FROM AND INCLUDING DECISIONS HANDED DOWN FEBRUARY 1, 1881,

TO THE DECISIONS OF APRIL 19, 1881.

WITH

NOTES, REFERENCES AND INDEX.

BY H. E. SICKELS,

STATE REPORTER.

VOL. XXXIX.

ALBANY:

WEED, PARSONS & CO., CONTRACTORS.

1881.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one,

BY JOSEPH B. CARR,

Secretary of the State of New York, in trust for the benefit of the People of the said State, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Rec. Dec. 21, 1897.

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JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.

CHARLES J. FOLGER,* CHIEF JUDGE.

CHARLES ANDREWS,† CHIEF JUDGE,

CHARLES A. RAPALLO,

THEODORE MILLER,

ROBERT EARL,

GEORGE F. DANFORTH,

FRANCIS M. FINCH,

ASSOCIATE Judges.

* Resigned November 14, 1881.

+ Appointed November 19, 1881, vice Charles J. Folger, resigned.