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National Reporter System. United States Series.

THE FEDERAL REPORTER.
VOL. 26.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

FEBRUARY—APRIL, 1886.

SAINT PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1886.

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COPYRIGHT, 1886,
BY
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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. 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. HILL, 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.1

HON. H. E. JACKSON, CIRCUIT JUDGE.2

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.3

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. 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. POSTER, 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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v.26—FED

CASES REPORTED.

  Page
Abercorn, The 877
Acer, Canada Shipping Co. v. 874
Adams v. Bridgewater Iron Co. 824
Adams, The Z. L. 655
Adams & W. Manuf'g Co. v. Excelsior Oil-stove Manuf'g Co. 270
Adams & W. Manuf'g Co. v. Rathbone 263
Agnes Barton, The 542
Agnes Barton, The, McGee v. 543
Ah Lit, Ex parte 512
Alabama, The 866
Alabama, The, Hicks v. 866
Alabastine Co. v. Richardson 620
Albany Steam-trap Co. v. Felt-housen 818
American Tube-works v. Bridgewater Iron Co. 824
American Tube-works v. Bridgewater Iron Co. 834
American Zylonite Co., Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. 692
Amoskeag Nat. Bank, Whittemore v. 819
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n v. Clarke 410
Armistead, Webb v. 70
Arnheim v. Finster 277
Aron v. Manhattan Ry. Co. 814
A. R. Weeks, The, v. The Ephruessi 654
A. R. Weeks, The The Ephruessi v. 654
Ashton Valve Co., Consolidated Safety Valve Co. v., (two cases,) 319
Atchison Savings Bank v. Templar 580
Atchison Savings Bank, Templar v. 580
Atlanta, The City of 456
Aubrey, In re. 848
Austin v. The Ella B 111
Babcock v. Northern Pac. R. Co. 756
Bailey, Robinson v. 219
Baker, Law v. 164
Baltimore & Ohio Tel. Co., Western Union Tel. Co. v. 55
Baltimore & O. R. Co., Peake v. 495
Barlow, United States v. 903
Batchelor v. Kirkbride 899
Baumgarten, Forschner v. 858
Bear, Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. 582
Belfield, Watson v. 536
Benedict, Knapp v. 627
Bensley v. Northwestern Horse-nail Co. 250
Berkshire Nat. Bank, Tale Lock Manuf'g Co. v. 104
Beuttel v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. 50
Beyer, Travers v. 450
Bird, Haight v. 589
Birdseye v. Heilner 147
Blair v. Walker 73
Blue Ridge Clay & Retort Co. v. Floyd-Jones 817
Bogart v. Hinds 149
Bohanan v. Giles 204
Boland v. Thompson 683
Bond, Charleston Fruit Co. v. 18
Borough of Towanda, Wiley v. 594
Boston Marine Ins. Co., Richelieu & O. Nav. Co. v. 596
Botsford, Law v. 651
Bradley, State v. 289
Brainard, Pollock v. 732
Bridgewater Iron Co., Adams v. 324
Bridgewater Iron Co., American Tube-works v. 824
Bridgewater Iron Co., American Tube-works v. 884
Brighton Ranche Co., United States v. 218
Broadway & Seventh Ave. R. Co., Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. 522
Brooks v. Hanover Nat. Bank 301
Brown v. The C. P. Raymond 281
Buckingham v. Porter 759
Bunker v. Stevens 245
Bybee v. Oregon & C. Ry. Co. 586
Cambria Iron Co. v. Laclede Wire & Fence Co. 420
Canada Shipping Co. v. Acer 874
Carrigan v. Massachusetts Ben Ass'n 230
Carson v. The Mary Lord 862
Cary v. Domestic Spring-bed Co. 38
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. American Zylonite Co. 692
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Tower 451
Central City Soap Co., O'Rourke v. 576
Central Pac. R. Co., United States v. 479
Central Park, N. & E. R. R. Co., Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. 523
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 8
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 11 viii
