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National Reporter System. United States Series.

THE FEDERAL REPORTER.
VOL. 2.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

MAY—JULY, 1880.

PEYTON BOYLE, Editor

SAINT PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1880.

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COPYRIGHT, 1880,
BY
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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CASES REPORTED

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Adams v. Merchants' Nat. Bk of Indianapolis 174
Adams, Moyer v. 182
Adams, Stoner v. 182
Adler v. Ecker 126
Ah Chong, In re 733
Albion Lead Works v. Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. 479
Alleman v. Kneedler 671
Allen, Benton v. 448
Ambrose, United States v. 552
Ambrose, United States v. 556
Ambrose, United States v. 764
American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. Rutland Marble Co. 355
American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. Rutland Marble Co. 356
American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. Sheldons 353
American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. Sutherland Falls Marble Co. 353
American Ex. Co., Mather v. 49
American Paper Collar Co., Goldsmith v. 239
Andressen v. First Nat. Bk. of Northfield 122
Anibal v. Heacock 169
Appleby v. Bark Kate Irving 919
Atlantic & St. L. R. Co., Wilson v. 459
Atwater, Seely v. 133
Atwater v. Seely 133
Auditor of Public Accounts, Township of Aroma v. 33
Bailey, In re 850
Bailey v. New York Savings Bk. 14
Baker, Mattocks v. 455
Bank of Brit. North America v. Ellis 44
Barge John M. Welch, Broeck v. 364
Barge Jonathan Chase, Corwin v. 268
Barker, Williams v. 649
Bark E. D. Jewett, Ferris v. 111
Bark Kate Cann, Gerrity v. 241
Bark Kate Irving, Applehy v. 919
Bark Tulchen, Todd v. 600
Bark Windermere, Roberts v. 722
Beals v. Neddo 41
Belt v. Crittenden 82
Bensley, First Nat. Bk. of Lacon v. 609
Benton v. Allen 448
Bickford v. Laporte 214
Bosley, Perfection Window Cleaner Co. v. 574
Boyd v. Boyd 138
Brewster, Britton v. 160
Brig E. A. Barnard 712
British Bark Star of Scotia, Mircovich v. 578
Britton v. Brewster 160
Broeck v. Barge John M. Welch 364
Brooks v. Steamer Adirondack 387
Brooks v. Steamer Adirondack 872
Brown v. Leete 440
Brown v. Steam-ship Winthrope 919
Brownville, F. K. & P. Ry. Co., Thomas v. 877
Burdge v. Two Hundred and Twenty Tons of Fish Scrap 783
Burgess v. Southbridge Savings Bk 500
Campart v. Steam-ship Prior 819
Campbell v. Crampton 417
Campbell v. James 338
Campbell v. Ohio & Miss. R. Co. 36
Campbell, Secombe v. 357
Candee, Evory v. 542
Candee, Williams v. 683iv
Celluloid Manuf'g Co., Spill v. 707
Central Railroad of Iowa, Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. 656
Central Railroad of Iowa, Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. 751
Chandler, Wills v. 273
Chew v. Henrietta Mining & Smelting Co. 5
Chicago, St. L. & N. O. R. Co. v. Macomb 18
Cigars, In re, United States v. 494
Citizens' Ins. Co. of St. Louis, Hecox v. 535
Clare, United States v. 55
Collender v. Griffith & Co. 206
Comarota, United States v. 145
Combination Rubber Co., Day v. 570
Combination Trust Co. v. Weed 24
Com. Fire Ins. Co., Whitehouse v. 498
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co., Waters v. 892
Constantine v. Schooner River Queen 731
Continental Fire Ins. Co., Whitehouse v. 498
Corse, Jr., In the matter of 307
Corwin v. Barge Jonathan Chase 268
County Court of Howard Co., United States v. 1
