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National Reporter System. United States Series.

THE FEDERAL REPORTER.
VOL. 23.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

MARCH—JUNE, 1885.

ROBERT DESTY, EDITOR.

SAINT PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1885.

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JUDGES

OF THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

FIRST CIRCUIT.

HON. HORACE GRAY, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. LE BARON B. COLT, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. NATHAN WEBB, DISTRICT JUDGE, MAINE.

HON. DANIEL CLARK, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HON. THOMAS L. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HON. GEORGE M. CARPENTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, RHODE ISLAND.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

HON. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, CONNECTICUT.

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

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

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

HON. HOYT H. WHEELER, DISTRICT JUDGE, VERMONT.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

HON. JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. WILLIAM McKENNAN, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. LEONARD E. WALES, DISTRICT JUDGE, DELAWARE.

HON. JOHN T. NIXON, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW JERSEY.

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

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

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FOURTH CIRCUIT.

HON. MORRISON R. WAITE, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. HUGH L. BOND, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. THOMAS J. MORRIS, DISTRICT JUDGE, MARYLAND.

HON. AUGUSTUS S. SEYMOUR, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA.

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

HON. GEORGE S. BRYAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

HON. JOHN PAUL, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. VIRGINIA.

HON. JOHN J. JACKSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, WEST VIRGINIA.

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

HON. WILLIAM B. WOODS, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. DON A. PARDEE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

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

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

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

HON. H. K. McCAY, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. GEORGIA.

HON. JOHN ERSKINE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. GEORGIA.1

HON. EMORY SPEER, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. GEORGIA.2

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

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

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

HON. AMOS MORRILL. DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. TEXAS.3

HON. C. B. SABIN, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. TEXAS.4

HON. A. P. McCORMICK, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. TEXAS.

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

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

HON. STANLEY MATTHEWS, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. JOHN BAXTER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. JOHN WATSON BARR, DISTRICT JUDGE, KENTUCKY.

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

HON. SOLOMON J. WITHEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MICHIGAN.

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

HON. G. R. SAGE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. OHIO.

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

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

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

HON. JOHN M. HARLAN, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. WALTER Q. GRESHAM, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

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

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

HON. WILLIAM A. WOODS, DISTRICT JUDGE, INDIANA.

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

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

EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

HON. SAMUEL F. MILLER, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. DAVID J. BREWER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

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

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

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

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

HON. C. G. FOSTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, KANSAS.

HON. RENSSELAER R. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MINNESOTA.

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

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

HON. ELMER S. DUNDY, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEBRASKA.

HON. MOSES HALLETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, COLORADO.

NINTH CIRCUIT.

HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. LORENZO SAWYER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. OGDEN HOFFMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, CALIFORNIA.

HON. GEORGE M. SABIN, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEVADA.

HON. MATTHEW P. DEADY, DISTRICT JUDGE, OREGON.

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v.23—FED

CASES REPORTED.

