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National Reporter System. United States Series.

THE FEDERAL REPORTER.
VOL. 25.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

OCTOBER, 1885—FEBRUARY, 1886.

SAINT PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1886.

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COPYRIGHT, 1886,
BY
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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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, DELAWARK.

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

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

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

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. R. K. McCAY, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. GEORGIA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 P. 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. MOSES HALLETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, COLORADO.

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.

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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CASES REPORTED.

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Abbott v. Curtis & Co. Manu'g Co. 402
Acker v. The Egypt 820
Adams v. Baron 270
Adams v. Bellaire Stamping Co 270
A. Demerest, The 921
A. Demerest, The, Ronan v 921
Ætna. Nat. Bank v. United States Life Ins. Co 581
Alhambra, The 846
Alhambra, The, Providence & Stonington Steam-ship Co. v 846
Aline, The 562
Aline, The, Wessels v 562
Allegheny Valley R. Co., Pennsylvania R. Co. v 118
Allegheny Valley R. Co., Pennsylvania R. Co. v 115
Allen v. Halliday 688
Allen v. Texas & P. Ry. Co 513
Allen, Fay v 201
Allen Paper Car-wheel Co., Schley v. 890
Ambrose Light, The 408
Ambrose Light, The, United States v. 408
American Bell Tel. Co. v. People's Tel. Co 725
American D. & I. Co., Clark v 641
American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v. Gilson 768
American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v. Sheldon 768
American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v. Sutherland Falls Marble Co 768
American Zylonite Co., Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v 319
A. M. Hathaway, The 926
Andrews, Buzzell v 822
Annie J. Pardee, The 153, 155
Armstrong, Stutz v 147
Aurora, The, v. The Republic 778
Baird, Baldwin v 298
Baker, The 771
Baker, The, Winslow v 771
Baldwin v. Baird 293
Baltimore & O. Tel. Co., Western U. Tel. Co. v 30
Barin, Koehler v 161
Baron, Adams v 270
Bates v. Independent School-dist of Riverside 192
Baxter, In re 700
Baylis, The Chas. L 863
B. B. Saunders, The 727
B. B. Saunders, The, Orient Mut. Ins. Co. v 727
Bellaire Stamping Co., Adams v 270
Berry, The Geo. E 780
Berwind v. Schultz 912
Bicking, Sheeder v 824
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 2
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 282
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 684
Blanche, The 111
Bogart v. Hinds 484
Bogart v. Mitchell 485
Bostock v. Goodrich 819
Bowman, Webster v 889
Boylan, People v 594
Bradley & Hubbard Manuf'g Co. v. Charles Parker Co 907
Brewers' Ice Co. v. The Drew 457
Brewster v. Kansas City, L. & S. K. Ry. Co 243
Brick v. Staten Island Ry. Co 553
Brighton Ranch Co., United States v. 465
Bunnell v. Bunnell 214
Burmester v. Phillips 805
Burns v. The Chas. L. Baylis 862
Butterfield, Tompkins v 556
Buzzell v. Andrews 822
Caffray v. The Cornelia M. Kings-land 856
Calhoun, Weil v 865
California Electrical Works, United Nickel Co. v 475
Cameron, Ladd v 37
Campfield v. Lang 128
Carbolic Soap Co. v. Thompson 625
Carr, Wells, Fargo & Co. v 541
Carte v. Duff 183
Carter, French v 41
Cary, Southern White Lead Co. v 125
