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National Reporter System

United States Series

THE FEDERAL REPORTER. VOL. 13.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

AUGUST—NOVEMBER, 1882.

ROBERT DESTY, EDITOR.

SAINT PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1882.

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COPYRIGHT, 1882.
BY
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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UNITED STATES

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

WITH THE

SUBJECTS OF THE OPINIONS REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME

FIRST CIRCUIT.

HORACE GRAY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

Costs, 112.

Legacy duty, 617.

JOHN LOWELL, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Bankruptcy, 660.

Collision, 185.

Criminal law, 25.

Equity—mistake, 261.

Negligence—personal injury, 43

Patents for inventions, 392.

MATHEW WEBB,* DISTRICT JUDGE, MAINE.

DANIEL CLARK, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THOMAS L. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Admiralty—negligent towage, 910.

Seamen's wages, 900.

LE BARON B. COLT, DISTRICT JUDGE, RHODE ISLAND.

Arbitration bond, 708.

Insurance contract, 647

SECOND CIRCUIT.

SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

Admiralty, 133.

Collision, 274, 284.

Creditor's bill, 316.

Equity jurisdiction, 568.

Patents for inventions, 86, 88, 456, 464, 473, 477.

Removal of cause, 241.

WILLIAM J. WALLACE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Attachment—priority of lien, 424.

Eminent domain, 370.

Creditors' suits, 415.

Jurisdiction, 358.

Criminal law — mailing forbidden matter, 386.

Patents for inventions, 672.

Removal of cause, 565.

NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, CONNECTICUT.

Patents for inventions, 172, 234, 475.

Removal of cause, 801.

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A. C. COXE, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. NEW YORK.

Arrest and bail, 28.

Bankruptcy, 870.

Beneficial union, 840.

Bill of exceptions—practice, 844.

Collision, 47.

Findings by referee, 551.

Money paid by mistake, 361.

Municipal bonds, 377.

Patents for inventions, 32, 389.

Removal of cause, 49.

ADDISON BROWN, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. NEW YORK.

Charter-party, 912.

Removal of cause, 193.

CHARLES L. BENEDICT, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. NEW YORK.

Liens on boats and vessels, 46.

Maritime services, 704.

Salvage, 136.

Seamen, 299.

Shipping—negligent stowage, 89.

HOYT H. WHEELER, DISTRICT JUDGE, VERMONT.

Railroad bonds, 51.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

WILLIAM McKENNAN, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Collision, 700.

Equity jurisdiction, 418.

Patents for inventions, 452.

E. G. BRADFORD, DISTRICT JUDGE, DELAWARE.

Collision, 674.

JOHN T. NIXON, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW JERSEY.

Collision, 91.

Foreclosure sale, 169.

Jurisdiction, 406.

Patents for inventions, 351, 447, 553

WILLIAM BUTLER, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

Admiralty, 45, 395.

Bankruptcy, 31, 623, 624.

Corporation stockholders' bill, 21.

Collision, 397.

Maritime liens, 800.

MARCUS W. ACHESON, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

Bankruptcy, 443.

Constitutional law, 430.

Equity—jurisdiction, 418.

Judgment by confession, 54.

Pleading, 66.

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

MORRISON R. WAITE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

HUGH L. BOND, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Admiralty, 796.

THOMAS J. MORRIS, DISTRICT JUDGE, MARYLAND.

Service of process on foreign corporations, 823.

Shipping, 904.

GEORGE W. BROOKS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA.

ROBERT P. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. NORTH CAROLINA.

GEORGE S. BRYAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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R. W. HUGHES, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. VIRGINIA.

Admiralty proceedings, 917.

ALEXANDER RIVES, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. VIRGINIA.

JOHN J. JACKSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, WEST VIRGINIA.

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

WILLIAM B. WOODS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. Removal of cause, 2.

DON A. PARDEE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Injunction by stay actions, 794.

Removal of cause, 705.

JOHN BRUCE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S., M. AND N. D. ALABAMA.

Corporation contract, 153.

THOMAS SETTLE, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. FLORIDA.

JAMES W. LOCKE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. FLORIDA.

Disbarment of attorney, 815

JOHN ERSKINE, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. GEORGIA.

EDWARD C. BILLINGS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. LOUISIANA.

ALECK BOARMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. LOUISIANA.

ROBERT A. HILL, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. AND S. D. MISSISSIPPI.

Jurisdiction, 194.

Power of United States courts, 846.

AMOS MORRILL, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. TEXAS.

E. B. TURNER, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. TEXAS.

A. P. MCCORMICK, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. TEXAS.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

STANLEY MATTHEWS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

Admiralty, 909.

Taxation, 99.

JOHN BAXTER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Actions against foreign corporations, 4.

Injunction, 309.

JOHN WATSON BARR, DISTRICT JUDGE, KENTUCKY.

Civil-rights act, 340.

HENRY B. BROWN, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MICHIGAN.

Action for money had and received, 719.

Bankruptcy, 865.

Contempt—penalty, 716.

Removal of cause, 401.

SOLOMON L. WITHEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MICHIGAN.

Mental incapacity to contract, 587.

MARTIN WELKER, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. OHIO.

Damages—negligence, 70.

PHILIP B. SWING,* DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. OHIO.

Insurance broker, 75.

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D. M. KEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. AND M. D. TENNESSEE.

Transportation of live stock, 642.

E. S. HAMMOND, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. TENNESSEE.

Contract of sale, 24.