County of Pulaski, Merchants' Nat. Bk. of Little Rock v. 545
Covell v. Pratt 359
Crampton, Campbell v. 417
Crampton v. Jerkowski 489
Crane v. Penny 187
Crittenden, Belt v. 82
Cummins v. Lods 661
Darland v. Greenwood 660
Davis v. James 618
Day v. Combination Rubber Co. 570
Day v. Schwab 544
Dinsmore v. Louisville, C. & L. Ry. Co. 465
Dodd, Wisner v. 781
Dressel, Weibye v. 264
Dreyfuss, Rosenbach v. 23
Dreyfuss, Rosenbach v. 217
Dunlap v. Steam-boat Reliance 249
Duryee, In re 68
Eagleton Manuf'g Co. v. West, Bradley & Cary Manuf'g Co. 774
Ecker, Adler v. 126
Eckler, Olendorf v. 570
Ellis, Bank of Brit. North America v. 44
Ely, Woodman v. 839
Eureka Consolidated Mining Co. v. Richmond Consolidated Mining Co. 829
Evans, United States v. 147
Everson. McNish v. 899
Evory v. Candee 542
Fanning, Onderdonk v. 568
Farmers' Ins. Co., Washburn v. 304
Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Central Railroad of Iowa 656
Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Central Railroad of Iowa 751
Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. St. Joseph & D. C. R. Co. 117
Farwell v. Steam-boat John H. Starin 100
Featteau, Kidder v. 616
Ferris v. Bark E. D. Jewett 111
Ferry-boat F. B. Nimick, Murray v. 86
First Nat. Bk. of Lacon v. Bensley 609
First Nat. Bk. of Northfield, Andressen v. 122
First Nat. Bk. of St. Johnsbury v. Portland & O. R. Co. 831
Five Hundred Thousand Laths, Moody v. 607
Flower v. Greenbaum 897
Foster, Simonetti v. 415
Francestown Soap-Stone Co., Henry v. 78
Fuller v. Jillett 30
German-American Ins. Co., Wallace v. 658
Gerrity v. Bark Kate Cann 241
Gilbert Hubbard & Co. v. Roach 393
Gilbert, Morgan v. 835
Goldsmith v. American Paper Collar Co. 239
Greenbaum, Flower v. 897
Greenwood, Darland v. 660
Griffith & Co., Collender v. 206
Hannibal & St. J. R. Co., Missouri River Packet Co. v. 285
Harlem & N. Y. Nav. Co. v. Sloop Maguire Brothers 905
Heacock, Anibal v. 169
Hecox v. Citizens' Ins. Co. of St. Louis 535
Henrietta Mining & Smelting Co., Chew v. 5
Henry v. Francestown Soap-Stone Co. 78
Hicks, In re 851
Hoben v. Steamer Westover 91
Hoffman v. Young 74v
Holden, Murray v. 740
Holines Burglar Alarm Tel. Co., Page v. 330
Hudson Ins. Co., Poor v. 432
Ira Chaffee, The, Scott v. 401
Jackson, United States v. 502
James, Campbell v. 338
James, Davis v. 618
Jerkowski, Crampton v. 489
Jillett, Fuller v. 30
Jordan, In re 319
Joseph Nixon, The, v. Steamtug George Lysle 259
Keith v. Levi 743
Keith v. Town of Rockingham 834
Kennedy, Sahlgard v. 295
Kennedy v. Steamer Sarmatian 911
Kidder v. Featteau 616
Kimball v. Tudor Co. 51
King v. Ohio & Miss. R. Co. 36
King, Strauss v. 236
Kittle, Missouri Valley Life Ins. Co. v. 113
Kneedler, Alleman v. 671
Kneeland v. Sheriff 901
Kropholler v. St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. 302
Lalance & Grosjean Manuf'g Co., Matthews v. 232
Lamar Ins. Co., Runkle v. 9
Laporte, Bickford v. 214
Latimer, Woodman v. 842
Leach, Patrick v. 120
Leathers, Tolman v. 653
Leete, Brown v. 440
Leonard, United States v. 669
Levi, Keith v. 743
Lindsay, Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. v. 688
Lindsay, Strobridge v. 692
Lissburger, In the matter of 153
Littlefield, Perry v. 464
Locomotive Safety Truck Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 677
Lods, Cummins v. 661
Loffe, Zane v. 229
Lorillard v. Standard Oil Co. 902
Louisville, C. & L. Ry. Co., Dinsmore v. 465
Lyles v. Steam-ship Santiago de Cuba 271
Macomb, Chicago, St. L. & N. O. R. Co. v. 18
Maguire v. Steam-boat Sylvan Glen 905