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 12
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 74
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 896
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 897
Charleston Fruit Co. v. Bond. 18
Chicago, B. & N. R. Co., Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. 477
Chicago City Ry. Co., Van de Venter v. 83
Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., Beuttel v. 50
Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co., Morris v., (three cases,) 33
Chicago & P. R. Co. v. Third Nat. Bank of Chicago 830
Christ v. Schell 138
Citizens' Nat. Bank v. Wert. 294
City of Atlanta, The 456
City of Chicago, Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. 415
City of Concord, Norton v. 679
City of Dover, Norton v. 679
City of Manchester, Norton v. 679
City of Nashua, Norton v. 679
City of New Bedford, Shaw Relief-valve Co. v. 331
City of Philadelphia, Etheridge v. 43
City of Portsmouth, Norton v. 679
City of Springfield, The 158
City of Springfield, The, Studwell v. 158
City of Waterloo, Trescott v. 593
Clarke, Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n v. 410
Clarkhuff v. Wisconsin, I. & N. R. Co. 465
Clear v. Fox 90
Cline, United States v. 515
Colby, Tobey Furniture Co. v. 100
Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Bear 583
Connecticut & P. R. R. Co., Hendee v. 677
Consolidated Safety Valve Co. v. Ashton Valve Co., (two cases,) 819
Continental Ins. Co., Craig v. 798
Cooper, Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. v. 665
Copeland, Tubular Rivet Co. v. 706
Cosgrove, United States v. 908
C. P. Raymond, The 381
C. P. Raymond, The, Brown v. 381
Craig v. Continental Ins. Co. 798
Crane v. Runey 15
Crowley, Yick Wo v. 307
Cruikshank v. Fourth Nat. Bank. 584
Cubley, Wilson v. 156
Cunningham v. Switzerland Marine Ins. Co. 46
Curtis v. Wortsman 36
Curtner, United States v. 396
Davis, Royal Baking Powder Co. v. 398
De Belaunzaran, Elsenhauer v. 784
De Belaunzaran, Hatton v. 780
Dederick v. Whitman Agr. Co. 755
Dederick v. Whitman Agr. Co. 763
De France v. Johnson 891
Dentz, The George H 40
Denver & R. G. Ry. Co., Howard v. 837
Dickson, Gorrell v. 454
Director, The 708
Dixon v. The Surrey 791
D. J. Foley, The 456
Dolliver, Goodnow v. 469
Domestic Spring-bed Co., Cary v. 38
Doris, The 860
Dreyfus, Weiler v 834
Drummond v. Venable 248
Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. v. Cooper 665
Dundee Mortg. & T. Inv. Co., Hughes v. 831
Dundee Mortg. & T. Inv. Co., Hughes v., (two cases,) 837
East River Ferry Co., In re 766
Edna B. King, The 158
Eisenhauer v. De Belaunzaran 784
Ella B., The 111
Ella B., The, Austin v. 111
Elliott, Phelps v. 881
Elliott Pneumatic Door-check Co., Norton Door-check & Spring Co. v. 330
Emken, Marchand v. 639
Ephruessi, The, v. The A. R. Weeks. 654
Ephruessi, The, The A. R. Weeks v. 654
Etheridge v. City of Philadelphia 43
Evans v. North-side Bridge Co. 718
Everett v. Hutchinson 531
Everett, Hutchinson v. 531
Excelsior Oil-stove Manuf'g Co., Adams & W. Manuf'g Co. v. 270
Falls of Neuse Manuf'g Co. v. Georgia Home Ins. Co. 1
Felthousen, Albany Steam-trap Co. v. 318
Finster, Arnheim v. 277
Florsheim v. Schilling 256
Floyd-Jones, Blue Ridge Clay & Retort Co. v. 817
Foley, The D. J 456
Forschner v. Baumgarten 858
Foster, Witters v. 737
Fourth Nat. Bank, Cruikshank v. 584
Fox, Clear v. 90
Frankfort Whisky Process Co. v. Pepper 336
Freund v. Yaegerman 812
Friedman v. Israel 801
Gage v. Kellogg 243
Gallagher v. The Young America 174
Gano, Lyddy v. 177
Garden City, The 766
Gedney v. The Minnie 860 ix
Gelshenen v. Harris 680
Geneva, The 647
Geneva, The, Poor v. 647
George H. Dentz, The 40
Georgia Home Ins. Co., Falls of Neuse Manuf'g Co. v. 1
Giles, Bohanan v. 204
Glenn v. Springs 494
Goodnow v. Dolliver 469
Goodrich Transp. Co., In re 713
Gorrell v. Dickson. 454
Gourden, Mayer v. 743
Grand Jury, In re Impaneling and Instructing 749