Aalholm v. A Cargo of Iron Ore 620
Abraham v. Western U. Tel. Co 315
Adams v. County of Republic 211
Addicks v. Three Hundred and Fifty-four Tons Crude Kainit 727
Ætna Life Ins. Co., Prudential Assur. Co. v 438
Ah Ping, In re 329
Alaska, The 597
Alberta, The 807
Allen v. O'Donald 573
Alien, Riley v. 46
Allen, The Charles 407
Alpin, The, (nine cases,) 815
Amelia, The 406
Amsterdam, The 112
Anchoria, The 669
Anderson, In re 482
Archer, The 350
Baker, Pioneer Gold Mining Co. v 258
Baker, In re 30
Baker, The S. B 109
Baldwin, McGriff v 222
Baltimore & O. Tel. Co., Western U. Tel. Co. v 12
Banks v. Manchester 143
Barefield, United States v 136
Barker, Wooster v 49
Barry v. United States Mut. Accident Ass'n 712
Bartlett v. His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan 257
Batchelder, Steam Stone-cutter Co. v 313
Bayaud, United States v 721
Bayle v. City of New Orleans 843
Bell Telephone Co., State of Missouri v 539
Bellici v. The Prinz Georg 906
Bickelhoupt, Hayes v 183
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 521
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 523
Blair v. St. Louis, II. & K. R. Co 524
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. Ry. Co 704
Blake, Wooster v 49
Blakemore v. Heyman 648
Bonebrake, Windle v 165
Boston Electric Co. v. Electric Gas Lighting Co 838
Boston Electric Co. v. New England Electric Manuf'g Co 838
Boston & Fairhaven Iron Works, In re 880
Bowen, Gillett v 625
Boxes of Opium v. United States 367
Bresnahan, Richardson v 897
Brewster, Norton v 840
Brock way, In re 583
Brooks, Citizens' Bank v 21
Broughty v. Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-six Bundles of Staves 106
Brown v. Fisk 228
Brownlee, Newby v 320
Bryce, D. M. Osborne & Co. v 171
Buffalo Lubricating Oil Co., Vacuum Oil Co. v 891
Bugher v. Prescott 20
Burlingame v. Central R. of Minn 706
Cameron, Howes v 324
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Preston v 179
Canan v. Pound Manuf'g Co 185
Candee, Woonsocket Rubber Co. v 797
Cargo of Iron Ore, Aalholm v 620
Cargo of Lumber, A, Parquette v 301
Carl, The 727
Carlsdotter v. The E. B. Ward, Jr 900
Caro, The 734
Carroll, Phillips v 249
Catchings, Mitchell v 710
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Chrolithion Collar & Cuff Co 397
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Comstock 38
Central R. of Minn., Burlingame v 706
Central Trust Co. v. Ohio Cent. R. Co. 306
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 673
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 703
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 846
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & Pac. Ry. Co 513
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 675
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co 858
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 863
Central Trust Co., Wabash, St. L. & Pac. Ry. Co. v., (two cases,) 513
viii
Central Trust Co., Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co. v 738
Central Trust Co., Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co. v 858
Central Trust Co., Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. v 863
Challenge Corn-planter Co., Farmers' Friend Manuf'g Co. v 42
Charles Allen, The 407
Chasea, The 156
Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., Hynes v 18
Chicago & G. S. Ry. Co., Hack v 356
Chrolithion Collar & Cuff Co., Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v 397
Cincinnati, I., St. L. & C. Ry. Co., Watson v 443
Citizens' Bank v. Brooks 21
City of Alexandria, The 826
City of De Soto, Laird v 780
City of Memphis, Hill v 872
City of New Orleans, Bayle v 843
City of New York, The 616
City of Owensboro, Claybrook v 634
Clark, McLean v 861
Claybrook v. City of Owensboro 634
Cleaveland, Hammond v 1
Cleveland Rolling-mill Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 720
Colgate v. Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphe de Paris a N. Y 82
Columbus, Hocking Valley & T. Ry. Co., In re 306
Commercial Tel. Co., Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v 340
Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphe de Paris a N. Y., Colgate v 82
Comstock, Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. 38
Conroy v. Oregon Construction Co 71
Coos Bay Wagon Road Co., Green v. 67
County of Carter, Sinton v 535
County of Lauderdale v. Foster 516
County of Republic, Adams v 211
Crossin, Foster v., (two Cases,) 400
Dausman, Glenn v 695
Dawson, Leech v 654
Day v. Fair Haven & W. R. Co 189
Day, Richardson v 227
De Kuyper v. Witteman 871
Delaware, L. & W. Ry. Co., Wilkinson v 561
Delaware, L. & W. Ry. Co., Wilkinson v 562
Denver & R. G. Ry. Co., Frank v 123
Denver & R. G. Ry. Co., Frank v 757
Dewees, St. Louis, K. C. & C. R. Co. v 519
Dewees, St. Louis, K. C. & C. Ry. Co. v 691
Dimmock, Glenn v 695