Manhattan Fire Ins. Co., White-house v. 498
Marshall v. Tug Conroy 785
Martin, Schuelenburg v. 747
Mather v. American Ex. Co. 49
Matthews v. Lalance & Grosjean Manuf'g Co. 232
Mattocks v. Baker 455
May, In re 845
McGonigle, In re 767
McLaughlin, Merchants' Nat. Bk. of St. Paul v. 128
McNish v. Everson 899
McWilliams v. Steam-tug Vim 874
Merchants' Nat. Bk. of Indian-apolis, Adams v. 174
Merchants' Nat. Bk. of Little Rock v. County of Pulaski 545
Merchants' Nat. Bk. of St. Paul v. McLaughlin 128
Merritt, Stewart v. 531
Metcalf v. Officer 640
Miami Valley Ins. Co., Washburn v. 633
Middlesex Quarry Co. v. Schooner Albert Mason 821
Mircovich v. British Bark Star of Scotia 578
Missouri River Packet Co. v. Hannibal & St. J. R. Co. 285
Missouri Valley Life Ins. Co. v. Kittle 113
Moody v. Five Hundred Thousand Laths 607
Morgan v. Gilbert 835
Morganstern, Smith v. 674
Morse, Simms v. 325
Moyer v. Adams 182
Murray v. Ferry-boat F. B. Nimick 86
Murray v. Holden 740
Nashua Card & Glazed Paper Co., Perkins v. 451
Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co., Southern Ex. Co. v. 465
Nathan v. New York Elevated R. Co. 225
Neddo, Beals v. 41
New York Coffee Polishing Co. v. Wilson 904
New York Elevated R. Co., Nathan v. 225
New York Savings Bk., Bailey v. 14
Noble, Warford v. 202
Noyes, White v. 782
Null, In re 71
Officer, Metcalf v. 640
Ohio & Miss. R. Co., Campbell v. 36vi
Ohio & Miss. R. Co., King v. 36
Olendorf v. Eckler 570
Onderdonk v. Fanning 568
Osborn, United States v. 58
Page v. Holmes Burglar Alarm Tel. Co. 330
Patrick v. Leach 120
Patty, United States v. 664
Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. v. Lindsay 688
Penusylvania Railroad Co., Locomotive Safety Truck Co. v. 677
Penny, Crane v. 187
Penny, In re 765
Perfection Window Cleaner Co. v. Bosley 574
Perkins v. Nashua Card & Glazed Paper Co. 451
Perry v. Littlefield 464
Pettit v. Town of Hope 623
Poor v. Hudson Ins. Co. 432
Portland & O. R. Co., First Nat. Bk. of St. Johnsbury v. 831
Powell v. Steam-tug Willie 95
Pratt, Covell v. 359
Rees, Williams v. 882
Richmond Consolidated Mining Co., Eureka Consolidated Mining Co. v. 829
Roach, Gilbert Hubbard & Co. v. 393
Roberts v. Bark Windermere 722
Roberts v. Schreiber 855
Rome, W. & O. R. Co., Williams v. 702
Rosenbach v. Dreyfuss 23
Rosenbach v. Dreyfuss 217
Rudolph, In re 65
Runkle v. Lamar Ins. Co. 9
Rutland Marble Co., American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. 355
Rutland Marble Co., American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. 356
Sacia, United States v. 754
Sahlgard v. Kennedy 295
St. Joseph & D. C. R. Co., Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. 117
St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co., Kropholler v. 302
Savery, Sherman v. 505
Scattergood v. Tutton 28
Schooner Albert Mason, Middlesex Quarry Co. v. 821
Schooner Bertie Calkins, Wolf v. 793
Schooner Centennial, Standard Sugar Refinery v. 409
Schooner Joseph Farwell, Starin v. 100
Schooner Mary Zephyr, Topfer v. 824
Schooner Onmst, Weaver v. 811
Schooner River Queen, Constantine v. 731
Schreiber, Roberts v. 855
Schuelenberg v. Martin 747
Schwab, Day v. 544
Scott v. The Ira Chaffee 401
Secombe v. Campbell 357
Seely v. Atwater 133
Seely, Atwater v. 133
Seitzinger, Wood v. 843
Sharp v. Tifft 697
Sheldens v. American Diamond Rock Boring Co. 353
Sheriff, Kneeland v. 901
Sherman v. Savery 505
Ship Celestial Empire, Wilsey v. 651
Simms v. Morse 325
Simonetti v. Foster 415
Sixty Thousand Feet of Yellow Pine Lumber, Smith v. 396
Sloop Maguire Brothers, Harlem & N. Y. Nav. Co. v. 905