Greenhalgh, St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. v. 563
Greenleaf v. Worthington 303
Griswold v. Hazard 135
Guillermo, The 921
Guillermo, The, Post v. 921
Gwalia's Cargo, The 919
Haight v. Bird 539
Haines v. Peck 625
Hammacher v. Wilson 239
Hammerschlag Manuf'g Co. v. Judd 292
Hannan, Jenkins v. 657
Hanover Nat. Bank, Brooks v. 301
Harper v. Shoppell 519
Harris, Gelshenen v. 680
Hartford Machine Screw Co. v. Reynolds 528
Hatton v. De Belaunzaran 780
Haynes, United States v. 857
Hazard v. National Exch. Bank 94
Hazard, Griswold v. 135
Hearing, United States v. 744
Heilner, Birdseye v. 147
Heilner, United States v. 80
Helena, The, v. The Lord O'Neil 463
Helena, The, The Lord O'Neil v. 463
Hellyer, Ross v. 413
Hendeev. Connecticut & P. R. R. Co. 677
Henry Button, The 923
Hibbs, Ex parte 421
Hicks v. The Alabama 866
Hill, Sharon v. 337
Hill, Sharon v. 722
Hilton v. Otoe Co. Nat. Bank 202
Hinds, Bogart v. 149
Hintermeister, Williams v. 889
Hoboken Land & Imp. Co. v. The Pavonia 106
Holt v. Kendall 622
Hook v. The Venture 285
Hopkins, United States v. 443
Howard v. Denver & R. G. Ry. Co. 837
Hoyt v. Slocum 329
Hudnut v. Lafayette Hominy Mills 636
Hughes v. Dundee Mortg. & T. Inv. Co 831
Hughes v. Dundee Mortg. & T. Inv. Co., (two cases,) 837
Hunt, In re 739
Hunter v. International Ry. Imp. Co. 299
Hutchinson v. Everett 531
Hutchinson, Everett v. 531
Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Chicago. B. & N. R. Co 477
Impaneling and Instructing Grand Jury, In re. 749
Indianapolis R. M. Co. v. St. Louis, F. S. & W. R. Co. 140
International Ry. Imp. Co., Hunter v 299
Isaksson v. Williams 642
Israel, Friedman v. 801
Jenkins v. Hannan 657
Johnsen, Swift's Iron & Steel Works v. 828
Johnson, De France v. 891
Johnson, United States v. 682
Johnston v. Straus 57
Judd, Hammerschlag Manuf'g Co. v. 292
Kellogg, Gage v. 242
Kelly, In re 852
Kendall, Holt v. 622
Kingv. Neill 721
King, The Edna B 158
Kirk v. Milwaukee Dust Collector Manuf'g Co. 501
Kirkbride, Batchelor v. 899
Knapp v. Benedict 627
Laclede Wire & Fence Co., Cambria Iron Co. v. 420
Lafayette Hominy Mills, Hudnut v. 636
Lancaster v. Providence & S. S. S. Co. 233
Laughlin, Russell v. 699
Lauro v. The Mary Fraser 872
Law v. Baker 164
Law v. Botsford 651
Lehigh Valley Coal Co v. City of Chicago 415
Lepper, Perrin v. 545
Libbey v. Mt. Washington Glass Co. 757
Loomer, Rheubottom v. 698
Lord O'Neil, The, v. The Helena 463
Lord O'Neil, The, The Helena v. 463
Lotus No. 2, The 637
Lotus No. 2, The. Walker v. 637
Luckenback, In re The 870
Lyddy v. Gano. 177
Macheca v. United States 845
Mandel v. Spalding 609
Manhattan Fire Ins. Co., True v. 83
Manhattan Ry. Co., Aron v. 814
Manson v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co. 923
Marchand v. Emken 629
Marcussen v. The Mary Fraser 872
Mary Fraser, The 872
Mary Fraser, The, Lauro v. 872
Mary Fraser, The, Marcussen v. 872
Mary Lord, The 862 x
Mary Lord, The, Carson v. 862
Massachusetts Ben. Ass'n, Carrigan v. 230
Mater, Patterson v. 31
Maxwell Land Grant Co., United States v. 118
Mayer v. Gourden 742
McClean, In re Estate of 49
McGee v. The Agnes Barton 542
McGuire v. Winslow 304
McRoberts, Steam-gauge & Lantern Co. v. 765
Means v. Rees 210
Mehrhoff v. Mehrhoff 18
Miller, United States v. 95
Mills, Yoder v. 273
Milwaukee Dust Collector Manuf'g Co. Kirk v. 501
Minnie, The 860
Minnie, The, Gedney v. 860
Minor, United States v. 672
Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Union Trust Co. of N. Y. 485
Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co., Union Trust Co. of N. Y. v. 485
Mitchell, United States v. 607
M. J. Murphy Furnishing Goods Co., Sprague-Brimmer Manuf'g Co. v. 572
Modoc The 718
Montgomery, Nickerson v. 655
Morris v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co., (three cases,). 22
Morris, Wheeler v. 918
Mt. Washington Glass Co., Libbey v. 757
Mullen v. Wine 206
National Bureau of Engraving & Manuf'g Co. v. The New Orleans 44