District Attorney, In re 26
D. M. Osborne & Co. v. Bryce 171
Doelger, New York Bung & Bushing Co. v 191
Domestic Sewing-machine Co., Wooster v 49
Doolittle, In re 544
Dorsheimer, Glenn v 695
Douglas, Pennsylvania Coal Co. v 226
Dudgeon v. Watson 161
Duff, Steam Stone-cutter Co. v 313
E. B. Ward, Jr., Carlsdotter v 900
E. B. Ward, Jr., The 900
Edith Godden, The 43
Edwin, The 255
Electric Gas-lighting Co. v. Smith & Rhodes Electric Co 195
Electric Gas-lighting Co., Boston Electric Co. v 838
E. Luckenback, The 725
Ewing, Smith v 741
Fair Haven & W. R. Co., Day v 189
Farmers' Friend Manuf'g Co. v. Challenge Corn-planter Co 42
Fisher v. Porter 162
Fisk, Brown v 228
Fitton v. Phœnix Assur. Co 3
Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-six Bundles of Staves, Broughty v 106
Foehrenbach, New York Bung & Bushing Co. v 196
Foster v. Crossin, (two cases,) 400
Foster v. Seymour 65
Foster, County of Lauderdale v 516
Foy, Glenn v 695
Frank v. Denver & R. G. Ry. Cy 123
Frank v. Denver & R. G. Ry. Co 757
Frazer Lubricator Co. v. Frazer 305
Frazer, Frazer Lubricator Co. v 305
Fuller v. Wright 833
Gage v. Kellogg 891
Gentry v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor 718
German School Ass'n, Pilla v 700
Gibbony's Adm'r, Ex parte 482
Gillett v. Bowen 625
Gilliland, Goldsmith v 645
Glenn v. Dausman 695
Glenn v. Dimmock 695
Glenn v. Dorsheimer 695
Glenn v. Foy 695
Glenn v. Hunt 695
Glenn v. Liggett 695
Glenn v. Lockwood 695
Glenn v. Lucas 695
Glenn v. Noonan 696
Glenn v. Priest 695
Glenn v. Scott 695
Glenn v. Taussig 695
Glenn v. Triplett 695
Glenn v. Von Phul 695
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Godden, The Edith 43
Goepel, Premuda v 410
Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v. Commercial Tel. Co 340
Goldsmith v. Gilliland 645
Goldsmith v. North German Lloyd. 820
Goodyear v. Hartford Spring Axle Co 36
Gordon v. St. Paul Harvester Works 147
Grain Drill Mauuf'rs Co. v. Rude 348
Green v. Coos Bay Wagon Road Co. 67
G. Reusens, The 403
Gunning, United States v 668
Gurney, Jenkins v 898
Hack v. Chicago & G. S. Ry. Co 356
Hamblen, Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. 225
Hamilton v. Walsh 420
Hammond v. Cleaveland 1
Handy, Wooster v 49
Hanner v. Moulton 5
Hapgood v. Rosenstock 86
Harrison v. Merritt 653
Hartford Spring Axle Co., Goodyear v 36
Hartford Woven-wire Mattress Co. v. Peerless Wire Mattress Co 587
Hartog v. Memory 835
Hartung, Kappes v 187
Hassler, Norris v 581
Hayes v. Bickelhoupt 183
Hendryx, Perkins v 418
Heyman, Blakemore v 648
Hibdom, State of Tennessee v 795
Higgins v. McCrea 782
Hill v. City of Memphis 872
Hill, Roberts v 311
Hill, Sharon v 353
Hills v. Stockwell & Darragh Furniture Co 432
Hills, The 413
His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, v. Providence Tool Co 572
His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, Bartlett v 257
Hofheimer, Market Nat. Bank v 13
Holcomb v. Holcomb 781
Holt v. Menendez 869
Houghton, Kelly v 417
Howe Machine Co., Wooster v 49
Howes v. Cameron 324
Hunt, Glenn v 695
Hynes v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co 18
Insurance Co., Merrill v 245
Irving, Woolridge v 676
I. & V. Florio S. S. Co., Mina v 915
Jack Jewett, The 927
Jamaica, Metropolitan S. S. Co. v 448
Jamaica, The 448
J. B. Sickles Saddlery Co., Osrner v 724
Jeffries v. Laurie 786
Jenkins v. Gurney 898
Jennings v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co 569
Johnson, Peard v 507
Jones, Steam Stone-cutter Co. v 313
Kane, United States v 748
Kappes v. Hartung 187
Kehler v. New Orleans Ins. Co 709
Kellogg v. Root 525
Kellogg, Gage v 891
Kelly v. Houghton 417
Kelly v. Otis 903
Kendall, Mundy v 591
Kent's Adm'r, Ex parte 482
King, United States v 138
Kingman, Pattee Plow Co. v 801
Kingston, The 200
Klein, Valley Nat. Bank of St. Louis v 676
Knowlton. North v 163
Koehler, Ex parte 529
Laird v. City of De Soto 780
Lalance & Grosjean Manuf'g Co. v. United States Stamping Co 800
Lancaster, Morley Sewing-machine Co v 344
Landsherg, United States v 585
Laurie, Jeffries v 786
Leclanche Battery Co. v. Western Electric Co 276
Leech v. Dawson 654
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. Hamblen 225
Lehman v. Rosengarten 642
Liberty Bell, The 843
Liggett, Glenn v 695
Lockwood, Glenn v 695
Logwood v. Memphis & C. R. Co 318
Lucas, Glenn v 695
Luckenback, The E 725
Lydian Monarch, The 298
Lyon, Rawson v 107
Mace, McKay v 76
Mackin v. United States 334
Magowan, New York Belting & Packing Co. v 596
Manchester, Banks v 143
Mangalore, The 462
Mangalore, The 463
Market Nat. Bank v. Hofheimer 13
Mary Bradford, The 733
Mary R. McKillop, The 829
Marye, Parsons v 113
Mathews, United States v 74
Mauritz v. New York, L. E. & W. R. Co 765
McAlpine v. Union Pac. Ry. Co 168
McCarty, Steam Stone-cutter Co. v 313
McCrea, Higgins v 782
x
