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National Reporter System United States Series

THE FEDERAL REPORTER.
VOL. 27.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

MAY—AUGUST, 1886.

SAINT PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1886.

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COPYRIGHT, 1885,
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, 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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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.

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. H. E. JACKSON, 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.1

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

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, & 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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CASES REPORTED.

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Active, The 175
Adams v. Howard 656
Adams Exp. Co., Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. 32
Adams Exp. Co., Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. 404
Adams, Hatch v. 434
Adler, Mack v. 570
A. P. Nichols, The 623
Alabama, The 449
Alaska, The 548
Albright v. Oyster 628
Allegro v. Leber 559
Allen v. Downs 805
Allen v. Pierpont 582
Allen, Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. 376
Allen, Downs v., (two cases,) 805
Alvena, The 861
Ah Kee, In re 519
Amboy, The 555
American Bell Telephone Co. v. People's Telephone Co. 309
American Emigrant Co. v. Call 765
Amy v. City of Watertown 418
Angerhoefer v. Bradstreet Co. 305
Anne E. Valentine, The 620
Arctic, The, (nine cases,) 126
Atha, Pennsylvania R. Co. v. 920
Avon, The 905
Badger v. Mulville 257
Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Adams Exp. Co. 32
Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Adams Exp. Co. 404
Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Allen 376
Baltimore & Ohio Tel. Co. of Texas, Western Union Tel. Co. v. 133
Bank of Commerce, Boyce v. 53
Barney, Spaeth v. 828
Barnhart, United States v. 285
Barrett v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. 452
Barry v. Crane Bros. Manuf'g Co. 396
Barry v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 631
Bate, East Tennessee, V. & G. R. Co. v. 480
Bate, Louisville & N. R. Co. v. 480
Beaver Falls Cutlery Co., Rubel v. 282
Becker v. Hastings 827
Behrendt, In re 699
Belford, Estes v. 275
Bennett v. Covington 816
Hermes, Frericks v. 424
Berry, Rosewasser v. 841
Bird, Maish v. 180
Bird, Maish v. 576
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co. 36
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co. 471
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. Ry. Co. 769
Bohlen, Fife v. 878
Boston Marine Ins. Co. v. Red River & Coast Line 347
Boskenna Bay, The 662
Boston & Savannah Steam-ship Co. v. Brown 460
Boston & Savannah Steam-ship Co., Brown v. 460
Boston & Savannah Steam-ship Co., Faucett v. 460
Boyce v. Bank of Commerce 53
Bradstreet Co., Angerhoefer v. 305
Bradstreet Co., Locke v. 771
Brewer v. Jacobs 217
British American Assur. Co., Wallace v. 66
Broadway & Seventh Ave. R. Co., Railway Reg. Manuf'g Co. v. 655
Brooks v. Vermont Cent. R. Co. 211
Brown v. Boston & Savannah Steam-ship Co. 460
Brown, Boston & Savannah Steamship Co. v. 460
Brown, McFarland v. 787
Buffalo Lubricating Oil Co., Everest v. 252
Burger v. Grand Rapids & I. R. Co. 561 Burke v. Globe Ins. Co. 200
Call, American Emigrant Co. v. 765
Canary No. 2, The 532