Smith v. Morganstern 674
Smith v. Sixty Thousand Feet of Yellow Pine Lumber 396
Southbridge Savings Bk., Burgess v. 500
Southern Ex. Co. v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. 465
Southwick v. Whipple 770
Spill v. Celluloid Manuf'g Co. 707
Standard Oil Co., Lorillard v. 902
Standard Sugar Refinery v. Schooner Centennial 409
Starin v. Schooner Joseph Farwell 100
Steam-boat John H. Starin, Farwell v. 100
Steam-boat John H. Starin, Thorndike v. 100
Steam-boat Reliance, Dunlap v. 249
Steam-boat Sylvan Glen, Maguire v. 905
Steamer Adirondack, Brooks v. 387
Steamer Adirondack, Brooks v. 872
Steamer Cynthia, White v. 112
Steamer Sarmatian, Kennedy v. 911
Steamer Westover, Hoben v. 91
Steam-ship City of Austin, Willis v. 412
Steam-ship Prior, Campart v. 819
Steam-ship Santiago de Cuba, Lyles v. 271
Steam-ship Winthrope, Brown v. 919
Steam-tug George Lysle, The Joseph Nixon v. 259
Steam-tug Lavergne, White v. 788vii
Steam-tug Vim, McWilliams v. 874
Steam-tug Willie, Powell v. 95
Stewart v. Merritt 531
Stoner v. Adams 182
Strauss v. King 236
Straw, Sutherland v. 217
Stretch v. Tug Margaret 255
Strobridge v. Lindsay 692
Sullivan v. Union Pac. R. Co. 447
Sutherland v. Straw 277
Sutherland Falls Marble Co., American Diamond Rock Boring Co. v. 353
Thomas v. Brownville, F. K. & P. Ry. Co. 877
Thorndike v. Steam-boat John H. Starin 100
Tifft, Sharp v. 697
Todd v. Bark Tulchen 600
Tolman v. Leathers 653
Topfer v. Schooner Mary Zephyr 824
Town of Hope, Pettit v. 623
Town of Potter, Whiting v. 517
Town of Rockingham, Keith v. 834
Townsend, In re 559
Township of Aroma v. Auditor of Public Accounts 33
Tudor Co., Kimball v. 51
Tug Conroy, Marshall v. 785
Tug Margaret, Stretch v. 255
Tutton, Scattergood v. 28
Two Hundred and Twenty Tons of Fish Scrap, Burdge v. 783
Union Pac. R. Co., Sullivan v. 447
United States v. Ambrose 552
United States v. Ambrose 556
United States v. Ambrose 764
United States v. Clare 55
United States v. Comarota 145
United States v. County Court of Howard Co. 1
United States v. Evans 147
United States v. Jackson 502
United States v. Leonard 669
United States v. Osborn 58
United States v. Patty 664
United States v. Sacia 754
United States v. Williams 61
United States, In re, v. Cigars 494
Van Buren, In the matter of 643
Wallace v. German-American Ins. Co. 658
Warford v. Noble 202
Washburn v. Farmers' Ins. Co. 304
Washburn v. Miami Valley Ins. Co. 633
Waters v. Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. 892
Weaver v. Schooner Onmst 811
Weed, Combination Trust Co. v. 24
Weibye v. Dressel 264
West, Bradley & Cary Manuf'g Co., Eagleton Manuf'g Co. v. 774
Whipple, Southwick v. 770
White v. Noyes 782
White v. Steamer Cynthia 112
White v. Steam-tug Lavergne 788
Whitehouse v. Com. Fire Ins. Co. 498
Whitehouse v. Continental Fire Ins. Co. 498
Whitehouse v. Manhattan Fire Ins. Co. 498
Whiting v. Town of Potter 517
Williams, United States v. 61
Williams v. Barker 649
Williams v. Candee 683
Williams v. Rees 882
Williams v. Rome, W. & O. R. Co. 702
Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co., Albion Lead Works v. 479
Willis v. Steam-ship City of Austin 412
Wills v. Chandler 273
Wilsey v. Ship Celestial Empire 651
Wilson v. Atlantic & St. L. R. Co. 459
Wilson, New York Coffee Polishing Co. v. 904
Wisner v. Dodd 781
Wolf v. Schooner Bertic Calkins 793
Wong Yung Quy, In re 624
Wood v. Seitzinger 843
Woodman v. Ely 839
Woodman v. Latimer 842
Young, Hoffman v. 74
Zane v. Loffe 229

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