National Exch. Bank, Hazard v. 94
Neal v. The Plymouth 879
Neill, King v. 721
Neumann, Roemer v. 102
Neumann, Roemer v. 332
New Castle N. Ry. Co. v. Simpson 133
New Orleans, The 44
New Orleans, The, National Bureau of Engraving & Manuf'g Co. v. 44
New York, N. H. & H. R. Co., Manson v. 923
Nickerson v. Montgomery 655
Ninety-five Thousand Feet of Lumber, Wall v. 716
Northern Pac. R. Co. v. St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. 551
Northern Pac. R. Co., Babcock v. 756
North Hudson Co. R. Co., Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. 411
North-side Bridge Co., Evans v. 718
Northwestern Horse-nail Co., Bensley v. 250
Norton v. City of Concord 679
Norton v. City of Dover 679
Norton v. City of Manchester 679
Norton v. City of Nashua 679
Norton v. City of Portsmouth 679
Norton Door-check & Spring Co. v. Elliott Pneumatic Door-check Co. 820
Ogborn, Tucker v. 272
Ohio Steel Barb Fence Co. v. Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co. 702
Oliver, Thurber v. 224
Oregon & C. Ry. Co., Bybee v. 586
O'Rourke v. Central City Soap Co. 576
Otoe Co. Nat. Bank, Hilton v. 202
Patterson v. Mater 31
Patterson, United States v. 509
Pavonia, The 106
Pavonia, The, Hoboken Land & Imp. Co. v. 106
Peake v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. 495
Peck, Haines v. 635
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. The Plymouth Rock 40
Pepper, Frankfort Whisky Process Co. v. 336
Perrin v. Lepper 545
Phelps v. Elliott 881
Phelps, St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. v. 569
Phillips v. Risser 308
Phipps v. Yost 447
Phoenix Caster Co. v. Spiegel 272
Piper v. Shedd 151
Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co., United States v. 113
Plymouth, The 879
Plymouth, The, Neal v. 879
Plymouth Rock, The 40
Plymouth Rock, The, Pennsylvania R. Co. v. 40
Pollock v. Brainard 732
Poor v. The Geneva 647
Porter, Buckingham v. 759
Post v. T. C. Richards Hardware Co. 618
Post v. The Guillermo 921
Preston v. Smith 884
Procter v. Spalding 610
Providence & S. S. S. Co., Lancaster v. 233
Rahn v. Singer Manuf'g Co 912
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. Broadway & Seventh Ave. R. Co. 522
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. Central Park, N. & E. R. R. Co. 522
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. North Hudson Co. R. Co. 411
Rathbone, Adams & W. Manuf'g Co. v. 262
Raymond, The C. P 281
Rees, Means v. 210
Reynolds, Hartford Machine Screw Co. v. 528
Rheubottom v. Loomer 698
Richardson, Alabastine Co. v. 620
Richelieu & O. Nav. Co. v. Boston Marine Ins. Co 596
Risser, Phillips v. 308 xi
Roanoke, N. & B. S. B. Co., Royster v. 492
Robinson v. Bailey 219
Roemer v. Neumann 102
Roemer v. Neumann 332
Ross v. Hellyer 413
Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Davis. 293
Royster v. Roanoke, N. & B. S. B. Co. 492
Runey, Crane v. 15
Russell v. Laughlin 699
St. Louis, F. S. & W. R. Co., Indianapolis R. M. Co. v. 140
St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. v. Greenhalgh 563
St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. v. Phelps. 569
St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. v. Wenzel 503
St. Paul. M. & M. Ry. Co., Northern Pac. R. Co. v. 551
Sayre, Scott Manuf'g Co. v. 153
Schell, Christ v. 138
Schilling, Florsheim v. 206
Schumacher v. Schwencke 818
Schwencke, Schumacher v. 818
Scott Manuf'g Co. v. Sayre 153
Searcey, United States v. 435
Sharon v. Hill 337
Sharon v. Hill 722
Shaw Relief-valve Co. v. City of New Bedford 831
Shedd, Piper v. 151
Shoppell, Harper v. 519
Simpson, New Castle N. Ry Co. v. 133
Singer Manuf'g Co., Rahn v. 912
Sinnott, United States v. 84
Sinnott, United States v. 89
Slocum, Hoyt v. 329
Smith, Preston v. 884
Spalding, Mandel v. 609
Spalding, Procter v. 610
Spalding, Wolff v. 609
Sperry v. Springfield F. & M. Ins. Co. 234
Sperry, United States Mortgage Co. v. 727
Spiegel, Phoenix Caster Co. v. 272