Canary No. 2, The 536
Capital City Bank v. Hodgin 209
Cargo of Two Hundred and Fifty Tons of Coal, Cranston v. 614
C. B. Sanford, The 863
Celluloid Manuf'g Co., Spill v. 94
Central Park, N. & E. R. R. Co., Railwav Reg. Manuf'g Co. v. 655
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry 135
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 138 viii
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 175
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 794
Chamberlain v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. 181
Chandler, Celluloid Manuf'g Co., v. 9
Chase v. Tuttle 110
Chase, United States v. 807
Chew, Talcott v. 273
Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. Chamberlain v. 181
Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., Sioux City & D. M, Ry. Co. v. 770
Chicago & A, Ry. Co., Farmers' L. & T. Co. v. 146
City of Chester, The 819
City of Chester, The 899
City of Galesburg v. Galesburg Water Co. 821
City of Joliet, Foster v. 899
City of New Orleans, Gaines v. 411
City of Portland, Coffin v. 412
City of Stockton, Bragg v. 509
Claflin v. Lisso 420
Clarion, The 128
Clark v. Hammett 839
Clark Thread Co., Willimantic Thread Co. v. 865
Clay, Pitts v. 635
Cleveland Rolling-mill Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co. 250
Cockcroft, Sheldrick v., (two cases,) 579
Coffin v. City of Portland 412
Columbia-street Bridge Co., Scheurer v. 172
Columbia, The 238
Columbia, The 704
Commercial Manuf'g Co. v. Fair-bank Canning Co. 78
Comstock & Cheney Co., Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. 358
Coney, Winchell v. 482
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., Crossley v. 80
Connecticut & P. R. R. Co. v. Hendee 678
Consolidated Fruit Jar Co. v. Bellaire Stamping Co. 377
Corbin v. Graves 644
Coudert, Armengaud v. 247
County of Fond du Lac, May v. 691
County of Grant, Richardson v. 495
County of Otoe, King Iron Bridge & Manuf'g Co. v. 800
County of Republic, Flint v. 850
County of St. Croix, Griggs v. 333
Covel, Halliday v. 217
Cox, Morgan v. 36
Craig v. McArthur 911
Crandal v. Accident Ins. Co. of N. A. 40
Crane Bros. Manuf'g Co., Otis Bros. Manuf'g Co. v. 550
Crossley v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. 30
Cummins v. Robertson 654
Cutting, Pacific R. Co. of Mo. v. 638
Dana v. Parker 263
Danzig v. Gumersell 185
Davidson v. Wheelock 61
Davis v. Davis 490
Day, In re 678
Dearborn, Balliett v. 507
Deimer v. Franz 890
Denmark, The 141
De Witt, Berry v. 723
Dodd v. Ghiselin 495
Dodge v. Briggs 160
Doherty, United States v. 780
Domestic Spring-bed Co., Cary v. 299
Donoughe v. Hubbard 742
Doster v. Scully 782
Doty v. The James T. Easton 464
Driscoll, The J. J 521
Easton, The James T. 464
Edgerton v. The Mayor, etc 230
Edgington, Winnemans v. 324
Edwin I. Morrison, The 136
Eells v. Johann 327
E. H. Pray, The 474
El Dorado, The 762
Electrical Supply Co., Bogart v. 722
Ellen McGovern, The 868
Elliott, Hickox v. 830
Ellison, Muller v. 456
Emery v. Cavanagh 511
Entwhistle, Whitehead v. 778
Ervin v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. 625
Ervine, Mason v. 240
Ervine, Mason v. 459
Erwin v. Walsh 579
Estes v. Leslie 22
Evans, Carte v. 861
Faber, Lockwood v. 63
Fairbank Canning Co., Commercial Manuf'g Co. v. 78
Farmers' L. & T. Co. v. Chicago & A. Ry. Co. 146
Farrelly, McGinnis v. 33
Favorite, The 474
F. I. Merryman, The 313
First Nat. Bank of Butler, Pa., Riddle 503
Fisher, Low v. 542
Flint v. County of Republic 850
Follett Lantern & Manuf'g Co., Steam-gauge & Lantern Co. v. 703