McFarland v. Spencer 150
McGriff v. Baldwin 222
McKay v. Mace 76
McKinney v. Rosenband 785
McLean v. Clark 861
McVey, In re 878
Mealey v. Metropolitan L. Ins. Co 25
Means v. Montgomery 421
Mellon v. Smith-Davis Manuf'g Co. 153
Memory, Hartog v 835
Memphis & C. R. Co., Logwood v 318
Menendez, Holt v 869
Merrill v. Insurance Co 245
Merritt, Harrison v 653
Merriwether, In re 704
Metropolitan L. Ins. Co., Mealey v 25
Metropolitan S. S. Co. v. The Jamaica 448
Meyers v. Shurtleff 577
Miller, In re 32
Mina v. I. & V. Florio S. S. Co 915
Missouri Pac. Ry. Co., Pacific Railroad v 565
Mitchell v. Catchings 710
Montgomery, Means v 421
Montgomery, Small v 707
Montpelier Carriage Co., Parker v 886
Morley Sewing-machine Co. v. Lancaster 344
Morris, Stebbins v 360
Morrisania, The 731
Morrison v. Price 217
Mosher v. St. Louis, I. M. & T. Ry. Co 326
Moulton, Hanner v 5
Mueller, Willard v 209
Mundy v. Kendall 591
Murphy v. Western & A. R. It 637
Nassau Ferry Co. v. The Nereus 448
Neal, Wilson v 129
Nellie Flagg, The 671
Nereus, The 448
Nereus, The, Nassau Ferry Co. v 448
Neumann, Roemer v 447
Newby v. Brownlee 320
New Castle N. R. Co. v. Simpson 214
New England Electric Manuf'g Co., Boston Electric Co. v 838
New Jersey Lighterage Co., Quinn v 363
New Orleans Ins. Co., Kehler v 709
New Orleans, The 909
New Orleans, The, Oteri v 909
New York Belting & Packing Co. v. Magowan 596
New York Bung & Bushing Co. v. Doelger 191
New York Bung & Bushing Co. v. Foehrenbach 195
New York, L. E. & W. R. Co., Mauritz v 765
Noonan, Glenn v 695
Norris v. Hassler 581
North v. Knowlton 163
North, Orton v 163
North German Lloyd, Goldsmith v. 820
North Hudson C. R. Co., Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v 593
Northern Pac. Ry. Co., Wells, Fargo & Co. v 469
Norton v. Brewster 840
O'Donald, Allen v 573
Ohio Cent. R. Co., Central Trust Co. of N. Y. v 306
Olyphant v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co. 465
Oregon Construction Co., Conroy v 71
Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co., Oregonian Ry. Co. v 232
Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co 232
Orton v. North 163
Osmer v. J. B. Sickles Saddlery Co 724
Oteri v. The New Orleans 909
Otis, Kelly v 903
Pacific, The 154
Pacific Railroad v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co 565
Palmer, Travers v 511
Paquette v. A Cargo of Lumber 301
Parker v. Montpelier Carriage Co 886
Parker v. Stow 252
Parsons v. Marye 113
Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman 801
Patterson Co., Union Tubing Co. v. 79
Pavonia, The 204
Peard v. Johnson 507
Peerless Wire Mattress Co., Hartford Woven-wire Mattress Co v 587
Pennland, The 551
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Douglas 226
Perkins v. Hendryx 418
Persian Monarch, The 820
Philadelphia & R. R. Co., Jennings v 569
Phillips v. Carroll 249
Phœnix Assur. Co., Fitton v 3
Pilla v. German School Ass'n 700
Pilot Boy, The 103
Pioneer Gold Mining Co. v. Baker 258
Ponce, Stachelberg v 430
Porter, Fisher v 162
Pound Manuf'g Co., Canan v 185
Premuda v. Goepel 410
Prescott, Bugher v 20
Preston v. Canadian Bank of Commerce 179
Preston v. Smith 737
Price, Morrison v 217
Priest, Glenn v 695
Prinz Georg, The 906
Prinz Georg, The, Bellici v 906
Professor Morse, The 803
Providence Tool Co., His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire v 572
xi
Providence Washington Ins. Co. v. The Sidney 88
Prudential Assur. Co. v. Ætna Life Ins. Co 438
Quidnick Co., Randolph v 278
Quinn v. New Jersey Lighterage Co 363
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. North Hudson C. R. Co 593
Randolph v. Quidnick Co 278
Rawson v. Lyon 107
Redfield, Ystalifera Iron Co. v 650
Regulus, The 98
Reusens, The G 403
Richardson v. Bresnahan 897
Richardson v. Day 227
Riley v. Allen 46
Robbins v. Sears 874
Roberts v. Hill 311
Robertson, Windmuller v 652
Roemer v. Neumann 447
Rogers, United States v 658
Root, Kellogg v 525
Rosenband, McKinney v 785
Rosengarten, Lehman v 642
Rosenstock, Hapgood v 86
Rude, Grain Drill Manuf'rs Co. v 348
Russell v. Worthington 248
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v 521
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v 523
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v 524
St. Louis, H. & K. Ry. Co., Blair v 704
St. Louis, I. M. & T. Ry. Co., Mosher v 326
St. Louis, K. C. & C. R. Co. v. Dewees 519
St. Louis, K. C. & C. Ry. Co. v. Dewees 691
St. Louis Ore & Steel Co., Olyphant v 465
St. Paul Harvester Works, Gordon v 147
San Jacinto Tin Co., United States v 279
Saunders, The 303
S. B. Baker, The 109
Scheidler v. Tustin 887
Schenck, Wooster v 49
Scott v. Seventy-five Tons of Pigiron 197
Scott, Glenn v 695
Seaman, United States v 882
Sears, Robbins v 874
Sears, Steam Stone-cutter Co. v 313
Seventy-five Tons of Pig-iron, Scott v 197
Seymour, Foster v 65
Shady Side, The 731