Sprague-Brimmer Manuf'g Co. v. M. J. Murphy Furnishing Goods Co. 572
Springfield F. & M. Ins. Co., Sperry v. 234
Springs, Glenn v. 494
State v. Bradley 289
State v. Walruff 178
Steam-gauge & Lantern Co. v. McRoberts 765
Stevens, Bunker v. 245
Stockton Laundry Case, The 611
Straus, Johnston v. 57
Studwell v. The City of Springfield 158
Surrey, The 791
Surrey, The, Dixon v. 791
Sutton, The Henry 923
Swift's Iron & Steel “Works v. Johnsen 828
Switzerland Marine Ins. Co., Cunningham v. 46
T. C. Richards Hardware Co. Post v. 618
Templar v. Atchison Savings Bank 580
Templar, Atchison Savings Bank v. 580
Third Nat. Bank of Chicago, Chicago & P. R. Co. v. 820
Thompson, Boland v. 633
Thornton, Wooster v. 274
Thurber v. Oliver 224
Tie Loy, In re. 611
Tobey Furniture Co. v. Colby. 100
Tower, Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. 451
Township of Clarendon, Young v. 805
Travers v. Beyer 450
Trescott v. City of Waterloo. 592
True v. Manhattan Fire Ins. Co 83
Tubular Rivet Co. v. Copeland 706
Tucker v. Ogborn 272
Union Cotton Compress Co. of Galveston v. The Wivanhoe 927
Union Trust Co. of N. Y. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 485
Union Trust Co. of N. Y., Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. 485
United States v. Barlow. 903
United States v. Brighton Ranche Co. 218
United States v. Central Pac. R. Co. 479
United States v. Cline 515
United States v. Cosgrove 908
United States v. Curtner 296
United States v. Haynes 857
United States v. Hearing 744
United States v. Heilner 80
United States v. Hopkins 443
United States v. Johnson 682
United States v. Maxwell Land Grant Co. 118
United States v. Miller 95
United States v. Minor 672
United States v. Mitchell 607
United States v. Patterson 509
United States v. Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co. 113
United States v. Searcey 435
United States v. Sinnott 84
United States v. Sinnott 89
United States v. Warner 616
United States v. Williamson 690
United States, Macheca v. 845
United States Mortgage Co. v. Sperry 727
Van de Venter v. Chicago City Ry. Co. 32
Venable, Drummond v. 243
Venture, The. 285
Venture, The, Hook v. 285
Vessel Owners' Towing Co., In re. 169
Vessel Owners' Towing Co., In re. 172
Vetterlein, In re. 145 xii
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 8
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 11
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 12
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 74
Wabash. St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 896
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 897
Walker v. The Lotus No. 2 637
Walker, Blair v. 73
Wall v. Ninety-five Thousand Feet of Lumber 716
Walruff, State v. 178
Warner, United States v. 616
Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co., Ohio Steel Barb Fence Co. v. 703
Watson v. Belfield 536
Webb v. Armistead 70
Weiler v. Dreyfus 824
Wenzel, St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. v. 568
Wert, Citizens' Nat. Bank v. 294
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Tel. Co. 55
Wheeler v. Morris 918
Whitman Agr. Co., Dederick v. 755
Whitman Agr. Co., Dederick v. 763
Whittemore v. Amoskeag Nat. Bank 819
Wiley v. Borough of Towanda 594
Williams v. Hintermeister 889
Williams, Isaksson v. 642
Williamson, United States v. 690
Wilson v. Cubley 156
Wilson, Hammacher v. 239
Wine, Mullen v. 206
Winslow, McGuire v. 804
Wisconsin, I. & N. R. Co., Clarkhuff v. 465
Witters v. Foster 737
Wivanhoe, The 927
Wivanhoe, The, Union Cotton Compress Co. of Galveston v. 927
Wo Lee, In re 471
Wolff v. Spalding 609
Wooster v. Thornton 274
Worthington, Greenleaf v. 803
Wortsman, Curtis v. 86
Yaegerman, Freund v. 812
Yale Lock Manuf'g Co. v. Berkshire Nat. Bank 104
Tick Wo v. Crowley 207
Yoder v. Mills 273
Yost, Phipps v. 447
Young v. Township of Clarendon 805
Young America, The 174
Young America, The, Gallagher v. 174
Z. L. Adams, The 655
xiii

