 41; (67) 42; (68, 69) 44; (71) 46; (72) 47; (73, 74) 49; (75) 51; (76) 52; (77) 54; (78) 56.

Arkansas (25) 4; (26) 7; (27) 11; (28) 18; (29, 30) 21; (31) 25; (32) 29; (33) 34; (34) 36; (35)37; (36) 38; (37) 40; (38) 42; (39) 43; (40, 41, 42) 48; (43, 44) 51; (45, 46) 55.

Baxter (Tenn.) (1) 25; (2) no cases; (3, 4) 27; (5) 30; (6, 7) 32; (8) 35; (9) 40.

Bush (Ky.) (7) 3; (8) 8; (9) 15; (10) 19; (11)21; (12) 23 ; (13) 26; (14) 29. California (39) 2; (40) 6; (41, 42) 10; (43, 44, 45, 46) 13; (47, 48) 17; (49,

50) 19; (51) 21; (52) 28; (53) 31; (54) 35; (55) 36; (56) 38; (57) 40; (58) 41; (59) 43; (60, 61) 44; (62) 45; (63, 64) 49; (65) 52; (66, 67) 56. Colorado (1) 9; (2, 3) 25; (4) 34; (5) 40; Connecticut (36) 4; (37, 38) 9; (39) 12; (44) 26; (45) 29; (46) 33; (47) 36; 50; (52) 52; (53) 55.

(6) 45; (7) 49; (8) 54.
(40) 16; (41, 42) 19; (43) 21;
(48) 40; (49) 44; (50) 47; (51)

Florida (13) 7: (14) 14; (15) 21; (16) 26; (17) 35; (18) 43; (19) 45; (20) 51. Georgia (40) 2; (41, 42) 5; (43, 44) 9; (45, 46) 12; (47, 48, 49, 50) 15; (51,

52, 53, 54, 55, 56) 21; (57, 58) 24; (59, 60) 27; (61) 34; (62) 35; (63) 36; (64) 37; (65) 38; (66) 42; (67) 44; (68) 45; (69) 47; (70) 48; (71) 51; (72) 53; (73) 54.

Grattan (Va.) (20) 3; (21) 8; (22) 12; (23) 14; (24, 25) 18; (26, 27) 21; (28, 29) 26; (31) 31; (30) 32; (32) 34; (33) 36.

Heiskell (Tenn.) (1) 2; (2) 5; (3) 8; (4, 5) 13; (6, 7) 19; (8, 9) 24; (10, 11, 12) 27.

Houston (Del.) (3) 11; (4) 15.

Illinois (51) 2; (52) 4; (53, 54) 5; (55, 56) 8; (57, 58) 11; (59, 60, 61, 62, 63) 14; (64, 65, 66, 67) 16; (68, 69) 18; (75, 76, 77, 78) 20: (70, 71, 72, 79, 80) 22; (73, 74)* 24; (81, 82, 83, 84) 25; (85) 28; (86, 87) 29; (88) 30; (89) 31; (90) 32; (91) 33; (92, 93, 94) 34; (95) 35: (96) 36; (97) 37; (98) 38; (99, 100) 39; (101, 102) 40; (103) 42; (104, 105) 44; (106) 46; (107) 47; (108) 48; (109) 50; (110) 51; (111) 53; (112) 54; (113, 114) 55; (115, 116) 56.

Indiana (32) 2; (33) 5; (34) 7; (35) 9; (36, 37, 38) 10; (39, 40, 41, 42, 43) 13; (44, 45, 46) 15; (47, 48) 17; (49, 50, 51) 19; (52, 53) 21; (54, 55) 23; (56, 57, 58, 59) 26; (60, 61) 28; (62, 63) 30; (64) 31; (65, 66) 32; (67) 33; (68) 34; (69) 35; (70, 71) 36; (72) 37; (73) 38; (74, 75) 39; (76, 77) 40; (78, 79, 80) 41; (81, 82) 42; (83, 84) 43; (85, 86, 87) 44; (88) 45; (89, 90, 91) 46; (92, 93) 47; (94, 95) 48; *The hiatus in the Illinois Reports arises from the fact that the volumes between the 69th and the 75th were published after the 75th and three succeeding volumes.

(96, 97, 98) 49; (99, 100) 50; (101) 51; (102) 52; (103) 53; (104) 54; (105, 106), 55.

Iowa (27) 1; (28, 29) 4; (30) 6; (31, 32) 7; (33, 34) 11; (35, 36) 14; (37, 38, 39) 18; (40, 41, 42) 20; (43) 22; (44, 45) 24; (46) 26, (47) 29; (48) 30; (49) 31; (50) 32; (51) 33; (52) 35; (53) 36; (54) 37; (55) 39; (56) 41; (57) 42; (58) 43; (59) 44; (60) 46; (61) 47; (62) 49; (63) 50; (64) 52; (65) 54; (66) 55; (67, 68) 56.