Foote, Schneider v. 581
Foster v. City of Joliet 899
Fraim v. Sharon Valley Malleable & Gray Iron Co. 457
Franz, Deimer v. 890
Freeman, Asmus v. 684
Freund v. Yaegerman 248
Frisia, The, and The John N. Parker 480
Fritzsche v. The Denmark 141
Funk v. Anglo-American Ins. Co. 336 ix
Galesburg Water Co., City of Galesburg y 321
Gaines v. City of New Orleans 411
Gaither v. Kansas City, etc., R. Co. 544
Garden City, The 234
Ghiselin, Dodd v. 405
Gilmer, Winn v. 817
Giulio, The 318
Glenn v. Scott 577
Glenn v. Walker 577
Globe Nail Co. v. Superior Nail Co. 450
Globe Nail Co., v. Superior Nail Co. 454
Gould, Woodward v. 182
Gould, Woodward v. 338
Gove, The Wesley A 311
Graves, Corbin v. 644
Great Western Despatch Co., St. Paul Roller-mill Co. v. 434
Griggs v. County of St. Croix 333
Gumersell, Danzig v. 185
Guthrie v. Harker 586
Halliday v. Covel 217
Hammann v. The Industry 767
Hammett, Clark v. 339
Hancock v. Holbrook 401
Hancock Inspirator Co. v. Lally 88
Hanford, Union Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. 588
Hardtv. Liberty Hill Consolidated Mining & Water Co. 788
Harker, Guthrie v. 586
Harlem, The 236
Harned, Manhattan Beach Co. v. 484
Hatch v. Wallamet Iron Bridge Co. 673
Headley, Roemer v. 702
Heilner, Birdseye v. 289
Heller, Peters v. 474
Hendee, Connecticut & P. R. R. Co. v. 678
Henry Bill Pub. Co. v. Smythe 914
HiCkox v. Elliott 830
Higgins, In re 443
Hill v. Biddle 560
Hill v. Smith 560
Hinkhouse, Kessinger v. 883
Hobbie v. Michigan Pipe Co. 656
Hobbie v. Smith 656
Hoe v. Kahler 145
Hoe v. Knap 204
Hoehl, Wing v. 894
Hofl v. Iron-clad Matiuf'g Co. 307
Hogg v. The Pennsylvania Annex No. 3 516
Holbrook, Hancock v. 401
Holladay Case, The 830
Ilolloway v. Lancy 877
Holt v. The Oregon 751
Hornev. Hoyle 216
Hosford v. Hotchkiss 285
Hotchkiss, Hosford v. 285
Hough v. Buchanan 328
Houston & T. C. Ry. Co., Southern Dev. Co. v. 344
Hoyle, Hornev 216
Hubbard, Donoughe v. 742
Illinois, M. & T. R. Co., Beals 721
Industry, The 767
Ingles v. New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. 249
Ireland, Theurkauf v. 769
Iron-clad Manuf'g Co., Hoff v. 307
Irons v. Manufacturers' Nat. Bank. 591
Irthington, The 143
Israel, Schuler v. 851
James T. Easton, The 464
Jarvis v. The Tonawanda 575
Jeffries v. Laurie 195
Jeffries v. Laurie 198
Jencksv. Langdon Mills 622
J. J. Driscoll, The 521
Johann, Eells v. 327
John Hancock Mut Life his. Co., Caffery v. 25
John N. Parker, The, and The Frisia 480
John N. Parker, The, Kitchin v. 480
John S. Smith, The 398
Johnson v. Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Co. 689
Johnston, St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. 243
Joliet Wire-check Rower Co., Racine Seeder Co. 367
Jones v. United States 447
Josslyn v. Phillips 481
Kahler, Hoe v. 145
Kansas City, etc., R. Co., Gaither v. 544
Kearney v. Lehigh Val. R. Co. 699
Keith, Wetherell v. 364
Kelly v. United States 616
Kelly, United States v. 542
Kempshall Manuf'g Co., Morris v. 748
Kessinger v. Hinkhouse 883
Kessinger v. Leibracht 894
Kessicger v. Vannatta 890
Kie v. United States 351
King Iron Bridge & Manuf'g Co. v. County of Otoe 800
Kinler, Lafauci v. 442
Kirby v. Thames & M. Ins. Co. 221
Kitchin v. The John N. Parker 480
Knap, Hoe 204
Laclede Bank, Schuler v. 424
Lacroix v. Lyons 403
Lafauci v. Kinler 442
Lally, Hancock Inspirator Co. v. 88
Lancy, Hollo way v. 877
Langdon Mills, Jencks v. 622
Lapham, Brown 77
Laurie, Jeffries v. 195
Laurie, Jeffries v. 198
Leatherberry, United States v. 606
Lehigh Val. R. Co., Kearney v. 699
Lehmann, Young v. 383