Sharon v. Hill 353
Shriver, United States v 134
Shurtleff, Meyers v 577
Sidney, The 88
Sidney, The, Providence Washington Ins. Co. v 88
Simmons v. Taylor 849
Simpson, New Castle N. R. Co. v 214
Singer Manuf'g Co. of N. J., Wooster v 49
Singer Manuf'g Co. of N. Y., Wooster v 49
Sinton v. County of Carter 535
Small v. Montgomery 707
Smith v. Ewing 741
Smith, Preston v 737
Smith, Ex parte 482
Smith-Davis Manuf'g Co., Mellon v 153
Smith & Rhodes Electric Co., Electric Gas-lighting Co. v 195
Spencer, McFarland v 150
Stachelberg v. Ponce 430
Standard, The 207
State of Missouri v. Bell Telephone Co 539
State of Tennessee v. Hibdom 795
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Batchelder 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Duff 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Jones 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. McCarty 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Sears 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Winsor Savings Bank 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Young 313
Stebbins v. Morris 360
Stock well & Darragh Furniture Co., Hills v 432
Stolzenbach, Williams v 39
Stow, Parker v 252
Suliote, The 919
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, Gentry v 718
Talisman, The 111
Taussig, Glenn v 695
Taylor, Simmons v 849
Texas & St. L. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 673
Texas & St. L. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 703
Texas & St. L. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 846
Texas & St. L. Ry. Co., Cleveland Rolling-mill Co. v 720
Thomas Carroll, The 912
Thornton, Wooster v 49
Three Hundred and Fifty-four Tons Crude Kainit, Addicks v 727
Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Boxes of Opium v. United States 367
Titan, The 413
Tomkinson v. Willets Manuf'g Co 895
Tong Ah Chee, In re 441
Travers v. Palmer 511
Treadwell, In re 442
Triplett, Glenn v 695
Tustin, Scheidler v 887
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Union Pac. Ry. Co., McAlpine v 168
Union Tubing Co. v. Patterson Co 79
United States v. Barefield 136
United States v. Bayaud 721
United States v. Gunning 668
United States v. Kane 748
United States v. King 138
United States v. Landsberg 685
United States v. Mathews 74
United States v. Rogers 658
United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co 279
United States v. Seaman 882
United States v. Shriver 134
United States v. Van Vliet 35
United States, Mackin v 334
United States, Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Boxes of Opium v 367
United States Mut. Accident Ass'n, Barry v 712
United States Stamping Co., Lalance & Grosjean Manuf'g Co v 800
Vacuum Oil Co. v. Buffalo Lubricating Oil Co 891
Valley Nat. Bank of St. Louis v. Klein 676
Van Vliet, United States v 35
Vaughn, Wilson v 229
Von Phul, Glenn v 695
Wabash, St. L. & Pac. Ry. Co. v. Central Trust Co., (two cases,) 513
Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co. v. Central Trust Co 738
Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co. v. Central Trust Co 858
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. v. Central Trust Co 863
Wabash, St L. & Pac. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 613
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 675
Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co., Central Trust Co. v 858
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 863
Walsh, Hamilton v 420
Ward, Jr., The E. B 900
Waters Pierce Oil Co., In re 703
Watson v. Cincinnati, I., SI. L. & C. Ry. Co 443
Watson, Dudgeon v 161
Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co 469
Western Electric Co., Leclanche Battery Co. v 276
Western U. Tel. Co. v. Baltimore & O. Tel. Co 12
Western U. Tel. Co., Abraham v 315
Western & A. R. It., Murphy v 637
Wilkinson v. Delaware, L. & W. Ry. Co 561
Wilkinson v. Delaware, L. & W. Ry. Co 562
Willard v. Mueller 209
Willcox & Gibbs Sewing-machine Co., Wooster v 49
Willets Manuf'g Co., Tompkinson v 895
William F. McRae, The 557
William Worden, The 88
Williams v. Stolzenbach 39
Wilson v. Neal 129
Wilson v. Vaughn 229
Windle v. Bonebrake 165
Windmuller v. Robertson 652
Winsor Savings Bank, Steam Stonecutter Co. v 313
Wisconsin, The 831
Witteman, De Kuyper v 871
Wooldridge v. Irving 676
Woonsocket Rubber Co. v. Candee 797
Wooster v. Barker 49
Wooster v. Blake 49
Wooster v. Domestic Sewing-machine Co 49
Wooster v. Handy 49
Wooster v. Howe Machine Co 49
Wooster v. Schenck 49
Wooster v. Singer Manuf'g Co. of N. J 49
Wooster v. Singer Manuf'g Co. of N. Y 49
Wooster v. Thornton 49
Wooster v. Willcox & Gibbs Sewingmachine Co 49
Worden, The William 88
Worthington, Russell v 248
Wright, Fuller v 833
Young, Steam Stone-cutter Co. v 313
Ystalifera iron Co. v. Redfield 650
Ziebold, In re 791
xiii