Criminal law, 632.

Foreign corporations—distribution of Assets, 495.

Judicial sale, 15.

Removal of cause, 482.

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

JOHN M. HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

Citizenship, 82.

Estates of deceased, 17.

Foreclosure, 363.

Practice—necessary party, 857.

THOMAS DRUMMOND, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Criminal procedure, 534.

Injunction, 514.

National banks, 811.

Patents for inventions, Trust—money followed into land, 503.

HENRY W. BLODGETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. ILLINOIS.

Mortgage, 806.

Patents for inventions, 893.

Removal of cause, 561.

SAMUEL H. TREAT, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. ILLINOIS.

WALTER Q. GRESHAM, DISTRICT JUDGE, INDIANA.

Patents for inventions, 479.

CHARLES E. DYER, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. WISCONSIN.

Patents for inventions, 874, 880.

ROMANZO BUNN, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. WISCONSIN.

EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

SAMUEL F. MILLER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

GEORGE W. MCCRARY, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Action ex delicto, 537.

Action—settlement by client, 215.

Attorney and client, 59.

Bankruptcy, 656.

Champerty, 319.

Concurrent jurisdiction, 161.

Contract between citizens of different states, 198.

Contract—novation, 109.

Corporation bonds, 623.

Criminal contempt, 530.

Ejectment, 208.

Equity—accounting, 509.

Equity—mistake, 252.

Fraudulent transfer of assets, 516.

Land grant to railroads, 103.

Mechanics' lien, 203.

Negligence, 591.

Patents for inventions, 673.

Public lands, 106.

Wills, 100.

HENRY C. CALDWELL, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. ARKANSAS.

Ejecting passenger from train, 117.

Railroad companies as carriers, 330

Shipping, 181.

ISAAC C. PARKER, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. ARKANSAS.

O. P. SHIRAS, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. IOWA.

JAMES M. LOVE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. IOWA.

Bankruptcy, 660.

Bond of indemnity, 382.

Contract of sale, 345.

Redemption, 369.

Removal of cause, 306.

Statute of limitations—foreign corporations, 827.

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C. G. FOSTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, KANSAS.

RENSSELAER R. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MINNESOTA.

Municipal corporations, 334.

Patents for inventions, 673.

Railroad discriminations, 373.

Sale and delivery, 264.

State insolvent laws, 872.

SAMUEL TREAT, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MISSOURI.

Code pleading, 844.

Common carrier, 39.

Depositions as evidence, 837.

Corporation—authority of directors, 802.

Equity—parties, 246.

Foreign insurance companies, 528.

Fraudulent transfer of assets, 519.

Landlord and tenant, 651, 652.

Municipal bonds, 334, 644.

Pleading—counter-claim, 545.

Removal of cause, 353.

Sheriff's return as evidence, 835.

ARNOLD KREKEL, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MISSOURI.

ELMER S. DUNDY, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEBRASKA.

MOSES HALLETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, COLORADO.

Constitution of Colorado, 546, 549.

New trial, 505.

NINTH CIRCUIT.

STEPHEN J. FIELD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

Chinese immigration, 286, 292.

Municipal corporations, 229.

Chinese merchants, 605.

Removal of cause, 145.

Equity—restraining proceedings at law, 422.

Taxation—constitutional law, 727.

LORENZO SAWYER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Mexican grant, 218.

Patents for inventions, 125.

State constitution—assessments, 790.

OGDEN HOFFMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, CALIFORNIA.

Collision, 93.

E. W. HILLYER,* DISTRICT JUDGE, NEVADA.

MATTHEW P. DEADY, DISTRICT JUDGE, OREGON.

Bill of review, 625.

Pleading, 295.

Sales by broker, 540.

Transportation of passengers—berths on vessels, 40.

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CASES REPORTED.