Castle v. Hutchinson 894
Cedar Valley Land & Cattle Co., Co-burn v 791
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. American Zylonite Co 819
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Chrolithion Collar & Cuff Co 482
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Noyes 319
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry Co 1 viii
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 69
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 693
Charles Parker Co., Bradley & Hubbard Manuf'g Co. v 907
Chas. L. Baylis, The 862
Chas. L. Baylis, The, Burns v 862
Chase, Reed v 94
Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., Reed v 886
Chicago Ry. Equip. Co., Merchants' Nat. Bank v 809
Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co., County of Leavenworth v 219
Chicago & A. Ry. Co., Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. v 317
Chittenden, Cook v 544
Chittick, Lewis v 176
Chow Goo Pooi, In re 77
Chrolithion Collar & Cuff Co., Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v 482
City of De Soto, Laird v 76
City of Evansville, Moulton v 382
City of Evansville, Portland Sav Bank v 389
City of Evansville, Post v 393
City of Lincoln, The 835
City of Lincoln, The, Post v 835
City of Mexico, The 924
City of Mexico, The, United States v 924
City of New York, The 149
City of Niles, Philbrick v 265
City of St. Louis v. The Maggie P 202
Clapp v. Nordmeyer 71
Clark v. American D. & I. Co 641
Clausen v. The Commodore Jones 506
Cobb, Reed v 94
Coburn v. Cedar Valley Land & Cattle Co 791
Coe F. Young, The 457
Coe F. Young, The, New Jersey Steam-boat Co. v 457
Coffin v. The O. M. Hitchcock 777
Columbia, The 844
Comerford, United States v 902
Comfort, The 158,159
Commodore Jones, The 506
Commodore Jones, The, Clausen v. 506
Commonwealth, Jones v 666
Consolidated Amador Mine, Fisher v 201
Consolidated Electric Light Co. v. Edison Electric Light Co 719
Consolidation Coal Co., Merchants' & M. Transp. Co. v 451
Continental Ins. Co. v. The Frederick E. Ives 447
Cook v. Chittenden 644
Cornelia M. Kingsland, The 856
Cornelia M. Kingsland, The, Caffray v 856
Corning, The Erastus 572
Cottle v. Krementz 494
Council Bluffs City Water-works Co., Harrison & Howard Iron Co. v 170
County of Leavenworth v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co 219
Courier Co., Judson v 705
Courtland Wagon Co., Withnell v 372
Covert v. Curtis 43
Crossley v. Fabbri 44
Crystal Stream, The 575
Crystal Stream, The, Mallory v 575
Culver, Wilkinson v 639
Curtis v. Wortsman 893
Curtis, Covert v 43
Curtis & Co. Manuf'g Co., Abbott v. 402
Davis v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co.—two cases 786
De Arrotegui, Morgan, L. & T. S. S. Co. v 624
De Magathias, Doboy & Union Island Tel. Co. v. 697
Demerest, The A 921
Demerest, The A., Ronan v 921
Detroit & Lake Superior Copper Co., Mineral Range R. Co. v 515
Dick v. Oil Well Supply Co 105
Dick v. Struthers 108
Doboy & Union Island Tel. Co. v. De Magathias 697
Doherty, United States v 28
Dorlan v. Guie 816
Dravo v. Fabel 116
Drew, The 457
Drew, The, Brewers' Ice Co. v 457
Dreyfus v. Schneider 481
Duden, Maloy v 673
Duff, Carte v 183
Durant, Hazard v 26
Edison Electric Light Co., Consolidated Electric Light Co. v 719
Edith Godden, The 511
Edith Godden, The, Sylvester v 511
Egypt, The 320
Egypt, The, Acker v 320
Egypt, The, Houston v 320
Egypt, The, Person v 320
Eight Hundred and Forty-one Tons of Iron Ore 864
Erastus Corning, The 572
Erastus Corning, The, Pennsylvania R. Co. v 572
Fabbri, Crossley v 44
Fabel, Dravo v 116
Falk v. Robertson 897
Faure v. Sinking Fund Com'rs 641
Fay v. Allen 201
Fidelity Trust Co. v. Gill Car Co 737
Field, Holt v 123
Filley v. Littlefleld 282
First Nat. Bank v. Scotland Co 395
First Nat. Bank v. Treasurer of Lucas Co 749 ix