CASES REPORTED

ARRANGED UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE CIRCUITS AND DISTRICTS.

  Page
FIRST CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MAINE.
Neal v. The Plymouth 879
Plymouth, The 879
Russell v. Laughlin 699
DISTRICT COURT, D. MAINE.
Carson v. The Mary Lord 862
Mary Lord, The 862
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.
Adams v. Bridgewater Iron Co. 324
Alabastine Co. v. Richardson. 620
American Tube-works v. Bridgewater Iron Co. 324
American Tube-works v. Bridge-water Iron Co. 334
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Tower 451
Consolidated Safety-valve Co. v. Ashton Valve Co., (two cases,) 319
Greenleaf v. Worthington 303
Hammacher v. Wilson 239
Hammerschlag Manuf'g Co. v. Judd 292
Hoyt v. Slocum 329
Libbey v. Mt. Washington Glass Co. 757
Norton Door-check & Spring Co. v. Elliott Pneumatic Door-check Co. 320
Shaw Relief-valve Co. v. City of New Bedford 331
Tubular Rivet Co. v, Copeland 706
United States v. Haynes. 857
Yale Lock Manuf'g Co. v. Berkshire Nat. Bank 104
DISTRICT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.
Gwalia's Cargo, The 919
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Norton v. City of Concord 679
Norton v. City of Dover 679
Norton v. City of Manchester 679
Norton v. City of Nashua 679
Norton v. City of Portsmouth 679
Whittemore v. Amoskeag Nat. Bank 819
CIRCUIT COURT, D. RHODE ISLAND.
Griswold v. Hazard. 185
Hazard v. National Exch. Bank 94
SECOND CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.
Hartford Machine Screw Co. v. Reynolds 528
Knapp v. Benedict 627
Post v. T. C. Richards Hardware Co. 618
Rheubottom v. Loomer 698
DISTRICT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.
Doris, The 860
Gedney v. The Minnie 860
Henry Sutton, The 928
Manson v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co. 928
Minnie, The 860
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK.
Albany Steam-trap Co. v. Felthousen 318
Gage v. Kellogg 243
McGuire v. Winslow 304
Travers v. Beyer 450
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Arnheim v. Finster 277
Aron v. Manhattan Ry. Co 314 xiv
Birdseye v. Heilner 147
Bogart v. Hinds 149
Boland v. Thompson 633
Brooks v. Hanover Nat. Bank. 301
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. American Zylonite Co. 692
Christ v. Schell 138
Cruikshank v. Fourth Nat. Bank. 584
Forschner v. Baumgarten 858
Frankfort Whisky Process Co. v. Pepper 886
Haines v. Peck 625
Harper v. Shoppell 519
Hoboken Land & Imp. Co. v. The Pavonia 106
Hunter v. International Ry. Imp. Co. 299
Lancaster v. Providence & S. S. S. Co. 233
Lyddy v. Gano 177
Marchand v. Emken 629
Pavonia, The 106
Phelps v. Elliott 881
Phipps v. Yost 447
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. Broadway & Seventh Ave. R. Co. 522
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. Central Park, N. & E. R. R. Co. 522
Roemer v. Neumann 102
Roemer v. Neumann 332
Schumacher v. Schwencke 818
United States v. Warner 616
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Tel. Co. 55
Wooster v. Thornton 274
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. NEW YOKK.
Austin v. The Ella B 111
Ella B. The 111
United States v. Mitchell 607
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Brown v. The C. P. Raymond 281
Canada Shipping Co. v. Acer 874
City of Atlanta, The 456
City of Springfield, The 158
C. P. Raymond, The 281
Cunningham v. Switzerland Marine Ins. Co. 46
D. J. Foley, The 456
Dixon v. The Surrey 791
East River Ferry Co., In re 766
Edna B. King, The 158
Eisenhauer v. De Belaunzaran 784
Gallagher v. The Young America 174
Garden City, The 766
George H. Dentz, The 40
Guillermo, The 921
Haight v. Bird 539
Hatton v. De Belaunzaran 780
Isaksson v. Williams 642
Lauro v. The Mary Fraser 872
Luckenback, In re The 870
Marcussen v. The Mary Fraser 872
Mary Fraser, The 872
Nickerson v. Montgomery 655
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. The Plymouth Rock. 40
Plymouth Rock, The 40
Post v. The Guillermo 921
Studwell v. The City of Springfield. 158
Surrey, The 791
United States v. Miller 95
Vetterlein, In re. 145
Wall v. Ninety-five Thousand Feet of Lumber 716
Young America, The 174
Z. L. Adams, The 655
CIRCUIT COURT, D. VERMONT.
Hendee v. Connecticut & P. R. R. Co. 677
Witters v. Foster 787