CASES REPORTED.

ARRANGED UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE CIRCUITS AND DISTRICTS.

FIRST CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, D. MAINE.

Stachelberg v. Ponce 430

CIRCUIT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston Electric Co. v. Electric Gas-lighting Co 838
Boston Electric Co. v. New England Electric Manuf'g Co 838
Boston & Fairhaven Iron Works, In re 880
Jenkins v. Gurney 898
Morley Sewing-machine Co. v. Lancaster 344
Morrison v. Price 217
Perkins v. Hendryx 418
Richardson v. Bresnahan 897
Russell v. Worthington 248

CIRCUIT COURT, D. RHODE ISLAND

Baker, In re 30
Poster v. Crossin, (two cases,) 400
Hamilton v. Walsh 420
Mealey v. Metropolitan L. Ins. Co 25
Randolph v. Quidnick Co 278

SECOND CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.

Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Comstock 38
Day v. Pair Haven & W. R. Co 189
Goodyear v. Hartford Spring Axle Co 36
Hartford Woven-wire Mattress Co. v. Peerless Wire Mattress Co 587
Lalance & Grosjean Manuf'g Co. v. United States Stamping Co 800
Parker v. Stow 252
Prudential Assur. Co. v. Ætna Life Ins. Co 438
Woonsocket Rubber Co. v. Candee 797

DISTRICT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.

Scott v. Seventy-five Tons of Pigiron 197

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.

Burlingame v. Central R. of Minn 706
E. Luckenback, The 725
His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, v. Providence Tool Co 572
Mary Bradford, The 733
Quinn v. New Jersey Lighterage Co 363
Robbins v. Sears 874

DISTRICT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.

Alpin, The, (nine eases,) 815
Caro, The 734
Goldsmith v. North German Lloyd 820
Jack Jewett, The 927
Mary R. McKillop, The 829
Morrisania, The 731
Persian Monarch, The 820
Shady Side, The 731
Wisconsin, The 831

CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK.

Broughty v. Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-six Bundles of Staves 106
Canan v. Pound Manuf'g Co 185
Gage v. Kellogg 891
Stebbins v. Morris 360
Vacuum Oil Co. v. Buffalo Lubricating Oil Co 891
xiv

DISTRICT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK.

Nellie Flagg, The 671
Thomas Carroll, The 912

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.

Amelia, The 406
Archer, The 350
Bartlett v. His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan 257
Brockway, In re 583
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Chrolithion Collar & Cuff Co 397
Colgate v. Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphe de Paris a N. Y 82
De Kuyper v. Witteman 871
Dudgeon v. Watson 161
Electric Gas-lighting Co. v. Smith & Rhodes Electric Co 195
Foster v. Seymour 65
Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v. Commercial Tel. Co 340
Hapgood v. Rosenstock 86
Harrison v. Merritt 653
Hayes v. Bickelhoupt 183
Hills, The 413
Holt v. Menendez 869
Kappes v. Hartung 187
Leclanche Battery Co. v. Western Electric Co 276
McFarland v. Spencer 150
McKinney v. Rosenband 785
New York Bang & Bushing Co. v. Doelger 191
New York Bung & Bushing Co. v. Foehrenbach 195
Peard v. Johnson 507
Regulus, The 98
Roemer v. Neumann 447
Saunders, The 303
Titan, The 413
Tomkinson v. Willets Manuf'g Co 895
Travers v. Palmer 511
Union Tubing Co. v. Patterson Co 79
United States v. Bayaud 721
United States v. Gunning 668
United States v. Landsberg 585
United States v. Seaman 882
Windmuller v. Robertson 652
Wooster v. Barker 49
Wooster v. Blake 49
Wooster v. Domestic Sewing-machine Co 49
Wooster v. Handy 49
Wooster v. Howe Machine Co 49
Wooster v. Schenck 49
Wooster v. Singer Manuf'g Co. of N. J 49
Wooster v. Singer Manuf'g Co. of N. Y 49
Wooster v. Thornton 49
Wooster v. Willcox & Gibbs Sewingmachine Co 49
Ystalifera Iron Co. v. Redfield 650

DISTRICT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.