Fish v. Nebraska City Barb-wire Fence Co 795
Fisher v. Consolidated Amador Mine 201
Fisher, Union Trust Co. v 178
Fitton v. Phœnix Assur. Co 880
Fleischmann v. Starkey 127
Flower, Mathews v 830
Forbes Lithograph Manuf'g Co. v. Worthington 899
Fore, National Bank of Jefferson v. 209
Foster v. The Wavelet 733
Fraim v. Keen 820
Francesco Feliz, The 669
Frank, The 237
Frederick E. Ives, The 447
Frederick E. Ives, The, Continental Ins. Co. v 447
French v. Carter 41
Frostburg, The 451
Garland, Great Falls Manuf'g Co. v. 521
Garrahy v. Kansas City, St. J. & C. B. R. Co 258
Geneva Nat. Bank v. Independent School-dist 629
Geo. E. Berry, The 780
Geo. E. Berry, The, Town of Pelham v 780
Gerson, Knapp v 197
Gill Car Co., Fidelity Trust Co. v 737
Gilson, American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v 768
Godden, The Edith 511
Goldmark v. Kreling 349
Goodrich, Bostock v 819
Gorman v. Sinking Fund Com'rs— 647
Gould, Sessions v 825
Graham v. Teter 555
Grain-drill Manuf'g Co. v. Reinstedler 198
Gratitude, The 160
Great Falls Manuf'g Co. v. Garland 521
Greenlaw, Logan v 299
Guie, Dorlan v 816
Gunn v. Savage 101
Hall, Thompson v 906
Halliday, Allen v 83
Hamilton Woolen Co. v. Moore 4
Harrison & Howard Iron Co. v. Council Bluffs City Water-works Co 170
Hartford Life & Annuity Ins. Co., Riley v 315
Hathaway, The A. M 926
Hawloetz v. Kass 765
Hazard v. Durant 26
Hazel Kirke, The 601
Herzberg, In re 699
Hibernia Ins. Co., Kerwin v 693
Hickok, Mallory Manuf'g Co. v 827
Hill v. Scotland Co 395
Hill, United States v 375
Hinds, Bogart v 484
Hitchcock, The O. M 777
Hitchcock, The O. M., Coffin v 777
Hoe v. Kahler 271
Holt v. Field 123
Holt v. McMullen 812
Holt v. Winfield Bank 812
Hooper, Lockwood v 910
Houston v. The Egypt 320
Hubbard v. Thompson 188
Hummel v. Moore 330
Hutchinson, Castle v 394
Hyman, McEvoy v 589
Hyman, McEvoy v 596
Independent School-dist., Bates v 192
Independent School-dist., Geneva Nat. Bank v 629
Independent School-dist., Nesbit v. 635
Iron Ore, 841
Tons of 864
Jackson, United States v 548
Jansen v. The W. L. White 503
Jarnette, Petrel Guano Co. v 675
Jenks v. Swift 722
Jerome, Richter v 679
Jewell, Woodward v 689
Johnson v. Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Co 373
Jones v. Commonwealth 666
Jones, The Commodore 506
Judson v. Courier Co 705
Jung Ah HON, In re 141
Jung Ah Lung, In re 141
Kahler, Hoe v 271
Kansas City, L. & S. K. Ry. Co., Brewster v 243
Kansas City, St. J. & C. B. R. Co., Garrahy v 258
Kass. Hawloetz v 765
Kauffman v. Kennedy 785
Keen, Fraim v 820
Kelley, In re 268
Kennedy, The Sarah E 569
Kennedy, The Sarah E 672
Kennedy, Kauffman v 785
Kerwin v. Hibernia Ins. Co 692
King v. Ohio & M. R. Co 799
Kingsland, The Cornelia M 856
Knapp v. Gerson 197
Koehler, Ex parte 73
Koehler v. Barin 161
Kreling, Goldmark v 349
Krementz, Cottle v 414
Ladd v. Cameron 37
Laird v. Mayor of De Soto 76
Lakin v. Sierra Buttes Gold Min. Co 337
Lang, Campfield v 128
Larmon, Thal v 290
Lawrence, Reed v 94
Lewis v. Chittick 176
Lippincott v. Shaw Carriage Co 577
Little, Magoric v 627
Littlefield, Filley v 282
Lockwood v. Hooper 910 x
Logan v. Greenlaw 299
Lucas Co. Treasurer, First Nat. Bank v 749
Maggie P., The 202
Maggie P., The, City of St. Louis v 202
Magoric v. Little 627
Mallory v. The Crystal Stream 575
Mallory Manuf'g Co. v. Hickok 827
Maloy v. Duden 673
Manhattan Bank, Walker v 247
March, The 106
Mary B. Wellington, The 153
Marye, Norfolk T. Co. v 654
Mason v. Pewabic Min. Co 882
Massey, Sawyer v 144
Mathews v. Flower 830
Mayer, Shirley v. 38
McArthur, Shattuc v 133
McCarthy v. The Sarah E. Kennedy. 589
McCarthy v. The Sarah E. Kennedy. 672
McElroy, United States v 804
McEvoy v. Hyman 539
McEvoy v. Hyman 596
McHenry v. New York, P. & O. R. Co. 65
