THE

AMERICAN REPORTS

CONTAINING

ALL DECISIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE

SEVERAL STATES,

WITH

NOTES AND REFERENCES

BY

IRVING BROWNE.

Vol. LIII.

CONTAINING ALL CASES OF GENERAL AUTHORITY IN THE FOLLOWING
REPORTS:

72 GEORGIA; 111 ILLINOIS: 103 INDIANA; 33 MINNESOTA; 83 MIS-
SOURI; 18 NEBRASKA; 40 NEW JERSEY EQUITY; 100 NEW
YORK: 92 NORTH CAROLINA: 93 NORTH CAROLINA;

12 OREGON: 21 SOUTH CAROLINA; 22 SOUTH
CAROLINA; 19 TEXAS COURT APPEALS;

64 TEXAS; 26 WEST VIRGINIA;

63 WISCONSIN.

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SCHEDULE

OF STATE REPORTS FROM WHICH CASES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE AMERICAN REPORTS.

The volumes of State Reports are in parenthesis, and the volumes of American Reports in heavy letter.

Alabama (44) 4; (45) 6; (46) 7; (47) 11; (48) 17; (49, 50) 20; (51, 52) 28; (53, 54) 25; (55, 56) 28; (58) 29; (59, 60) 31; (61) 82; (62) 84; (63) 35; (64) 88; (65) 39; (66) 41; (67) 42; (68, 69) 44; (71) 46; (72) 47; (73, 74) 49; (75) 51; (76) 52.

Arkansas (25) 4; (26) 7; (27) 11; (28) 18; (29, 30) 21; (31) 25; (32) 29; (33) 34; (34) 86; (35) 87; (86) 38; (37) 40; (38) 42; (39) 43; (40, 41, 42) 48; (43, 44) 51.

Baxter (Tenn.) (1) 25; (2) no cases; (3, 4) 27; (5) 30; (6, 7) 82; (8) 35; (9) 40.

(40) 16; (41, 42) 19; (43) 21; (48) 40; (49) 44; (50) 47; (51)

Bush (Ky.) (7) 3; (8) 8; (9) 15; (10) 19; (11) 21; (12) 23; (13) 26; (14) 29. California (39) 2; (40) 6; (41, 42) 10; (43, 44, 45, 46) 18; (47, 48) 17; (49, 50) 19; (51) 21; (52) 28; (53) 81; (54) 85; (55) 36; (56) 38; (57) 40; (58) 41; (59) 48; (60, 61) 44; (62) 45; (68, 64) 49; (65) 52. Colorado (1) 9; (2, 3) 25; (4) 34; (5) 40; (6) 45; (7) 49. Connecticut (36) 4; (37, 38) 9; (39) 12; (44) 26; (45) 29; (46) 33; (47) 86; 50; (52) 52. Florida (13) 7: (14) 14; (15) 21; (16) 26; (17) 35; (18) 43; (19) 45; (20) 51. Georgia (40) 2; (41, 42) 5; (43, 44) 9; (45, 46) 12; (47, 48, 49, 50) 15; (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56) 21; (57, 58) 24; (59, 60) 27; (61) 34; (62) 85; (63) 86; (64) 87; (65) 88; (66) 42; (67) 44; (68) 45; (69) 47; (70) 48; (71) 51; (72) 53.

Grattan (Va.) (20) 3; (21) 8; (22) 12; (23) 14; (24, 25) 18; (26, 27) 21; (28, 29) 26; (31) 31; (30) 32; (32) 34; (33) 36. Heiskell (Tenn.) (1) 2; (2) 5; (3) 8; (4, 5) 13; 11, 12) 27.

(6, 7) 19; (8, 9) 24; (10,

Houston (Del.) (3) 11; (4) 15. Tilinois (51) 2; (52) 4; (53, 54) 5; (55, 56) 8; (57, 58) 11; (59, 60, 61, 62, 63) 14; (64, 65, 66, 67) 16; (68, 69) 18; (75, 76, 77, 78) 20: (70, 71, 72, 79, 80) 22; (73, 74)* 24; (81, 82, 83, 84) 25; (85) 28; (86, 87) 29, (88) 30; (89) 31; (90) 32; (91) 83; (92, 93, 94) 84; (95) 35: (96) 36; (97) 37; (98) 38; (99, 100) 39; (101, 102) 40; (103) 42; (104, 105) 44; (106) 46; (107) 47; (108) 48; (109) 50; (110) 51; (111) 53. Indiana (32) 2; (33) 5; (34) 7; (35) 9; (36, 37, 38) 10; (39, 40, 41, 42, 43) 13; (44, 45, 46) 15; (47, 48) 17; (49, 50, 51) 19; (52, 53) 21; (54, 55) 23; (56, 57, 58, 59) 26; (60, 61) 28; (62, 63) 30: (64) 31; (65, 66) 32; (67) 33; (68) 34; (69) 35; (70, 71) 36; (72) 37; (73) 38; (74, 75) 39; (76, 77) 40; (78, 79, 80) 41: (81, 82) 42; (83, 84) 43; (85, 86, 87) 44; (88) 45; (89, 90, 91) 46; (92, 93) 47; (94, 95) 48; (96, 97, 98) 49; (99, 100) 50; (101) 51; (102) 52; (103) 53.

The hiatus in the Illinois Reports arises from the fact that the volumes between the 60th and the 75th were published after the 75th and three succeeding volumes.