Page
A. C. & A. B. Treadwell & Co. v. Anglo-Am. Packing Co. 22
A. C. & A. B. Treadwell & Co., Fowler Brothers v. 22
Ah Sing, In re 286
Ah Tie, In re 291
Albright, Teas v. 406
Allen County, Thompson v. 97
Allis v. Buckstaff 879
Allis, Neacy v. 874
Allison, Hobby v. 401
Am. Cent. Ins. Co., Bailey v. 250
Am. Life Ins. Co. v. Town of Bruce, (Note,) 192
American Wine Co. v. Brasher Bros 595
Ames, Whittlesey v. 893
Amoskeag Nat. Bank v. Town of Ottawa, (Note,) 559
Anderson v. The Edam 135
Anglo-Am. Packing Co., A. G. & A B. Treadwell & Co. v. 22
Ant, The 91
Atchison, T. &. F. R. Co., Denver & N. O. R. Co. v. 546
Atchison, T. & S. F. U. Co., Kansas Pac. Ry. Co. v. 106
Beckus & Sons v. Start 69
Bailey v. Am. Cent. Jus. Co. 250
Banking House v. Trustees, (Note,) 304
Barker v. Todd 473
Bartlett v. Smith 263
Bate Refrigerating Co v. Gillett 553
Bauman, Palmen bing v. 672
Berry, Darling v. 659
Bessie Morris, The 397
Bickford, Delong v. 32
Bishop, Webber v. 49
Blessing, Leathers v., (Note,) 48
Burner, In re. 622, 623
Boyd v. Clark 908
Bradley, Marine & Riv. Phos., etc, Co. v., (Note,) 301
Brandres v. Cochrane, (Note,) 142
Brasher Bros., American Wine Co. v. 595
Brewis v. City of Duluth and Village of Duluth 334
Brooks, Watson v. 540
Buchanan, Hitchcock v., (Note,) 143
Buchholz. Palmenbing v. 672
Buckell, Jones v., (Note,) 302
v. 13—FED
Buckstaff, Allis v. 879
Bullock & Co. Tschergi & p. Schwinde 345
Burham v. Fritz 368
Burley, Burton v. 811
Burlington, C. R. & N. R. Co., Hale, Ayer & Co. v. 203
Burlington & M. R. R. Co., Taboreck v. 103
Burnes, Courtright v. 317
Burswell, The 904
Burton v. Burley 811
Bush v. United States 625
Bussey v. Memphis & L. R. R. Co. 330
Caldwell, Second Nat. Bank v. 429
Carll, United States v., (Note,) 96
Carson, Tuedt v. 353
Carstairs v. Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co. of N. Y 823
C. B. Sanford, The 910
Charles B. & James C. McVay, In re 443
Chicago, D. & v. R. Co. v. Fosdick, (Note,) 96
Chicago & A. R. Co., Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. 857
Chinese Cabin Waiter, Case of the 286
Chinese Laborers on Shipb'd, Case of 291
Chinese Merchant, Case of the 605
Cimbria, The 89
Cincinnati, I., St. L. & C. R. Co., McCoy v. 3
City of Duluth and Village of Duluth, Brewis v. 334
City of Louisiana v. Taylor, (Note,) 301
City of Manchester v. Ericsson, (Note,) 142
City of New Orleans v. Morris, (Note,) 237
City of Ottawa v. Nat. Bank, (Note,) 191
City of Peoria, Clark v. 561
City of Peoria, Darst v. 561
City of Troy, The 47
Clark, Boyd v. 908
Clark T. City of Peoria 561
Clark, Lull v. 456
Clark County, Whitford v. 644, 837
Coast Wrecking Co. v. Phoenix Ins. Co. 127
Cochrane, Brandres v., (Note,) 142
Coe v. Morgan 844
Columbia Fire Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
x
Commercial Fire Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Connell v. Utica, U. & E. R. Co. 241
Cooper, McNett v. 586
Cortis, Greefe v. 299
Cotter v. New Haven Copper Co 234
County Com'rs, Lewis v., (Note,) 240
County of San Mateo v. So. Pac R. Co. 145,722
Courtright v. Burnes 317
Coy v. Perkins. Ill Crellin v. Ely 420
Crescent Brewing Co., Gottfried r 479
Crittenden, Ralston v. 508
Cross v. Sabin 308
Darling v. Berry 659
Darst City of Peoria 661
Davenport v. Dodge Co., (Note,) 192
Davies v. Lathrop 565
Deakin, Lea v. 514
Deford, Hinkle & Co. v. Mehaffy 481
Delong v. Bickford 32
Denver & N. O. R. Co. v. Atchison, T. &S. F. R. Co. 546
Devonshire, The 39
Dinwiddie, San Francisco & N. R. Co. v. 789
Dixon, In re 109
Dodge Co., Davenport v., (Note,) 192
Domestic Sewing Mach. Co., Spring v. 446
Domestic & For. Missionary Society v. Hinman 161
Douglass, Milne v. 37
Douglass, Rails County v., (Note,) 190
Do well, Mitchell v., (Note,) 141
Duff v. First Nat. Bank 65
Dumont v. Fry 423
Dunscomb v. Hoist 11
Dunscombe v. The Edam 135
Dwight v. Smith 50
E. A. Baisley. The 703
East Tennessee v. & G. R. Co., United States v. 642
Edam, The, Anderson v. 135
Edam, The, Dunscombe v. 135
Ellerbe, In re 630
Ely, Crellin v. 420
Equitable Aid Union, Rowswell v. 840
E. Remington & Sons, Le Fever v. 86
Ericsson, City of Manchester v., (Note,) 142
Evans v. Kelly 903
Evers, Watson v. 194
Farley, Russell v., (Note,) 300
Farmers' Loan & T. Co., Hammock v., (Note,) 189
Farmers' Loan & T. Co. v. Oxford Iron Co. 169
Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, In re 361
Farr v. Town of Lyons 377
Field, Henry v., (Note,) 143
First Nat. Bank, Duff v. 65
First Nat. Bank of Lapeer, Gleason v. 719
Fletcher v. New York Life Ins. Co. 526
Fosdick, Chicago, D. & v. R. Co. v., (Note,) 96
Fowler, Brothers v. A. C. & A. B. Treadwell & Co. 22