McHenry v. New York, P. & O. R. Co 114
McMullen, Holt v 812
Mellen v. Scotland Co 395
Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Chicago Ry. Equip. Co. 809
Merchants' Nat. Bank, Norrington v 199
Merchants' & M. Transp. Co. v. Consolidation Coal Co 451
Metropolitan Trust Co. v. Pennsylvania, S. & N. E. R. Co 760
Meyrose, Steam Gauge & Lantern Co. v 491
Mikado, etc., Case, The 183
Mills v. Tyson 106
Mills, Yoder v 821
Miner, Wells, Fargo & Co. v 533
Mineral Range R. Co. v. Detroit & Lake Superior Copper Co 515
Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. v. Chicago & A. Ry. Co 317
Mitchell, Bogart v 485
Moore, Hamilton Woolen Co. v 4
Moore, Hummel v 380
Morgan, L. & T. S. S. Co. v. De Arrotegui 624
Mosby, United States v 548
Moulton v. City of Evansville 382
National Bank of Jefferson v. Fore 209
National Hat-pouncing Machine Co. v. Thorn 496
Nebraska City Barb-wire Fence Co., Fish v 795
Nellie Peck, The 463
Nellie Peck, The, Tichner v 463
Nesbit v. Independent School-dist. 635
New Jersey Steam-boat Co. v. The Coe F. Young. 457
New York, P. & O. R. Co., McHenry v 65
New York, P. & O. R. Co., McHenry v 114
New York, W. S. & B. Ry. Co., United States Trust Co. v 797
New York, W. S. & B. R. Co., United States Trust Co. v 800
Niagara County, The 208
Nordmeyer, Clapp v 71
Norfolk T. Co. v. Marye 654
Norrington v. Merchants' Nat. Bank 199
Noyes, Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v 319
Ohio & M. R. Co., King v 799
Oil Well Supply Co., Dick v 105
O. M. Hitchcock, The 777
O. M. Hitchcock, The, Coffin v 777
Orient Mut. Ins. Co. v. The B. B. Saunders 727
Pardee, The Annie J. 153, 155
Payne, The Wm. H 621
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Allegheny Valley R. Co 113
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Allegheny Valley R. Co 115
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. The Erastus Corning 572
Pennsylvania, S. & N. E. R. Co., Metropolitan Trust Co. v 760
People v. Boylan 594
People's Tel. Co., American Bell Tel. Co. v 725
Pequot, The 921
Person v. The Egypt 320
Peshtigo. The 488
Peshtigo Co., The, White v 488
Peterson v. Simpkins 486
Petrel Guano Co. v. Jarnette 675
Pewabic Min. Co., Mason v 882
Pharo. Snyder v 398
Philbrick v. City of Niles 265
Phillips, Burmester v 805
Phœnix Assur. Co., Fitton v 880
Phœnix Ins. Co., Thompson v 296
Platt v. Schreyer 83
Polaria, The 735
Portland Sav. Bank v. City of Evansville 389
Post v. City of Evansville 393
Post v. T. C. Richards Hardware Co 905
Post v. The City of Lincoln 835
Providence & Stonington Steamship Co. v. The Alhambra 846
Pullman Land Ass'n, Schley v 890
Pullman Palace Car Co., Schley v 890
Purdy, Shelley v. 370
Quebec Steam-ship Co. v. The Rhode Island 846
Queen of the Pacific, The 610
Racilia, The 111
Ralston v. Turpin 7 xi
Reed v. Chase 94
Reed v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co 886
Reed v. Cobb 94
Reed v. Lawrence 94
Reed, Seeley v 361
Reinstedler, Grain-drill Manuf'gs Co. v 198
Republic, The, The Aurora v 778
Rhode Island, The 846
Rhode Island, The, Quebec Steamship Co. v 846
Richards, T. C, Hardware Co., Post v 905
Richter v. Jerome 679
Riley v. Hartford Life & Annuity Ins. Co 315
Robertson, Falk v 897
Rockaway, The 775
Rockaway. The, Slocomb v 775
Ronan v. The A. Demerest 921
Rosa, The 601
St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co., Davis v—two cases 786
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v 2
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v 233
St. Louis. H. & K. R. Co., Blair v 684
St. Louis Ry. Supplies Manuf'g Co., Steam Gauge & Lantern Co. v 491
Sanger v. Seymour 289
Sarah E. Kennedy, The 569
Sarah E. Kennedy, The 672
Sarah E. Kennedy. The, McCarthy v. 569
Sarah E. Kennedy, The, McCarthy v 672
Saunders, The B. B 727
