THE

AMERICAN STATE REPORTS,

CONTAINING THE

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY

SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE "AMERICAN
DECISIONS" AND THE "AMERICAN REPORTS,"

DECIDED IN THE

COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE SEVERAL STATES.

SELECTED, REPORTED, AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

AND THE ASSOCIATE EDITORS OF THE "AMERICAN DECISIONS."

VOL. LXVIII.

SAN FRANCISCO:

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1899, by the

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AMERICAN STATE REPORTS.

VOL. LXVIII.

SCHEDULE

showing the original volumes of reports in which the cases herein selected and re-reported may be found, and the pages of this volume devoted to each state.

SCHEDULE

SHOWING IN WHAT VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES THE CASES REPORTED IN THE SEVERAL VOLUMES OF OFFICIAL REPORTS MAY BE FOUND.

State reports are in parentheses, and the numbers of this series in bold-faced figures,

ALABAMA.—(83) 3; (84) 5; (85) 7; (86) 11; (87) 13; (88) 16; (89) 18; (90, 91) 24; (92) 25; (93) 30; (94) 33; (95) 36; (96, 97) 38; (98) 39; (99) 42; (100, 101) 46; (102) 48; (103) 49; (104, 105) 53; (106, 107, 108) 54; (109, 110) 55; (111) 56; (112) 57; (113) 59; (114) 62; (115, 116) 67. ARKANSAS. — (48) 8; (49) 4; (50) 7; (51) 14; (52) 20; (53) 22; (54) 26; (55) 29; (56) 35; (57) 38; (58) 41; (59) 43; (60) 46; (61, 62) 54; (63) 58; (64) 62; (65) 67.

CALIFORNIA. -(72) 1; (73) 2; (74) 5; (75) 7; (76) 9; (77) 11; (78, 79) 12; (80) 18; (81) 15; (82) 16; (83) 17; (84) 18; (85) 20; (86) 21; (87, 88) 22; (89) 23; (90, 91) 25; (92, 93) 27; (94) 28; (95) 29; (96) 31; (97) 33; (98) 35; (99) 37; (100) 38; (101) 40; (102) 41; (103) 42; (104) 43; (105) 45; (106) 46; (107) 48; (108) 49; (109) 50; (110, 111) 52; (112) 53; (113) 54; (114) 55; (115) 56; (116) 58; (117) 59; (118) 62; (119) 63; (120) 65; (121) 66; (122) 68. COLORADO.-(10) 8; (11) 7; (12) 13; (17) 81; (18) 36; (19) 41; (20) 46; CONNECTICUT.-(54) 1; (55) 8; (56) 7; (61) 29; (62) 36; (63) 38; (64) 42; (69) 61; (70) 66.

DELAWARE

(13) 16; (14) 20; (15) 22; (16) 25;
(21) 52; (22) 55; (23) 58; (24) 65.
(57) 14; (58) 18; (59) 21; (60) 25;
(65) 48; (66) 50; (67) 52; (68) 57;

(5 Houst.) 1; (6 Houst.) 22; (7 Houst.) 40; (9 Houst.) 43;

(1 Marv.) 65.

FLORIDA. — (22) 1; (23) 11; (24) 12; (25, 26) 23; (27) 26; (28) 29; (29) 30; (30) 32; (31) 84; (32) 87; (33) 89; (34) 43; (35) 48; (30) 51; (37) 53; (38) 56; (39) 63.

GEORGIA. — (76) 2; (77) 4; (78) 6; (79) 11; (80, 81) 12; (82) 14; (83, 84) 20; (85) 21; (86) 22; (87) 27; (88) 80; (89) 32; (90) 85; (91, 92, 93) 44; (94) 47; (95, 96) 51; (97) 54; (98) 58; (99) 59; (100) 62; (101) 65; (102) 66; (103) 68.

IDAHO. — (2) 35.

ILLINOIS.

·(121) 8; (122) 8; (123) 5; (124) 7; (125) 8; (126) 9; (127) 11; (128) 15; (129) 16; (130) 17; (131) 19; (132) 22; (133, 134) 23; (135) 25; (136) 29; (137) 31; (138, 139) 32; (140, 141) 38; (142) 34; (143, 144, 145) 36; (146, 147) 37; (148) 39; (149, 150) 41; (151) 42; (152) 43; (154) 45; (153, 155) 46; (156) 47; (157) 48; (158) 49; (159) 50; (160, 161) 52; (162) 53; (163) 54; (164, 165) 56; (166) 57; (167) 59; (168, 169) 61; (170) 62; (171) 63; (172, 173) 64; (174) 66; (175) 67; (176) 68. INDIANA. - (112) 2; (113) 8; (114) 5; (115) 7; (116) 9; (117, 118) 10; (119) 12; (120, 121) 16; (122) 17; (123) 18; (124) 19; (125) 21; (126, 127) 22;