Foye v. Nichols 125
French, Lincoln v., (Note,) 48
Fritz, Burham v. 368
Frost v. Marcus 88
Fry, Dumont v. 423
Gallena v. Hot Springs Railroad 116
Galloway, Tyler v. 477
Gay v. Joplin 650
Gentry v. Grand View Min. & Smelt. Co. 544,843
Geo. F. Bassett & Co., Schneider v. 351
Giles v. Little 100
Gillett, Bate Refrigerating Co. v. 553
Gleason v. First. Nat. Bk. of Lapeer 719
Golden Grove, The 674, 700
Gottfried v. Crescent Brewing Co. 479
Gottfried v. Stahlmann 673
Grand Trunk Ry. Co., Merchants' Manuf'g Co. v. 358
Grand View Min. & Smelt. Co., Gentry v. 544, 843
Greefe v. Cortis 299
Greenbaum, Ricker v. 363
Green, St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. 208
Griesser v. Mcllrath 873
Gundy, Reber v. 53
Hale, Ayer & Co. v. B., C. R. & N. R. Co. 203
Hammock v. Farmers' L. & T. Co., (Note,) 189
Harris v. Union Pacific R. Co. 591
Harrison v. Union Pac. Ry. Co. 522
Harvey, Smith v. 16
Hawkins, Stinson v. 833
Hayner v. Stanly 217
Henry v. Field, (Note,) 143
Hibernia Ins. Co. v. St. Louis & N. O. T. Co. 516
Hicks, Tillinghast v. 388
Hinman, Domestic & For. Missionary Society v. 161
Hitchcock v. Buchanan, (Note,) 143
Hobby v. Allison 401
Hohlweck, Palmenbing v. 672
Hoist, Dunscomb v. 11
Holt v. Keeler 464
Holthaus, Lehnbenter v., (Note,) 144
Hot Springs Railroad, Gallena v. 116
Hubert v. Recknagel 912
Huff, United States v. 630
Hunnewell, United States v. 617
Hunt, United States v., (Note,) 239
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Illinois Cent. R. Co., McCabe v. 827
Jackson, United States v., (Note,) 303
James T. McCormack, (Note,) 240
Jones v. Buckell, (Note,) 302
Jones, Steam Stone Cutter Co. T., 667
Johnson v. Johnson 193
Johnson v. Powers 315
John v. Farwell & Co., Ohlquist v. 305
John W. Hall, The 394
Johns Hopkins, The 185
Joplin, Gay v. 650
J. W. French, The 916
Kansas Pac. Ry. Co. v. Atchison, T. &S. F. R. Co. 106
Keeler, Holt v. 464
Kellar, United States r 82
Kellogg v. Miller 198
Kelly, Evans v. 903
Kelly, Price v., (Note,) 304
Kennedy, Messchaert v. 242
Kennedy, Sahlgaard v. 242
Kennedy, Stricker v. 242
Kentucky Central Ry. Co., smoot 337
Kerr, South Park Com'rs v. 602
Knapp Co., The, St. Louis v., (Note,) 144
Lamar v. Micou, (Note,) 303
Lathrop, Davies v. 565
Lawrence v. Norton 1
Lea v. Deak in 514
Leathers v. Blessing, (Note,) 48
Lee, Smith v. 28
Le Fever v. B. Remington & Sons 86
Lehnbenter v. Holthaus, (Note,) 144
Levee Board of Miss., Dist. No. 1, Stansell v. 846
Lewis v. County Com'rs, (Note,) 240
Life Ass'n of America, Taylor v. 493
Lincoln v. French, (Note,) 48
Litchfield, In re 863
Little, Giles v. 100
Low Yam Chow, In re 605
Lull v. Clark 456
Marcus, Frost v. 88
Marine & Riv. Phos., etc., Co. v. Bradley, (Note,) 301
Mark Lane, The 800
Marshall, Rogers v. 59
Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Chicago & A. R. Co. 857
Mather v. Nesbit 872
McCabe v. Illinois Cent. R. Co. 827
McCormack, James v., (Note,) 240
McCoy v. Cin., I., St. L. & C. R. Co. 3
McCoy, Percival v. 379
McIlrath, Griesser v. 373
McNett v. Cooper 586
McVay, In re 443
Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co. of N. Y., Carstaint v. 823
Mehaffy, Deford, Hinkle & Co. r 481
Memphis & L. R. Co., Bussey v. 330
Merchants' Manuf'g Co. v. Grand Trunk Ry. Co. 358
Meriden Fire Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Messchaert v. Kennedy 242
Micas v. Williams, (Note,) 303
Micou, Lamar v., (Note,) 303
Mill Boy, The 181
Miller, Kellogg v. 198
Milne v. Douglass 37
Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. Scott 793
Mitchell v. Dowell, (Note,) 141
Mohr & Mohr Dist. Co. v. Ohio Ins. Co. 74
Morgan, Coe v. 844
Morning Star Mining Co., Swanston v. 215
Morris, City of New Orleans v. (Note,) 237
Morris, New Orleans v., (Note,) 559
Mudge, Sampson v. 260
Murray, In re 550
Nat. Bank v. City of Ottaw, (Note,) 191
Neacy v. Allis 874
Nellis v. Pennock Manuf'g Co. 451
Nesbit, Mather v. 872
New Haven Copper Co., Cotter v. 234
New Orleans v. Morris, (Note,) 659
Newport & Cin. Bridge Co. v. United States, (Note,) 190
New York Life Ins. Co., Fletcher v. 526
New York, W. S. & B. R. Co., Ormerod v. 370
Nichols, Foye v. 125
Northern Illinois Coal & Iron Co., Young v. 806
Norton, Lawrence v. 1
Nottawa, Williams v., (Note,) 302
Noyes, Wallace v. 172
O'Brien, Phelan v. 656
Oder, The 272
Ohio Ins. Co., Mohr & Mohr Dist. Co. v. 74
Ohlquist v. John v. Farwell & Co. 305
One Haft of Timber, United States v. 796
Ormerod v. New York, W. S. & B. R. Co. 370
Oxford Iron Co., Farmers' Loan & T. Co. v. 169
Packing Co. Cases, The, (Note,) 304
Palmenbing v. Bauman 672
Palmenbing v. Buchholz 672