THIRD CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.
Batchelor v. Kirkbride 899
Bunker v. Stevens 245
Cary v. Domestic Spring-bed Co 38
Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. North Hudson Co. R. Co. 411
Scott Manuf'g Co. v. Sayre 158
Watson v. Belfield 536
DISTRICT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.
Hunt, In re 739
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Carrigan v. Massachusetts Ben. Ass'n 230
Helena, The, v. The O'Neil 463
Lord O'Neil, The, v. The Helena 463
Yoder v. Mills 273
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Gorrell v. Dickson 454
McClean, In re Estate of 49
New Castle N. Ry. Co. v. Simpson 138
Wiley v. Borough of Towanda 594
Williams v. Hintermeister 889
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
A. R. Weeks, The, v. The Ephrnessi 654
Ephruessi, The, v. The A. R. Weeks 654
Etheridge v. City of Philadelphia 48 xv
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Evans v. North-side Bridge Co. 718
Geneva, The 647
Hook v. The Venture 385
Modoc, The 718
Poor v. The Geneva 647
United States v. Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co 113
Venture, The 285
FOURTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MARYLAND.
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n v. Clarke 410
Thurber v. Oliver 224
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
Connecticut Mut Life Ins. Co., v. Bear 582
Royster v. Roanoke, N. & B. S. B. Co. 492
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
Falls of Neuse Manuf'g Co. v. Georgia Home Ins. Co. 1
Glenn v. Springs 494
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
United States v. Cline 515
United States v. Hopkins 448
United States v. Searcey 435
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. VIRGINIA.
Clear v. Fox 90
Johnston v. Straus 57
Webb v. Armistead 70
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. VIRGINIA.
Agnes Barton, The 543
McGee v. The Agnes Barton 542
Union Cotton Compress Co. of Galveston v. The Wivanhoe 927
United States v. Williamson 690
Wivanhoe, The 927
FIFTH CIRCUIT
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. ALABAMA.
Alabama, The 866
Hicks v. The Alabama 637
Lotus No. 2, The 637
Walker v. The Lotus No. 2. 637
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, E. D.
Charleston Fruit Co. v. Bond 18
Curtis v. Wortsman 36
King v. Neill 731
United States v. Johnson 682
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, E. D.
Mayer v. Gourden 742
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. LOUISIANA.
Aubrey, In re. 848
Friedman v. Israel 801
Macheca v. United States 845
National Bureau of Engraving & Manuf'g Co. v. The New Orleans 44
New Orleans, The 44
Swift's Iron & Steel Works v. Johnsen 828
Weiler v. Dreyfus 824
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Craig v. Continental Ins. Co. 798
O'Rourke v. Central City Soap Co. 576
Perrin v. Lepper 545
Richelieu & O. Nav. Co. v. Boston Marine Ins. Co 596
Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Davis 293
Young v. Township of Clarendon 805
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Law v. Botsford 651
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO.
Peake v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. 495
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO, W. D.
Jenkins v. Hannan 657
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. TENNESSEE, S. D.
Means v. Rees 210
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE.
United States v. Patterson 508 xvi
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.
Adams & W. Manuf'g Co. v. Excelsior Oil-stove Manuf'g Co. 270
Adams & W. Manuf'g Co. v. Rathbone 262
Bensley v. Northwestern Horse-nail Co 250
Chicago & P. R. Co. v. Third Nat. Bank of Chicago 820
Drummond v. Venable 248
Everett v. Hutchinson 531
Florsheim v. Schilling 256
Holt v. Kendall 622
Hutchinson v. Everett 531
Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Chicago, B. & N. R. Co. 477
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. City of Chicago 415
Mandel v. Spalding 609
Ohio Steel Barb Fence Co. v. Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co. 702
Piper v. Shedd 151
Procter v. Spalding 610
Steam-gauge & Lantern Co. v. McRoberts 765
Tobey Furniture Co. v. Colby 100
United States Mortgage Co. v. Sperry 727
Van de Venter v. Chicago City Ry. Co. 32