Kansas (5, 6) 7; (7, 8, 9) 12; (10, 11, 12) 15; (13, 14) 19; (15, 16, 17) 22 ; (18) 26; (19, 20) 27; (21) 30; (22) 31; (23) 33; (24) 36; (25) 37; (26) 40; (27) 41; (28) 42; (29) 44; (30) 46; (31) 47; (32) 49; (33) 52; (34) 55.

Kentucky (78) 39; (79) 42; (80) 44; (81) 50; (82) 56.

Lea (Tenn.) (1) 27; (2, 3 31; (4, 5, 6, 7) 40; (8) 41; (9) 42; (10) 43; (11, 12) 47; (13) 49; (14) 52; (15) 54.

Louisiana (22) 2; (23) 8; (24, 25) 13: (26, 27) 21; (28) 26; (29) 29; (30) 31; (31) 33; (32) 36; (33), 39; (34) 44; (35) 48; (36) 51; (37) 55. MacArthur (District of Columbia) (1, 2) 29; (3) 36. Mackey (District of Columbia) (1, 2) 47; (3) 51; (4) 54. MacArthur and Mackey (District of Columbia) 48. Maine (57) 2; (58) 4; (59) 8; (60) 11; (61) 14; (62) 16; 20; (66) 22; (67) 24; (68) 28; (69) 31; (70) 35; (73) 40; (74) 43; (75) 46; (76) 49; (77) 52. Maryland (31) 1; (32, 33) 3; (34, 35) 6; (36, 37) 11; (38, 39, 40) 17; (41, 42, 43) 20; (44) 22; (45, 46) 24; (47) 28; (48) 30; (49, 50) 33; (51) 34; (52, 53) 36; (54, 55) 39; (56, 57) 40; (58) 42; (59) 43; (60) 45; (61) 48; (62) 50; (63) 52; (64) 54.

(63, 64) 18; (65) (71) 36; (72) 39;

Massachusetts (100) 1; (101, 102) 3; (103) 4; (104) 6; (105) 7; (106) 8; (107) 9; (108) 11; (109) 12; (110) 14; (111, 115) 15; (112, 116) 17; (113) 18; (114, 117, 118) 19; (119) 20; (120) 21; (121, 122) 23; (123) 25; (124) 26; (125) 28; (126) 30; (127) 34; (128) 35; (129) 37; (130) 39; (131) 41; (132) 42; (133) 43; (134) 45; (135) 46; (136) 49; (137) 50; (138, 139) 52; (140) 54; (141) 55; (142) 56.

Michigan (19) 2; (20, 21) 4; (22) 7; (23, 24) 9; (25, 26) 12; (27, 28) 15; (29, 30, 31) 18; (32,33) 20; (34) 22; (35, 36) 24; (37) 26; (40) 29; (38) 31; (41) 32; (39) 33; (42) 36; (43, 44) 38; (45) 40; (46, 47) 41; (48) 42; (49) 43; (50) 45; (51) 47 ; (52) 50; (53) 51; (54) 52; (55) 54; (58) 55; (56) 56.

Minnesota (15) 2; (16, 17, 18) 10; (19, 20, 21) 18; (22) 21; (23) 23 ; (24) 31 ; (25) 33; (26) 37; (27) 38; (28) 41; (29) 43; (30) 44; (31) 47; (32) 50; (33) 53.

Mississippi (42) 2; (43) 5; (44, 45) 7; (46, 47, 48) 12; (49, 50) 19; (51, 52, 53) 24; (54) 28; (55) 30; (56) 31; (57) 34; (58) 38; (59) 42; (60) 45; (61) 48; (62) 52; (63) 56.

Missouri (46) 2; (47) 4; (48, 49) 8; (50, 51) 11; (52, 53, 54) 14; (55, 56, 57, 58) 17; (59, 60, 61, 62, 63) 21; (64, 65, 66) 27; (67) 29; (68) 30; (69) 33; (70) 35; (71) 36; (72) 37; (73) 39; (74) 41; (75) 42; (76) 43; (77) 46; (78) 47; (79) 49; (80) 50; (81 51; (82) 52; (83) 53; (84) 54; (85) 55; (86, 87) 56.

Montana (1, 2) 25; (3) 35; (4) 47; (5) 51.

Nebraska (3, 4) 19; (5) 25; (6, 7) 29; (8) 30; (9) 31; (10) 35; (11) 38; (12) 41; (13) 42; (14) 45; (15) 48; (16) 49; (17) 52; (18) 53; (19) 56. Nevada (6) 3; (7)8; (9) 16; (10, 11) 21; (12) 28; (13) 29; (14) 33; (15) 37; (16) 40; (17) 45; (18) 51.

New Hampshire (48) 2; (49) 6; (50) 9; (51) 12; (52) 13; (53) 16; (54, 55) 20; (56) 22; (57) 24; (58) 42; (59) 47; (60) 49; (63) 56. New Jersey (34) 3; (35) 10; (36) 13; (37) 18; (38) 20; (39) 23; (40) 29; (41) 32; (42) 36; (43) 39; (44) 43; (45) 46; (46) 50; (47) 54.