Saunders, The B. B., Orient Mut. Ins. Co. v 727
Savage, Gunn v 101
Sawyer v. Massey 144
Schley v. Allen Paper Car-wheel Co 890
Schley v. Pullman Land Ass'n 890
Schley v. Pullman Palace Car Co 890
Schneider. Dreyfus v 481
Schreyer, Platt v. 83
Schulenburg. Ex parte 211
Schultz, Berwind v 912
Schumacher v. Schwencke 400
Schwencke, Schumacher v 466
Scotland Co., First Nat. Bank v 395
Scotland Co., Hill v 395
Scotland Co., Mellen v 395
Scott, United States v 470
Seeley v. Reed 361
Sessions v. Gould 825
Seymour, Sanger v 289
Shannon, Sheeder v 824
Shattuc v. McArthur 133
Shaw Carriage Co., Lippincott v 577
Sheeder v. Bicking 834
Sheeder v. Shannon 824
Sheldon, American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v 768
Shelley v. Purdy 370
Shirley v. Mayer 38
Sierra Buttes Gold Min. Co., Lakin v. 337
Simpkins, Peterson v 486
Sinking Fund Com'rs, Faure v 641
Sinking Fund Com'rs, Gorman v 647
Slocomb v. The Rockaway 775
Snyder v. Pharo 398
Southern White Lead Co. v. Cary 125
Sowles, Witters v 108
Spartan, The 44
Starkey, Fleischmann v 127
Staten Island Ry. Co., Brick v 553
Steam Gauge & Lantern Co. v. Meyrose 491
Steam Gauge & Lantern Co. v. St. Louis Ry. Supplies Manuf'g Co 491
Stonington, The. 621
Strickland, United States v 469
Struthers, Dick v 103
Stutz v. Armstrong 147
Sutherland Falls Marble Co., American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v 768
Swift, Jenks v 722
Sylvester v. The Edith Godden 511
T. C. Richards Hardware Co., Post v 905
Teter, Graham v. 555
Texas & P. Ry. Co., Allen v 513
Thal v. Larmon 290
Thom, National Hat-pouncing Machine Co. v 496
Thompson v. Hall 906
Thompson v. Phœnix Ins. Co 296
Thompson, Carbolic Soap Co. v 625
Thompson, Hubbard v 188
Tichner v. The Nellie Peck 463
Tod, United States v 815
Tompkins v. Butterfield 556
Town of Pelham v. The Geo. E. Berry 780
Treasurer of Lucas Co., First Nat. Bank v 719
Turpin, Ralston v 7
Two Fannys, The 285
Tyson, Mills v 106
Union Trust Co. v. Fisher 178
United Nickel Co. v. California Electrical Works 475
United States v. Brighton Ranch Co 465
Uniled States v. Comerford 902
United States v. Doherty 28
United States v. Hill 875
United States v. Jackson 548
United States v. McElroy 804
United States v. Mosby 548
United States v. Scott 470
United States v. Strickland 469
United States v. The Ambrose Light 408
United States v. The City of Mexico 924
United States v. Tod 815
United States v. Warrick 138
United States v. White 716 xii
United States v. Young 710
United States Life Ins. Co., Ætna Nat. Bank v 531
United States Trust Co. v. New York, W. S. & B. Ry. Co 797
United States Trust Co. v. New York, W. S. & B. R. Co 800
Virginia Coupon Cases. 611, 647, 654, 666
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 1
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 69
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v 693
Walker v. Manhattan Bank 247
Warren, The 782
Warrick, United States v 138
Wavelet, The 733
Wavelet, The, Foster v 733
Webster v. Bowman 889
Weil v. Calhoun. 865
Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Carr 541
Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Miner 533
Wessels v. The Aline 562
Western U. Tel. Co. v. Baltimore & O. Tel. Co 30
White v. The Peshtigo Co 488
White, The W. L 503
White, The W. L., Jansen v 503
White, United States v 716
Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Co. Johnson v 373
Wilkinson v. Culver 639
Winfleld Bank, Holt v 812
Winslow v. The Baker 771
Wisconsin, The 283
Withnell v. Courtland Wagon Co 372
Witters v. Sowles 168
W. L. White, The 503
W. L. White, The. Jansen v 503
Wm. H. Payne, The 631
Woodward v. Jewell 689
Worthington, Forbes LithographManufg Co. v 899
Wortsman, Curtis v 893
Yoder v. Mills 821
Young America, The 207
Young, United States v 710 xiii