Leibracht, Kessinger v. 894
Leicht, McLane 887
Leslie, Estes 22
Liberty Hill Consolidated Mining & Water Co., Hardt v. 788 x
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Kerbs v. Ewing 693
Ketcham v. Jacques 399
Keys Manuf'g Co. v. Kimpel 466
Kimball v. Cunningham 445
Kimpel, Keys Manuf'g Co. v. 466
King v. Ohio & M. Ry. Co. 413
Knoxville & O. R. Co., City of Knox-ville v. 758
Labatt, Glenn v. 417
La Belle Iron Works v. Hill 195
Ladd, Deering v. 575
Laird v. City of De Soto 421
Landreth v. Landreth 41
Laundry License Case, The 701
Laura Lee, The 347
Leber, Allegro v. 559
Leonard v. Decker 741
Lilian M. Vigus, The 747
Lindley v. Hunt 52
Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Saitta 560
Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co., Insurance Co. of If. A. v. 715
Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co., Phoenix Ins. Co. v. 715
Lloyd, Curry v. 258
Lloyd, In re 88
Lloyd, In re 90
Locke v. Bradstreet Co. 771
Lockwood v. Coley 192
London Guaranty & Accident Co. v. Geddes 639
Louisville, N. A. & C. Ry. Co., Colglazier v. 568
Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Bate 480
Lozano v. Wehmer 755
Ludeling, Glen Cove Manuf'g Co. v. 823
Mabel, The, (three cases,) 543
Mack v. Adler 570
Mackey, City and County of San Francisco v. 602
Maish v. Bird 180
Maish v. Bird 576
Marine Grain & Stock Exchange v. Western Union Tel. Co. 23
Markham v. Simpson 743
Martin v. Northwestern Fuel Co. 596
Martino Cilento, The 859
Marx v. National Steam-ship Co. 680
Mary Gibbs, The 463
Mary McCabe, The 750
* Mason, United States v. 707
Matthews, Rothschild v. 6
Maxwell, Gartside Coal Co. v. 197
MelTadden v. Robinson 10
McFarland v. Brown 787
McFarland v. Deere & Mansur Manuf'g Co. 781
McGruder, Short v. 46
McHenry v. New York, P. & O. R. Co. 130
McKillop, Smith v. 737
McLennan v. Kansas City, St. J. & C. B. R. Co. 198
McMillin v. St. Louis & Vicksburgh Anchor Line 169
McTigue, Jenkins v. 148
Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co., Cunningham v. 66
Melendy v. Currier 129
Memphis City Ry. Co., Davis v. 883
Mercantile Ins. Co., Hunt v. 503
Merrill v. Town of Monticello 589
Merriwetlier, In re 769
Metropolitan Burglar Alarm Co., Holmes Electric Protective Alarm Co. v. 341
Mexican Nat. Construction Co., Reusens v. 522
Meyer, In re Strauss v. 467
Mil! Creek Distillery v. Jenkins 359
Miller v. Ridgely 889
Mills, Duquesne Nat. Bank v. 611
Mills, International Tooth Crown Co. v. 659
Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co., Barry v. 231
Mitchell Transp. Co. v. Patterson. 49
Mitchell, Webster v. 869
Mobile Savings Bank v. County of Oktibbeha 580
Montana, The 715
Montana, The, (two cases,) 730
Montgomery Co., Pullman Southern Car Co. v. 276
Moran, Chewett v. 31
Morse v. Cheney 380
Morse v. Riblct 501
Mosler, Mosler Safe & Lock Co. v. 901
Mosler Safe & Lock Co. v. Mosler 901
Moulton v. Chafee 26
Mueller, Stark v. 447
Mulville, Badger v. 257
Mundy, The E. v. 173
Nacoochee, The 855
Nail City, The 537
National Needle Co., Porter Needle Co. v. 829
National Security Bank v. Price 697
National Steam-sliip Co., Marx v. 680
Newton v. Hagerman 525
New York Balance Dock Co., Norwich & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. 672
New York, P. & O. R. Co., McHenry v. 130
Nichols, The A. F 623
Niskern v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. 811
Nolan, Pullman Southern Car Co. v. 276
Norris v. Hassler 401
Northwestern Fuel Co., Martin v. 596
Northwestern Manuf'g & Car Co. Hospes v. 565
Norton v. Haight 787 xi
