RULED AND ADJUDGED

IN THE SEVERAL

COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES

AND OF

PENNSYLVANIA,

HELD AT THE SEAT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BY A. J. DALLAS

Atque eo magis necessaria est hæc opera, quod et nostro sæculo non desunt, et olim non
defuerunt, qui hanc juris partem ita contemnerent, quasi nihil ejus præter
inane nomen existeret.-Grotius.

VOL. II.

SECOND EDITION.

EDITED, WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO LATER DECISIONS,

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1882,

BY BANKS & BROTHERS,

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