CASES REPORTED.

ARRANGED UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE CIRCUITS AND DISTRICTS.

  Page
FIRST CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.
Annie J. Pardee, The 155
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. American Zylonite Co 319
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Noyes 319
Forbes Lithograph Manuf'g Co. v. Worthington 899
Hazard v. Durant 26
Lockwood v. Hooper 910
National Hat-pouncing Machine Co. v. Thorn 496
Tompkins v. Butterfield 556
United States v. Hill 375
DISTRICT COURT, D. MASSACHUSLTTS.
Annie J. Pardee, The 153
Blanche, The 111
Mary B. Wellington, The 153
Racilia, The 111
United States v. Doherty 28
CIRCUIT COURT, D. RHODE ISLAND.
Fleischmann v. Starkey 127
Norrington v. Merchants' Nat. Bank 199
SECOND CIECUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.
Bradley & Hubbard Manuf'g Co. v. Charles Parker Co 907
Gunn v. Savage. 101
Hamilton Woolen Co. v. Moore 4
Mallory Manuf'g Co. v. Hickok. 827
Post v. T. C. Richards Hardware Co. 905
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.
Aline, The 562
Columbia, The 844
Comfort, The 159
Rosa, The 601
Shirley v. Mayer 38
Stonington, The 621
Thompson v. Hall 906
Warren, The 782
Wessels v. The Aline 562
Wisconsin, The 283
Wm. H. Payne, The 621
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.
A. M. Hathaway, The 926
Comfort, The 158
Eight Hundred and Forty-one Tons of Iron Ore. 864
Francesco Feliz, The 669
Gratitude, The 160
Hazel Kirke, The 601
Morgan, L. & T. S. S. Co. v. De Arrotegui 624
Niagara County, The 208
Polaria, The 735
Young America, The 207
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK.
Covert v. Curtis. 43
Fay v. Allen 201
Jenks v. Swift 722
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Ætna Nat. Bank v. United States Life Ins. Co. 531
American Bell Tel. Co. v. People's Tel. Co 725
Baker, The 771
B. B. Saunders, The 727 xiv
Bogart v. Hinds 484
Bogart v. Mitchell 485
Brick v. Staten Island Ry. Co 553
Carte v. Duff 183
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Chrolithion Collar & Cuff Co. 482
Clark v. American D. & I. Co 641
Consolidated Electric Light Co. v. Edison Electric Light Co 719
Cottle v. Krementz 494
Dreyfus v. Schneider 481
Falk v. Robertson 897
French v. Carter 41
Hawloetz v. Kass 765
Hoe v. Kahler 271
Johnson v. Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Co. 373
Knapp v. Gerson 197
Magoric v. Little 627
Maloy v. Duden 673
Mikado, etc., Case, The 183
Orient Mut. Ins. Co. v. The B. B. Saunders 727
Platt v. Schreyer 83
Rockaway, The 775
Sanger v. Seymour 289
Schumacher v. Schwencke. 466
Slocomb v. The Rockaway 775
Western U. Tel. Co. v. Baltimore & O. Tel. Co 30
Wilkinson v. Culver 639
Winslow v. The Baker 771
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Acker v. The Egypt 320
A. Demerest, The 921
Alhambra, The 846
Ambrose Light, The 408
Baxter, In re 700
Berwind v. Schultz 912
Brewers' Ice Co. v. The Drew 457
Burns v. The Chas. L. Baylis 862
Caffray v. The Cornelia M. Kingsland 856
Chas. L. Baylis, The 862
City of Lincoln, The 835
City of Mexico, The 924
City of New York, The 149
Clausen v. The Commodore Jones 506
Coe F. Young, The 457
Coffin v. The O. M. Hitchcock 777
Commodore Jones, The 506
Continental Ins. Co. v. The Frederick E. Ives 447
Cornelia M. Kingsland, The 856
Crossley v. Fabbri 44
Crystal Stream, The 575
Drew, The 457
Edith Godden, The 511
Egypt, The 320
Erastus Corning, The 572
Frederick E. Ives, The 447
Geo. E. Berry, The 780
Herzberg, In re 699
Houston v. The Egypt 320
Jansen v. The W. L. White 503
Judson v. Courier Co 705
Mallory v. The Crystal Stream 575
New Jersey Steam-boat Co. v. The Coe F. Young 457
O. M. Hitchcock, The 777
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. The Erastus Corning 573
Pequot, The 921
Person v. The Egypt 320
Post v. The City of Lincoln 835
Providence & Stonington Steamship Co. v. The Alhambra 846
Quebec Steam-ship Co. v. The Rhode Island 846
Rhode Island, The 846
Ronan v. The A. Demerest 921
Spartan, The 44
Sylvester v. The Edith Godden 511
Town of Pelham v. The Geo. E. Berry 780
United States v. The Ambrose Light 408
United States v. The City of Mexico 924
W. L. White, The 503
CIRCUIT COURT, D. VERMONT.
American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v. Gilson 768