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Iowa (27) 1; (28, 29) 4; (30) 6; (31, 32) 7; (33, 34) 11; (35, 36) 14; (37, 38, 39) 18; (40, 41, 42) 20; (43) 22; (44, 45) 24; (46) 26; (47) 29; (48) 30; (49) 31; (50) 32; (51) 33; (52) 35; (53) 36; (54) 87; (55) 39; (56) 41; (57) 42; (58) 43; (59) 44; (60) 46; (61) 47; (62) 49; (63) 50; (64) 52.

Kansas (5, 6) 7; (7, 8, 9) 12; (18) 26; (19, 20) 27;

(10, 11, 12) 15; (13, 14) 19; (15, 16, 17) 22; (21) 30; (22) 31; (23) 33; (24) 36; (25) 37; (26) 40; (27) 41; (28) 42; (29) 44; (80) 46; (31) 47; (32) 49; (33) 52. Kentucky (78) 39; (79) 42; (80) 44; (81) 50.

Lea (Tenn.) (1) 27; (2, 3 31; (4, 5, 6, 7) 40; (8) 41; (9) 42; (10) 43; (11, 12) 47; (13) 49; (14) 52.

Louisiana (22) 2; (23) 8; (24, 25) 13; (26, 27) 21; (28) 26; (29) 29; (30) 31; (31) 33; (32) 36; (33), 39; (34) 44; (35) 48; (36) 51.

MacArthur (District of Columbia) (1, 2) 29; (3) 36.
Mackey (District of Columbia) (1, 2) 47; (3) 51.

MacArthur and Mackey (District of Columbia) 48.

Maine (57) 2; (58) 4; (59) 8; (60) 11; (61) 14; (62) 16; (63, 64) 18; (65) 20; (66) 22; (67) 24; (68) 28; (69) 31; (70) 35; (71) 36; (72) 39; (73) 40; (74) 43; (75) 46; (76) 49; (77) 52.

Maryland (31) 1; (32, 33) 8; (34, 35) 6; (36, 37) 11; (38, 39, 40) 17; (11, 42, 43) 20; (44) 22; (45, 46) 24; (47) 28; (48) 30; (49, 50) 33; (51) 84; (52, 53) 36; (54, 55) 39; (56, 57) 40; (58) 42; (59) 43; (60) 45 (61) 48; (62) 50; (63) 52.

(103) 4;

(110) 14;

Massachusetts (100) 1; (101, 102) 3; (104) 6; (105) 7; (106) 8; (107) 9; (108) 11; (109) 12; (111, 115) 15; (112, 116) 17; (113) 18; (114, 117, 118) 19; (119) 20; (120) 21; (121, 122) 23; (123) 25; (124) 26; (125) 28; (126) 30; (127) 34; (128) 35; (129) 37; (130) 39; (131) 41; (132) 42; (133) 43; (134) 45; (135) 46; (136) 49; (137) 50; (138, 139) 52.

Michigan (19) 2; (20, 21) 4; (22) 7; (23, 24) 9; (25, 26) 12; (27, 28) 15; (29, 30, 31) 18; (32, 33) 20; (34) 22; (35, 36) 24; (37) 26; (40) 29; (38) 31; (41) 32; (39) 33; (42) 36; (43, 44) 38; (45) 40; (46, 47) 41; (48) 42; (49) 43; (50) 45; (51) 47; (52) 50; (53) 51; (54) 52. Minnesota (15) 2; (16, 17, 18) 10; (19, 20, 21) 18; (22) 21; (23) 23;

(24) 31;

(25) 33; (26) 37; (27) 38; (28) 41; (29) 48; (30) 44; (31) 47; (32) 50; (33) 53. Mississippi (42) 2; (43) 5; (44, 45) 7; (46, 47, 48) 12; (49, 50) 19; (51, 52, 53) 24; (54) 28; (55) 30; (56) 31; (57) 34; (58) 38; (59) 42; (60) 45; (61) 48; (62) 52.

Missouri (46) 2; (47) 4; (48, 49) 8; (50, 51) 11; (52, 53, 54) 14; (55, 56, 57, 58) 17; (59, 60, 61, 62, 63) 21; (64, 65, 66) 27; (67) 29; (68) 30; (69) 33; (70) 35; (71) 36; (72) 37; (73) 39; (74) 41; (75) 42; (76) 43; (77) 46; (78) 47; (79) 49; (80) 50; (81 51; (82) 52; (83) 53. Montana (1, 2) 25; (3) 35; (4) 47; (5) 51.

Nebraska (3, 4) 19; (5) 25; (6, 7) 29; (8) 30; (9) 31; (10) 35; (11) 38; (12) 41; (13) 42; (14) 45; (15) 48; (16) 49; (17) 52; (18) 53. Nevada (6) 3; (7)8; (9) 16; (10, 11) 21; (12) 28; (13) 29; (14) 33; (15) 37; (16) 40; (17) 45; (18) 51.

New Hampshire (48) 2; (49) 6; (50) 9; (51) 12; (52) 13; (53) 16; (54, 55) 20; (56) 22; (57) 24; (58) 42; (59) 47; (60) 49.

New Jersey (34) 3; (35) 10; (36) 13; (37) 18; (38) 20; (39) 23; (40) 29; (41) 32; (42) 36; (43) 39; (44) 43; (45) 46; (46) 50.

New Jersey Equity (33) 36; (34) 38;
(40) 53.
New York (41, 42) 1; (43) 3; (44) 4;
51) 10; (52) 11; (53, 54) 13;
(60, 61) 19; (62, 63) 20; (64) 21;

(35) 40;

(37) 45; (38) 48; (39) 51;

(45) 6;

(46, 47) 7; (48) 8; (49, 50,

(55) 14;

(56, 57) 15; (58, 59) 17;

(65) 22;

(66, 67, 68) 23; (69) 25;