Palmenbing v. Hohl week 672
Palmer, In re 870
Pearson, Wilson v. 386
Peck Brothers & Co., Zane 475
Pennock Manuf'g Co., Nellis v. 451
Pennsylvania R. Co., Waldman v. 801
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Percival v. McCoy 379
Perkins, Coy v. 111
Phelan v. O'Brien 656
Phœnix Ins. Co., Coast Wrecking Co. v. 127
Phœnix Iron Co., Sellers v. 20
Potomac, The, (Note,) 399
Powers, Johnson v. 315
Price v. Kelly, (Note,) 304
Quong Woo, In re 229
Railroad Tax Cases, The 722
Rails County v. Douglass, (Note,) 190
Ralston v. Crittenden 508
Reber v. Gundy 53
Recknagel, Hubert v. 912
Ricker v. Greenbaum 363
Rindskopf, United States v., (Note,) 143
Roberts v. Swift 915
Rogers v. Marshall 59
Roger Williams Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emory Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Rowswell v. Equitable Aid Union 840
Russell y. Farley, (Note,) 300
Russell T. Stansell, (Note,) 142
Sabin, Oross v. 308
Sahlgaard v. Kennedy 242
St. Louis v. The Knapp Co., (Note,) 144
St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Green 208
St. Louis & N. O. T. Co., Hibernia Ins. Co. v. 516
Sampson v. Mudge 260
San Francisco & N. R. Co. v. Dinwiddie 789
Schneider v. Geo. F. Bassett & Co. 851
Scott, Missouri, K. A. T. R. Co. v. 793
Scruggs v. Viaer, (Note,) 304
Searls v. Worden 716
Second Nat. Bank v. Caldwell 429
Seligman, Walser v. 415
Sellers v. Phœnix Iron Co. 20
Shippen v. Tankersley 537
Shirley v. Waco Tap R. Co. 705
Simpson v. Spreckels 93
Smith, Bartlett v. 263
Smith, Dwight v. 50
Smith, In re 25
Smith v. Harvey 16
Smith v. Lee 28
Smoot v. Kentucky Cent. Ry. Co. 337
Sonoma County Tax Case, The 789
Southern Pac. R. Co., County of San Mateo v. 145, 722
South Park Com'rs v. Kerr 602
South & N. Ala. R. Co., Taylor v. 152
Spreckels, Simpson v. 93
Spring v. Domestic Sewing Mach. Co. 446
Stahlmann, Gottfried T 673
Stanly, Hayner v. 217
Stansell v. Levee Board of Miss., Dist. No. 1 846
Stansell, Russell v., (Note,) 142
Start, Backus & Sons v. 69
Steam. Stone Cutter Co. v. Jones 667
Stevenson v. Tex. & Pac. R. Co., (Note,) 302
Stinson v. Hawkins 833
Stout v. Yaeger Milling Co. 802
Stricker v. Kennedy 242
Strong v. Wiggins 418
Swanston v. Morning Star Mining Co. 215
Swift, Roberts v. 915
Taboreck v. B. & M. R. R. Co. 103
Tankersley, Shippen v. 537
Taylor, City of Louisiana v., (Note,) 301
Taylor v. Life Ass'n of America 493
Taylor v. South & N. Ala. R. Co. 162
Teas v. Albright 406
Texas & Pao. R. Co., Stevenson v., (Note,) 802
Thompson v. Allen County 97
Tillinghast v. Hicks 388
T. L. Wadsworth, The 46
Todd, Barkery 473
Town of Bruce, Am. Life Ins. Co. v., (Note,) 192
Town of Lyons, Farr v., 377
Town of Ottawa, Amoskeag Nat. Bank v., (Note,) 559
Trade Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Trustees, Banking House v., (Note,) 304
Tschergi & Schwinde, Bullock & Co. v. 345
Tuedt v. Carson 353
Tyler v. Galloway 477
Union Pacific R. Co., Harris v. 591
Union Pac. Ry. Co., Harrison v. 522
United Nickel Co. v. Worthington 392
United States, Bush v. 625
United States, Newport & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v., (Note,) 190
United States v. Carll, (Note,) 96
United States v. East Tennessee, v. & G. R. Co. 642
United States v. Huff 630
United States v. Hunnewell 617
United States v. Hunt, (Note,) 239
United States v. Jackson, (Note,) 303
United States v. Kellar 82
United States v. One Raft of Timber 796
United States v. Rindskopf, (Note,) 143
United States v. Whittier 634
Utica, U. & E. R. Co., Connell v. 241
Victoria, The 43
Viser, Scruggs v., (Note,) 304
Waco Tap R. Co., Shirley v. 705
xiii
Waldman v. Pennsylvania R. Co. 801
Wallace v. Noyes 172
Wallace v. Wilder 707
Wall, In re 814
Walser v. Seligman 415
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Columbia Fire Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Commercial Fire Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Meriden Fire Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Roger Williams Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Trade Ins. Co. 646
Watson v. Brooks 540
Watson v. Evers 194
Webberr. Bishop 49
Whistler, The 295,
Whitford v. Clark County 644, 837
Whittlesey v. Ames 893
Whittier, United StatesT 534
Wiggins, Strong v. 418
Wilder, Wallace v. 707
Williams, Micas v., (Note,).303
Williams & Leidig, In re 30
Williams v. Nottawa, (Note,) 302
Wilson v. Pearson 386
Wm. H. Blumer & Co., In re 622, 623
Wolverton, The 44
Worden, Searls v. 716
Worthington, United Nickel Co. v. 392
Yaeger Milling Co., Stout v. 802
Young v. Northern Illinois Coal & Iron Co. 806
Zane v. Peck Bros. & Co. 475
xiv xv