American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v. Sheldon 768
American Diamond Rock-boring Co. v. Sutherland Falls Marble Co 768
Fitton v. Phoenix Assur. Co 880
Witters v. Bowles 168
THIRD CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. DELAWARE.
Snyder v. Pharo 898
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.
Ladd v. Cameron 37
Metropolitan Trust Co. v. Pennsylvania, S. & N. E. R. Co 760
Sessions v. Gould 825
United States v. Warrick 138
United States Trust Co. v. New York, W. S. & B. Ry. Co 797
United States Trust Co. y. New York, W. S. & B. R. Co 800
DISTRICT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.
Foster v. The Wavelet 733
McCarthy v. The Sarah E. Kennedy 569
McCarthy v. The Sarah E. Kennedy 672 xv
Sarah E. Kennedy, The 560
Sarah E. Kennedy, The 673
Two Fannys, The 285
Wavelet, The 733
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Bostock v. Goodrich 819
Buzzell v. Andrews 822
Dorlan v. Guie 816
Fraim v. Keen 820
Graham v. Teter 555
Sheeder v. Bicking 824
Sheeder v. Shannon 824
Yoder v. Mills 821
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Dick v. Oil Well Supply Co 105
Dick v. Struthers 103
McHenry v. New York, P. & O. R. Co. 65
McHenry v. Now York, P. & O. R. Co 114
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Allegheny Valley R. Co 113
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Allegheny Valley R. Co 115
Stutz v. Armstrong 147
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Dravo v. Fabel 116
FOURTH CIECUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MARYLAND.
Great Falls Manuf'g Co. v. Garland 521
DISTRICT COURT, D. MARYLAND.
Frostburg, The 451
March, The 106
Merchants' & M. Transp. Co. v. Consolidation Coal Co 451
Mills v. Tyson 106
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
Petrel Guano Co. v. Jarnette 675
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
United States v. Young 710
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. VIRGINIA.
Burmester v. Phillips 805
Faure v. Sinking Fund Com'rs 641
Gorman v. Sinking Fund Com'rs 647
Jones, v. Commonwealth 686
Norfolk T. Co. v. Marye 654
Virginia Coupon Cases 641, 647, 654, 666
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. GEORGIA.
Weil v. Calhoun 865
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA.
United States v. Strickland 469
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA.
Aurora, The, v. The Republic 778
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, E. D.
Curtis v. Wortsman 893
Doboy & Union Island Tel. Co. v. De Magathias 697
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, W. D.
Ralston v. Turpin 7
Sawyer v. Massey 144
Woodward v. Jewell 689
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. LOUISIANA.
Allen v. Halliday 688
Allen v. Texas & P. Ry. Co 513
Kerwin v. Hibernia Ins. Co 692
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. TEXAS.
Carbolic Soap Co. v. Thompson 625
National Bank of Jefferson v. Fore 309
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. TEXAS.
Coburn v. Cedar Valley Land & Cattle Co 791
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. TEXAS.
United States v. White 716
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. TEXAS.
United States v. Comerford 902
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Bunnell v. Bunnell 214 xvi
Cook v. Chittenden 544
Mathews v. Flower 830
Richter v. Jerome 679
Schulenburg, Ex parte 211
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MICHIGAN.
Mineral Range R. Co. v. Detroit & Lake Superior Copper Co 515
Reed v. Chase 94
Reed v. Cobb 94
Reed v. Lawrence 94
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MICHIGAN, N. D.
Mason v. Pewabic Min. Co 882
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MICHIGAN, S. D.
Philbrick v. City of Niles 265
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. OHIO, W. D.
First Nat. Bank v. Treasurer of Lucas Co 749
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO.
Fidelity Trust Co. v. Gill Car Co 737
United States v. Scott 470
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO, E. D.
Adams v. Baron 270
Adams v. Bellaire Stamping Co 270
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO, W. D.
United States v. Tod 815
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE.
