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

ISAAC GRANT THOMPSON.

VOL. XXV.

CONTAINING ALL CASES OF GENERAL AUTHORITY IN THE FOLLOWING

REPORTS:

ALABAMA; 54 ALABAMA; 81 ARKANSAS; 1 BAXTER (TENN.);
2 COLORADO; 3 COLORADO; 81 ILLINOIS; 82 ILLINOIS;
83 ILLINOIS; 84 ILLINOIS; 123 MASSACHUSETTS;
1 MONTANA; 2 MONTANA; 5 NEBRASKA;

69 NEW YORK; 6 OREGON.

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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) 23;

(53, 54) 25. Arkansas (25) 4; (26) 7; (27) 11; (28) 18; (29, 30) 21; (31) 25. Baxter (Tenn.) (1) 25. Bush (Ky.) (7) 3; (8) 8; (9) 15; (10) 19; (11) 21; (12) 28. California (39) 2; (40) 6; (41, 42) 10; (43, 44, 45, 46) 13; (47, 48) 17; (49,

50) 19; (51) 21. Colorado (1) 9; (2, 3) 25. Connecticut (36) 4; (37, 38) 9; (39) 12; (40) 16; (41, 42) 19; (43) 21. Florida (13) 7; (14) 14; (15) 21. 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. Grattan (Va.) (20) 3; (21) 8; (22) 12; (23) 14; (24, 25) 18; (26, 27) 21. Heiskell (Tenn.) (1) 2; (2) 5; (3) 8; (4, 5) 13; (6, 7) 19; (8, 9) 24. Houston (Del.) (3) 11; (4) 15. Illinois (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. 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. 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. Kansas (5, 6) 7; (7, 8, 9) 12; (10, 11, 12) 15; (13, 14) 19; (15, 16, 17) 22. Louisiana (22) 2; (23) 8; (24, 25) 13; (26, 27) 21. Maine (57) 2; (58) 4; (59) 8; (60) 11; (61) 14; (62) 16; (63, 64) 18; (65)

20; (66) 22; (67) 24. Maryland (31) 1; (32, 33) 3; (34, 35) 6; (36, 37) 11; (38, 39, 40) 17; (11,