CASES REPORTED.

ARRANGED UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE CIRCUITS AND DISTRICTS.

Page
FIRST CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS
Columbia Fire Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Commercial Fire Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Coy v. Perkins. Ill Hunnewell, United States v. 617
Johns Hopkins, The 185
Meriden Fire Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Mudge. Sampson v. 260
Perkins, Coy v. 111
Roger Williams Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
Sampson v. Mudge 260
Smith, In re 25
Trade Ins. Co., Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. 646
United Nickel Co. v. Worthington 392
United States v. Hunnewell 617
Victoria, The 43
Wallace v. Wilder 707
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Columbia Fire Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Commercial Fire Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Meriden Fire Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Roger Williams Ins. Co. 646
Washington Mills Emery Manuf'g Co. v. Trade Ins. Co. 646
Wilder, Wallace v. 707
Worthington, United Nickel Co. v. 392
DISTRICT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.
C B. Sanford. The 910
Roberts v. Swift 915
Swift, Roberts v. 915
SECOND CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT
Cotter v. New Haven Copper Co 234
New Haven Copper Co., Cotter v. 234
Noyes, Wallace v. 172
Peck Brothers & Co., Zane v. 475
Wallace v. Noyes 172
Zane v. Peck Bros. & Co. 475
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK
Coast Wrecking Co. v. Phœnix Ins. Co. 127
Oder, The 272
Phœnix Ins. Co., Coast Wrecking Co. v. 127
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.
Anderson v. The Edam 135
Cimbria, The 89
Cortis, Greefe v. 299
Dunscombe v. The Edam 135
E. A. Baisley, The 703
Edam, The, Anderson v. 135
Edam, The, Dunscombe v. 135
Greefe v. Cortis 299
T. L. Wadsworth, The.; 46
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK
Barker v. Todd 473
Bickford, Delong v. 32
Bishop, Webber v. 49
Clark, Lull v. 456
Coe v. Morgan 844
Connell v. Utica, U. & E. R. Co. 241
Delong v. Bickford 32
Equitable Aid Union, Rowswell v. 840
E, Remington & Sons, Le Fever v. 86
xvi
Farr v. Town of Lyons 377
Galloway, Tyler v. 477
Hicks, Tillinghast v. 388
Holt v. Keeler 464
Johnson v. Powers 315
Keeler, Holt v. 464
Le Fever v. E. Remington & Sons 86
Lull v. Clark 456
Morgan, Coe v. 844
Powers, Johnson v. 315
Rowswell v. Equitable Aid Union 840
Tillinghast v. Hicks 388
Todd, Barker v. 473
Town of Lyons, Parr v. 377
Tyler v. Galloway 477
Utica, U. & B. R. Co., Connell v. 241
Webber v. Bishop 49
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK.
City of Troy, The 47
Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, In re 361
Lee, Smith v. 28
Murray, In re 550
Palmer, In re 870
Smith v. Lee 28
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK
Bauman, Palmenbing v. 672
Buchholz, Palmenbing v. 672
Davies v. Lathrop 565
Dumont v. Fry 423
Frost v. Marcus 88
Fry, Dumont v. 423
Grand Trunk Ry. Co., Merchants' Manuf'g Co. v. 358
Hohlweek, Palmenbing v. 672
Johnson v. Johnson 193
Lathrop, Davies v. 565
Marcus, Frost v. 88
Merchants' Manuf'g Co. v. Grand Trunk Ry. Co. 358
New York, W. S. & B. R. Co., Or merod v. 370
Ormerod v. New York, W. S. & B. R. Co. 370
Palmenbing v. Bauman 672
Palmenbing v. Buchholz 672
Palmenbing v. Hohlweek 672
Pearson, Wilson v. 386
Seligman, Walser v. 415
Walser v. Seligman 415
Wilson v. Pearson 386
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Hubert v. Recknagel 912
Pennsylvania R. Co., Waldman v. 801
Recknagel, Hubert v. 912
Waldman v. Pennsylvania R. Co. 801
CIRCUIT COURT, D. VERMONT
Dwight v. Smith 50
Jones, Steam Stone Cutter Co. v. 567
Smith, Dwight v. 50
Steam Stone Cutter Co v. Jones 567
THIRD CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. DELAWARE
Golden Grove, The 700
DISTRICT COURT, D. DELAWARE.
Golden Grove, The 674
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY
Albright, Teas v. 406
Bate Refrigerating Co v. Gillett 553
Domestic Sewing Mach. Co., Spring v. 446
Farmers' Loan & T. Co. v. Oxford Iron Co. 169
Geo. F. Bassctt & Co., Schneider v. 351
Gillett, Bate Refrigerating Co. v. 553
Oxford Iron Co., Farmers' Loan & T. Co v. 169
Schneider v. Geo. F. Bassett & Co. 351
Spring v. Domestic Sewing Mach. Co. 446
Teas v. Albright 406
DISTRICT COURT, D. NEW JERSET.
Ant, The 91
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA
Nellis v. Pennock Manuf'g Co. 451
Pennock Manuf'g Co., Nellis v. 451
Phœnix Iron Co., Sellers v. 20
Sellers v. Phœnix Iron Co. 20
Wolverton, The 44
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Bessie Morris, The 397
