THE

ATLANTIC REPORTER,

VOLUME 36.

CONTAINING ALL THE DECISIONS OF THE

Supreme Courts of MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, RHODE ISLAND,
CONNECTICUT, and PENNSYLVANIA; Court of Errors and Appeals,
Court of Chancery, and Supreme and Prerogative Courts
of NEW JERSEY; Court of Errors and Appeals and
Court of Chancery of DELAWARE; and

Court of Appeals of MARYLAND.

PERMANENT EDITION.

JANUARY 13-APRIL 28, 1897.

WITH TABLES OF ATLANTIC CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 83, MARYLAND REPORTS; 177 AND 178,
PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1897.

Law Library

COPYRIGHT, 1897,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.