Aalholm v. A Cargo of Iron Ore 620
Addicks v. Three Hundred and Fifty-four Tons Crude Kainit 727
Alaska, The 597
Amsterdam, The 112
Anchoria, The 669
Carl, The 727
Charles Allen, The 407
Chasca, The 156
City of Alexandria, The 826
City of New York, The 616
Edith Godden, The 43
Edwin, The 255
G. Reusens, The 403
Jamaica, The 448
Metropolitan S. S. Co. v. The Jamaica 448
Nassau Ferry Co. v. The Nereus 448
Nereus, The 448
Paquette v. A Cargo of Lumber 301
Pavonia, The 204
Pennland, The 551
Premuda v. Goepel 410
Providence Washington Ins. Co. v. The Sidney 88
Rawson v. Lyon 107
S. B. Baker, The 109
Sidney, The 88
Standard, The 207
Suliote, The 919
William Worden, The 88

CIRCUIT COURT, D. VERMONT.

Citizens' Bank v. Brooks 21
Fitton v. Phoenix Assur. Co 3
Parker v. Montpelier Carriage Co 886
Roberts v. Hill 311
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Batchelder 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Duff 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Jones 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. McCarty 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Sears 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Winsor Savings Bank 313
Steam Stone-cutter Co. v. Young 313

THIRD CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.

Jennings v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co 569
Mundy v. Kendall 591
New York Belting & Packing Co. v. Magowan 596
Norris v. Hassler 581
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. North Hudson C. R. Co 593
Wilkinson v. Delaware, L. & W. Ry. Co 561
Wilkinson v. Delaware, L. & W. Ry. Co 562
xv

DISTRICT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.

Kingston, The 200
Lydian Monarch, The 298
Mina v. I. & V. Florio S. S. Co 915
Professor Morse, The 803

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

McKay v. Mace 76

DISTRICT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

Talisman, The 111

CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

Fuller v. Wright 833
Miller, In re 32
New Castle N. R. Co. v. Simpson 214
Phillips v. Carroll 249
Scheidler v. Tustin 887
Williams v. Stolzenbach 39

DISTRICT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

Pacific, The 154

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

DISTRICT COURT, D. MARYLAND.

Pilot Boy, The 103

CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. NORTH CAROLINA.

Means v. Montgomery 421

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. VIRGINIA.

Market Nat. Bank v. Hofheimer 13
Parsons v. Marye 113

DISTRICT COURT, W. D. VIRGINIA.

Anderson, In re 482
Gibbony's Adm'r, Ex parte 482
Kent's Adm'r, Ex parte 482
Smith, Ex parte 482

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. ALABAMA.

United States v. King 138

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, W. D.

McGriff v. Baldwin 222

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. LOUISIANA.

Bayle v. City of New Orleans 843
Bellici v. The Prinz Georg 906
Carlsdotter v. The E. B. Ward, Jr 900
E. B. Ward, Jr., The 900
Kelly v. Otis 903
Liberty Bell, The 843
New Orleans, The 909
Norton v. Brewster 840
Oteri v. The New Orleans 909
Prinz Georg, The 906

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. MISSISSTPPL

Valley Nat. Bank of St. Louis v. Klein 676
Wooldridge v. Irving 676

DISTRICT COURT, E. D. TEXAB.

United States v. Barefield 136

CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. TEXAS.

Hanner v. Moulton 5

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, D. KENTUCKY.

Blakemore v. Heyman 648
Claybrook v. City of Owensboro 634
Sinton v. County of Carter 635

DISTRICT COURT, D. KENTUCKY.

Leech v. Dawson 654

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.

Holcomb v. Holcomb 781
Lehman v. Rosengarten 642
McLean v. Clark 861
xvi

DISTRICT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.

Alberta, The 807
United States v. Van Vliet 35
William F. McRae, The 557

CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MICHIGAN, S. D.

Farmers' Friend Manuf'g Co. v. Challenge Corn-planter Co 42
Hills v. Stockwell & Darragh Furniture Co 432
Kellogg v. Root 525

CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. OHIO, E. D.

Higgins v. McCrea 782

CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. OHIO, W. D.

Central Trust Co. v. Ohio Cent. R. Co 306
Columbus, Hocking Valley & T. Ry. Co., In re 306

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO, E. D.

Banks v. Manchester 143

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO, W. D.

United States v. Mathews 74
Willard v. Mueller 209
Wilson v. Neal 129

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. TENNESSEE, S. D.

Murphy v. Western & A. R. R 637

CIRCUIT COURT, M. D. TENNESSEE.

State of Tennessee v. Hibdom 795

CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE.

Bugher v. Prescott 20
County of Lauderdale v. Foster 516
Logwood v. Memphis & C. R. Co 318

DISTRICT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE.