Blumer, In re 622, 623
John W. Hall, The.; 394
Mark Lane, The. 800
Wm. H. Blumer & Co., In re 622, 623
Williams & Leidig, In re 30
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA
Duff v. First Nat. Bank 65
First Nat. Bank, Duff v. 65
xvii
Strong v. Wiggins 418
Wiggins, Strong v. 418
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Caldwell, Second Nat. Bank v. 429
Charles B. & James C. McVay, In re 443
Gundy, Keber v. 53
McVay, In re 443
Reber v. Gundy 53
Second Nat. Bank v. Caldwell 429
FOURTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MARYLAND
Burswell, The 904
DISTRICT COURT, D. MARYLAND.
Carstairs v. Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co. of N. Y 823
Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co. of N. Y., Carstairs v. 823
CIRCUIT COURT, D. SOUTH CAROLINA
One Raft of Timber, United States v. 796
United States v. One Raft of Timber
796
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. VIRGINIA.
J. W. French, The., 916
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ALABAMA
South & N. Ala. R. Co., Taylor v. 152
Taylor v. South & N. Ala. R. Co. 152
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. FLORIDA
Wall, In re 814
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. MISSISSIPPI.
Levee Board of Miss., Dist. No. 1, Stansell v. 846
Stansell v. Levee Board of Miss., Dist. No. 1 846
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. MISSISSIPPI
Evers, Watson v. 194
Watson v. Evers 194
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. TEXAS
Lawrence v. Norton. i 1
Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. Scott 793
Norton, Lawrence v. 1
Scott, Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. 793
Shirley v. Waco Tap R. Co. 705
Waco Tap R. Co., Shirley v. 705
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. KENTUCKY
Allen County, Thompson v. 97
Kentucky Central R. v. Co., Smoot v. 337
Smoot v. Kentucky Cent. Ry. Co. 337
Thompson v. Allen County 97
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MICHIGAN.
Allison, Hobby v. 401
Hobby v. Allison 401
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Boyd v. Clark 908
Clark, Boyd v. 908
First Nat. Bank of Lapeer, Gleason v. 719
Gleason v. First. Nat. Bk. of Lapcer 719
Searls v. Worden 716
Worden, Searls v. 716
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN
Litchfield, In re 867
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MICHIGAN, S. D.
Cooper, McNett v. 586
McNett v. Cooper 586
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. OHIO, W. D.
Backus & Sons v. Start 69
Start, Backus & Sons v. 69
CIRCUIT COURT, 6. D. OHIO, W. D.
Cincinnati, I., St. L. & C. R. Co., McCoy v. 3
McCoy v. Cin., I., St. L. & C. R. Co. 3
Mohr & Mohr Dist. Co. v. Ohio Ins. Co. 74
Ohio Ins. Co., Mohr & Mohr Dist. Co. v. 74
CIRCUIT COURT. E. D. TENNESSEE.
Cross v. Sabin 308
xviii
East Tennessee v. & G. R. Co., United States v. 642
Sabin, Cross v. 308
United States v. East Tennessee, v. & G. R. Co. 642
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE.
A. C. & A. B. Treadwell & Co. v. Anglo-Am. Packing Co. 22
A. C. & A. B. Treadwell & Co., Fowler Brothers v. 22
Anglo-Am. Packing Co., A. C. & A. B. Treadwell & Co. v. 22
Deford, Hinkle & Co. v. Mehaffy 481
Dunscomb v. Holst 11
Fowler Brothers v. A. C. & A. B
Treadwell & Co. 22
Hoist, Dunscomb v. 11
Huff, United States v. 630
Life Ass'n of America, Taylor v. 493
Mehaffy, Deford, Hinklo & Co. v. 481
Tavlor v. Life Ass'n of America 493
United States v. Huff 630
SEVENTH CIECUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.
Ames, Whittlesey v. 893
Burley, Burton v. 811
Burton v. Burley 811
Chicago & A. B. Co., Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. 857
City of Peoria, Clark v. 561
City of Peoria, Darst v. 561
Clark v. City of Peoria 561
Darst v. City of Peoria 561
Deakin, Lea v. 514
Evans v. Kelly 903
Greenbaum, llicker v. 363
Harvey, Smith v. 16
Kelly, Evans v. 903
Kerf, South Park Com'is v. 502
Lea v. Deakin 514
Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Chicago & A. R. Co. 857
Northern Illinois Coal & Iron Co., Young v. 806
Ricker v. Greenbaum 363
Smith v. Harvey 16
South Park Com'rs v. Kerr 502
United States v. Whittier 534
Whittier, United States v. 534
Whittlesey v. Ames 893
Young v. Northern Illinois Coal & Iron Co. 806
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. ILLINOIS.
Kollar, United States v. 82
United States v. Kellar 82
CIRCUIT COURT, D. INDIANA.
Crescent Brewing Co., Gottfried v. 479
Gottfried v. Crescent Brewing Co. 479
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. WISCONSIN.
Allis, Neacy v. 874
Allis v. Buckstafl 879
Buekstafl, Allis v. 879