Wilson v. Cubley 156
Wolff v. Spalding 609
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.
Law v. Baker 164
Phillips v. Risser 808
Vessel Owners' Towing Co., In re. 169
Vessel Owners' Towing Co., In re. 172
CIRCUIT COURT, D. INDIANA.
Citizens' Nat. Bank v. Wert 294
Hudnut v. Lafayette Hominy Mills 636
Phœnix Caster Co. v. Spiegel 272
Tucker v. Ogborn 272
Wheeler v. Morris 918
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. WISCONSIN.
Gelshenen v. Harris 680
Kirk v. Milwaukee Dust Collector Manuf'g Co. 601
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. WISCONSIN.
Goodrich Transp. Co., In re 713
EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. COLORADO.
Howard v. Denver & R. G. Ry. Co. 887
Mullen v. Wine 206
Patterson v. Mater 31
Sperry v. Springfield F. & M. Ins. Co. 234
True v. Manhattan Fire Ins. Co. 83
United States v. Barlow 903
United States v. Maxwell Land Grant Co. 118
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA.
Morris v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co., (three cases,) 22
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA, C. D.
Goodnow v. Dolliver 469
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA, E. D.
Beuttel v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. 50
Robinson v. Bailey 219
Trescott v. City of Waterloo 592
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. IOWA.
Clarkhuff v. Wisconsin, I. & N. R. Co. 465
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. IOWA, C. D.
Ross v. Hellyer 413
CIRCUIT COURT, D. KANSAS.
Atchison Savings Bank v. Templar 580
Indianapolis R. M. Co. v. St. Louis, F. S. & W. R. Co. 140
Mehrhoff v. Mehrhoff 18
Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Union Trust Co. of N. Y. 485
State v. Bradley 289
State v. Walruff 178
Templar v. Atchison Savings Bank 580
Union Trust Co. of N. Y. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 485
DISTRICT COURT, D. KANSAS.
United States v. Cosgrove 908
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MINNESOTA.
Babcock v. Northern Pac. R. Co. 756
De France v. Johnson 891
Kelly, In re 852 xvii
Northern Pac. R. Co. v. St. Paul, M. M. Ry. Co. 551
Rahn v. Singer Manuf'g Co. 912
St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. v. Greenhalgh 563
St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. v. Phelps 569
St. Paul, M. & M. R. Co. v. Wenzel 563
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI.
Blair v. Walker 73
Blue Ridge Clay & Retort Co. v. Floyd-Jones 817
Cambria Iron Co. v. Laclede Wire & Fence Co. 420
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 3
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 11
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 12
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 74
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 896
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 897
Dederick v. Whitman Agr. Co. 755
Dederick v. Whitman Agr. Co. 763
Freund v. Yaegerinan 812
Preston v. Smith 884
Sprague-Brimmer Manuf'g Co. v. M. J. Murphy Furnishing Goods Co. 572
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEBRASKA.
Bohanan v. Giles 204
Hilton v. Otoe Co. Nat. Bank 202
Pollock v. Brainard 732
United States v. Brighton Ranche Co. 218
NINTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA.
Buckingham v. Porter 759
Sharon v. Hill 337
Sharon v. Hill 722
Stockton Laundry Case, The 611
TieLoy, In re. 611
United States v. Central Pac. R. Co. 479
United States v. Curtner 296
United States v. Minor 672
Wo Lee, In re. 471
Yick Wo v. Crowley 207
CIRCUIT COURT, D. OREGON.
Bybee v. Oregon & C. Ry. Co. 586
Crane v. Runey 15
Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. v. Cooper 665
Hughes v. Dundee Mortg. & T. Inv. Co. 831
Hughes v. Dundee Mortg. & T. Inv. Co., (two cases,) 837
United States v. Hearing 744
United States v. Heilner 80
United States v. Sinnott 84
United States v. Sinnott 89
DISTRICT COURT, D. OREGON.
Abercorn, The 877
Ah Lit, Ex parte 513
Director, The 708
Grand Jury, In re Impaneling and Instructing 749
Hibbs, Ex parte 421
Impaneling and Instructing Grand Jury, In re. 749

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2 Appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by Judge BAXTER'S death.

3 Deceased.

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