Riley v. Allen 46

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.

Hartog v. Memory 835
Howes v. Cameron 324
Mackin v. United states 334
Richardson v. Day 227

DISTRICT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.

Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. Hamblen 225
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Douglas 226
Preston v. Canadian Bank of Commerce 179

DISTRICT COURT, S. D. ILLINOIS.

United States v. Shriver 134

CIRCUIT COURT, D. INDIANA.

Gentry v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor 718
Grain Drill Manuf'rs Co. v. Rude 348
Hack v. Chicago & G. S. Ry. Co 356
Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co. v. Central Trust Co 738
Watson v. Cincinnati, I., St. L. & C. Ry. Co 443
Western U. Tel. Co. v. Baltimore & O. Tel. Co 12

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. WISCONSIN.

Barry v. United States Mut. Accident Ass' n 712
D. M. Osborne & Co. v. Bryce 171
Mauritz v. New York, L. E. & W. R. Co 765

EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

DISTRICT COURT, W. D. ARKANSAS.

United States v. Rogers 658

CIRCUIT COURT, D. COLORADO.

Frank v. Denver & R. G. Ry. Co 123
Frank v. Denver & R. G. Ry. Co 757
Gillett v. Bowen 625
United States v. Kane 748

CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. IOWA, C. D.

Simmons v. Taylor 849

CIRCUIT COURT, D. KANSAS.

Adams v. County of Republic 211
McAlpine v. Union Pac. Ry. Co 168
Newby v. Brownlee 320
Pacific Railroad v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co 565
Wilson v. Vaughn 229
Windle v. Bonebrake 165
Ziebold, In re 791
xvii

CIRCUIT COURT, D. MINNESOTA.

Frazer Lubricator Co. v. Frazer 305
Gordon v. St. Paul Harvester Works 147
Hynes v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co 18
Merrill v. Insurance Co 245
North v. Knowlton 163
Orton v. North 163

CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI.

Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 521
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 523
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 524
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. Ry. Co 704
Brown v. Fisk 228
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 673
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 703
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 846
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & Pac. Ry. Co 513
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Rv. Co 675
Central trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co 858
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 863
Cleveland Rolling-mill Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co 720
Doolittle, In re 544
Glenn v. Dausman 695
Glenn v. Dimmock 695
Glenn v. Dorsheimer 695
Glenn v. Foy 695
Glenn v. Hunt 695
Glenn v. Liggett 695
Glenn v. Lockwood 695
Glenn v. Lucas 695
Glenn v. Noonan 695
Glenn v. Priest 695
Glenn v. Scott 695
Glenn v. Taussig 695
Glenn v. Triplett 695
Glenn v. Von Phul 695
Hill v. City of Memphis 872
Jeffries v. Laurie 786
Kehler v. New Orleans Ins. Co 709
Laird v. City of De Soto 780
Mellon v. Smith-Davis Manuf'g Co 153
Merriwether, In re 704
Mitchell v. Catchings 710
Mosher v. St. Louis, I. M. & T. Ry. Co 326
Olyphant v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co 465
Osmer v. J. B. Sickles Saddlery Co 724
Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman 801
Pilla v. German School Ass'n 700
Preston v. Smith 737
St. Louis, K, C. & C. R. Co. v. Dewees 519
St. Louis, K. C. & C. Ry. Co. v. Dewees 691
Small v. Montgomery 707
State of Missouri v. Bell Telephone Co 539
Wabash, St. L. & Pac. Ry. Co. v. Central Trust Co., (two cases,) 513
Wabash, St. L. & P. R. Co. v. Central Trust Co 858
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. v. Central Trust Co 863
Waters Pierce Oil Co., In re 703

DISTRICT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI.

District Attorney, In re 26

CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEBRASKA.

Fisher v. Porter 162

NINTH CIRCUIT.

CIRCUIT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA.

Ah Ping, In re 329
Kelly v. Houghton 417
Pioneer Gold Mining Co. v. Baker 258
Sharon v. Hill 353
Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Boxes of Opium v. United States 367
United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co 279

DISTRICT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA.

Mangalore, The 462
Mangalore, The 463
McVey, In re 878
Tong Ah Ghee, In re 441
Tread well, In re 442

CIRCUIT COURT, D. OREGON.

Abraham v. Western U. Tel. Co 315
Allen v. O'Donald 573
Conroy v. Oregon Construction Co 71
Goldsmith v. Gilliland 645
Green v. Coos Bay Wagon Road Co 67
Hammond v. Cleaveland 1
Koehler, Ex parte 529
Meyers v. Shurtleff 577
Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co 232
Smith v. Ewing 741
Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co 469

1 Resigned.

2 Appointed to succeed HON. JOHN ERSKINE.

3 Deceased.

4 Appointed to succeed HON. AMOS MOREILL.

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