Logan v. Greenlaw 299
United States v. Jackson 548
United States v. Mosby 548
Walker v. Manhattan Bank 247
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.
Baldwin v. Baird 293
Schley v. Allen Paper Car-wheel Co. 890
Schley v. Pullman Land Ass'n 890
Schley v. Pullman Palace Car Co 890
Southern White Lead Co. v. Cary 125
Thalv. Larmon 290
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.
Peshtigo. The 488
White v. The Peshtigo Co 488
CIRCUIT COURT, D. INDIANA.
Castle v. Hutchinson 394
King v. Ohio & M. R. Co. 799
Lippincott v. Shaw Carriage Co 577
Moulton v. City of Evansville 382
Portland Sav. Bank v. City of Evansville 389
Post v. City of Evansville 393
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. WISCONSIN.
Campfield v. Lang 128
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. WISCONSIN.
Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Chicago Ry. Equip. Co 809
EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. COLORADO.
Hummel v. Moore 380
McEvoy v. Hyman 539
McEvoy v. Hyman 596
People v. Boylan 594
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA, E. D.
Reed v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co 886
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA, W. D.
Bates v. Independent School-dist of Riverside 192
Geneva Nat. Bank v. Independent School-dist 629
Nesbit v. Independent School-dist 635
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. IOWA, W. D.
Harrison & Howard Iron Co. v. Council Bluffs City Water-works Co 170
CIRCUIT COURT, D. KANSAS.
Brewster v. Kansas City, L. & S. K. Ry. Co 243
Davis v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co.—two cases 786
Garrahy v. Kansas City, St. J. & C. B. R. Co 258 xvii
Holt v. McMullen 812
Holt v. Winfield Bank 812
United States v. McElroy 804
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MINNESOTA.
Union Trust Co. v. Fisher 178
Webster v. Bowman 889
DISTRICT COURT, D. MINNESOTA.
Frank, The 287
Kelley, In re 268
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI.
Abbott v. Curtis & Co. Manuf'g Co 402
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 2
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 232
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co 684
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash. St. L. & P. Ry. Co 1
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 69
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co 693
City of St. Louis v. The Maggie P 202
Clapp v. Nordmeyer 71
Filley v. Littlefieid 282
First Nat, Bank v. Scotland Co 395
Grain-drill Manuf'g Co. v. Reinstedler 198
Hill v. Scotland Co 395
Hubbard v. Thompson 188
Laird v. Mayor of De Soto 76
Maggie P., The 202
Mellen v. Scotland Co 395
Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. v. Chicago & A. Ry. Co. 317
Peterson v. Simpkins 486
Riley v. Hartford Life & Annuity Ins. Co. 315
Shattuc v. McArthur 133
Shelley v. Purdy 370
Steam Gauge & Lantern Co. v. Meyrose 491
Steam Gauge & Lantern Co. v. St. Louis Ry. Supplies Manuf'g Co 491
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI.
Nellie Peck, The 463
Tichner v. The Nellie Peck 463
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MISSOURI.
County of Leavenworth v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co 219
Holt v. Field 123
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MISSOURI, W. D.
Lewis v. Chittick 176
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEBRASKA.
Fish v. Nebraska City Barb-wire Fence Co 795
Kauffman v. Kennedy 785
United States v. Brighton Ranch Co 465
Withnell v. Courtland Wagon Co 372
NINTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA.
Chow Goo Pooi, In re 77
Fisher v. Consolidated Amador Mine 201
Goldmark v. Kreling 349
Lakin v. Sierra Buttes Gold Min. Co 337
United Nickel Co. v. California Electrical Works 475
Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Carr 541
Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Miner 533
DISTRICT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA.
Jung Ah Hon, In re 141
Jung Ah Lung, In re 141
CIRCUIT COURT, D. OREGON.
Koehler v. Barin 161
Koehler, Ex parte 73
Queen of the Pacific, The 610
Seeley v. Reed 361
Thompson v. Phosnix Ins. Co 296

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