UNITED STATES REPORTS VOLUME 148 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1892 J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS REPORTER NEW YORK AND ALBANY BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW PUBLISHERS 1893 Lang RR US 101 .4212 V. 148 JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS, MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. HENRY BILLINGS BROWN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. HOWELL EDMONDS JACKSON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.' RICHARD OLNEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL.8 CHARLES-HENRY ALDRICH, SOLICITOR GENERAL. JAMES HALL MCKENNEY, CLERK. JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL 1 MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, having been appointed an Arbitrator on the part of the United States in the Behring Sea Fur-Seal Arbitration in Paris, heard argument for the last time, this term, on Monday, December 5, 1892, and left for Paris soon after. MR. JUSTICE JACKSON was appointed in the place of MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, deceased. His commission is dated February 18, 1893. On the 4th of March, 1893, the oath of office was administered to him in open court, and he immediately took his seat upon the bench. 3 Mr. Miller having resigned, Mr. Olney was appointed in his place, and commissioned March 6, 1893. He qualified March 7, and was presented to the court on that day. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. American Construction Company v. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company American Construction Company v. Pennsylvania Com- ties 372 372 Astiazaran v. Santa Rita Land and Mining Company . Atchison Board of Education v. De Kay 591 California and Oregon Land Company, United States v. 31 |