Neacy v. Allis 874
EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. ARKANSAS.
Bussey v. Memphis & L. R. R. Co. 330
Gallenav. Hot Springs Railroad 116
Hot Springs Railroad, Gallena v. 116
Memphis & L. II. R. Co., Bussey v. 330
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. ARKANSAS.
Mill Boy, The 181
CIRCUIT COURT, D. COLORADO.
American Wine Co. v. Brasher Bros 595
Atchison, T. & 8. F. R. Co., Denver N. O. R. Co. v. 546
Brasher Bros., American Wine Co. v. 595
Denver & N. O. R. Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. 546
Green, St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. 208
Harris v. Union Pacific R. Co. 591
Marshall, Rogers v. 59
Morning Star Mining Co., Swanston v. 215
Rogers v. Marshall 59
St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Green 208
Shippen v. Tankersley 537
Swanston v. Morning Star Mining Co. 215
Tankersley, Shippen v. 537
Union Pacific R. Co., Harris v. 591
CIRCUIT COURT, D. IOWA.
Berry, Darling v. 659
Bullock & Co. v. Tschergi & Schwinde 345
Burlington, C. R. & N. R. Co., Hale, Aver & Co. v. 203
Darling v. Berry 659
xix
Hale, Ayer & Co. v. B., C. R. & N. R. Co. 203
Tschergi & Schwinde, Bullock & Co. v. 345
CIRCUIT COURT, D. IOWA, C. D.
Burham v. Fritz 368
Fritz, Burham v. 368
CIRCUIT COURT, D. IOWA, N. D.
John v. Farwell & Co., Ohlquist v. 305
Ohlquist v. John v. Farvvell & Co. 305
CIRCUIT COURT, D. IOWA, S. D.
Am. Cent. Ins. Co., Bailey v. 250
Bailey v. Am. Cent. Ins. Co. 250
CIRCUIT COURT, D. IOWA, W. D.
McCoy, Percival v. 379
Percival v. McCoy 379
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA
Illinois Cent. R. Co. McCabe v. 827
McCabe v. Illinois Cent. K. Co. 827
CIRCUIT COURT, D. KANSAS.
Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co., Kansas Pac. Ry. Co. v. 106
Kansas Pac. Ry. Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. 106
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MINNESOTA
Bartlett v. Smitli 263
Brewis v. City of Duluth and Village of Duluth 334
Carson, Tuedt v. 353
Citv of Duluth and Village of Duluth, Brewis v. 334
Gottfried v. Stahlmann 673
Griesser v. McIIrath 373
Kennedy, Messchaert v. 242
Kennedy, Sahlgaurd v. 242
Kennedy, Strieker v. 242
Mather v. Nesbit 872
McIIrath. Griesser v. 373
Messchaert v. Kennedy 242
Nesbit, Mather v. 872
SahJgaard v. Kennedy 242
Smith, Bartlett v. 263
Stahlmann, Gottfried v. 673
Strieker v. Kennedy 242
Tuedt v. Carson 353
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI
Clark County, Whitford v. 644, 837
Douglass, Milne v. 37
Ellerbe, In re 530
Fletcher v. New York Life Ins. Co. 526
Gay v. Joplin 650
Gentry v. Grand View Min. & Smelt. Co. 544,843
Grand View Min. & Smelt. Co., Gentry v. 544, 843
Harrison v. Union Pac. Ry. Co. 52
Hawkins, Stinson v. 833
Hibernia Ins. Co. v. St. Louis & N. O. T. Co. 516
Joplin, Gay v. 650
Milne v. Douglass 37
New York Life Ins. Co., Fletcher v. 526
O'Brien, Phelan v. 656
Phelan v. O'Brien 656
St. Louis & N. O. T. Co., Hibernia Ins. Co. v. 516
Stinson v. Hawkins 833
Stout v. Yaeger Milling Co. 802
Union Pac. Ry. Co., Harrison v. 522
Whitford v. Clark County 644, 837
Yaeger Milling Co., Stout v. 802
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MISSOURI, E. D
Crittenden, Ralston v. 508
Dixon, In re 109
Ralston v. Crittenden 508
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MISSOURI, W. D
Burnes, Courtright v. 317
Courtright v. Burnes 317
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEBRASKA
Burlington & M. R. R. Co., Taboreck v. 103
Domestic & For. Missionary Society v. Hinman. 161
Giles v. Little 100
Hinman, Domestic & For. Missionary Society v. 161
Kellogg v. Miller. 198
Little, Giles v. 100
Miller, Kellogg v. 198
Taboreck v. B. & M. R. R. Co. 103
NINTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA
Ah Sing, In re 286
Ah Tie, In re 291
xx
Chinese Cabin Waiter, Case of the 286
Chinese Laborers on Shipboard, Case of the 291
Chinese Merchant, Case of the 605
County of San Mateo v. So. Pac R. Co. 145, 722
Crellin v. Ely 420
Dinwiddie, Ban Francisco & N. R. Co. v. 789
Ely, Crellin v. 420
Foye v. Nichols 125
HayDer v. Stanly 217
Low Yam Chow, In re 605
Nichols, Foye v. 125
Quong Woo, In re 229
Railroad Tax Cases, The 722
San Francisco & N. R. Co. v. Dinwiddie 789
Sonoma County Tax Case, The 789
Southern Pac. R. Co., County of San Mateo v. 145, 722
Stanly, Hayner v. 217
DISTRICT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA
Simpson v. Spreckels 93
Spreckels, Simpson v. 93
CIRCUIT COURT, D. OREGON
Brooks, Watson v. 540
Bush v. United States 625
Devonshire, The 39
United States, Bush v. 625
Watson v. Brooks 540
DISTRICT COURT, D. OREGON
Whistler, The 295

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