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Norwich & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. New York Balance Dock Co. 672
Oakland Gas Co., Scrivner v. 98
O'Brien v. Union Mat. Life Ins. Co. 586
Ocean Express, The 176
Ocean Wave, The 175
Odell v. Stout 159
Ohio & M. liy. Co., King v. 413
Oil City Boiler Works, Innis v. 780
Oliver, The 848
Olyphant v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co. 179
Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co., Barrett v. 452
Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co., Oregonian Ry. Co. v. 245
Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Rv. & Nav. Co. 245
Oriental Mills, Hayden v. 103
O'Rorke v. Union Pacific Ry. Co. 189
Oyster, Albright v. 628
Packard, Pickhardt v. 530
Packer, The E. A 668
Patterson, Mitchell Transp. Co. v. 49
Patton, Fox v. 746
Payne, United States v. 426
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Atha 920
Pennsylvania, The 208
Pentlarge v. Pentlarge 412
People's Telephone Co., American Bell Telephone Co. v. 309
Perseverance, The 462
Petition of Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania, In re 109
Phoenix Ins Co. v. Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. 715
Pickhardt v. Packard 530
Pierpont, Allen v. 582
Pope v. Cheney 177
Porter Needle Co. v. National Needle Co. 829
Price v. Coleman, (two cases,) 694
Price, National Security Bank v. 697
Pullman Southern Car Co. v. Montgomery Co. 276
Pullman Southern Car Co. v. Nolan. 276
Pullman Southern Car Co., State of Tennessee v. 276
Railway Barb Fencing Co., Good Hope Co. v. 635
Railway Reg. Manuf'g Co. v. Broadway & Seventh Ave. R. Co. 655
Railway Reg. Manuf'g Co. v. Central Park, N. & E. R. R. Co. 655
Raisin v. Statham 144
Reba, The 546
Redfleld, Dale v. 506
Redfield, Fargo v. 373
Red River & Coast Line, Boston Marine Ins. Co. v. 347
Red River & Coast Line, St. Louis & Vicksburg Anchor Line v. 347
Fas Reiher, Wollensak r 651
Reusens v. Mexican Nat. Construction Co. 522
Riblet, Morse v. 501
Ridgely, Miller v. 889
Rio Grande, The 914
Robert Jenkins, The 797
Robinson, McFadden v 10
Rosedale, The 737
Rosenwasser v. Berry 841
Roslyn, The 687
Rothschild v. Matthews 6
Rothschild, Erstein v. 61
Royal Arch, The 457
Rubel v. Beaver Falls Cutlery Co. 282
Russell, United States v. 390
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v. 36
St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co., Blair v. 471
St. Louis, H. & K. Ry. Co., Blair v. 769
St. Louis Ore & Steel Co., Olyphant v. 179
St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Wyman 184
St. Louis Wooden-ware Works, Duff v. 340
St. Louis & 8. F. R. Co., Seligman v., (two cases,) 39
St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co., Wilson v. 3
St. Louis & Vicksburg Anchor Line v. Red River & Coast Line 347
St. Louis & Vicksburgh Anchor Line, McMillinv 169
St. Paul F. & M. Ins. Co., Gross v. 74
Saitta, Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. 560
Sallie P. Linderman, The 557
Sandwich Manuf'g Co. v. Wright 631
Sanford, The C. B 863
Scliell, Strang v. 506
Schuyler v. Decker 741
Scribner, Gibson v. 840
Scrivner v. Oakland Gas Co. 98
Scutt, Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co. v. 710
Seligman v. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co., (two cases,) 39
Sharon v. Hill 28
Shickle v. South St. Louis Foundry Co. 105
Short v. McGruder 46
Shufcldt v. Jenkins 359
Simpson v. Davis 444
Simpson, Markliam v. 743
Singer v. Charter Oak Ins. Co. 774
Sloane v. Chiniquy 213
Smith v. McKillop 737
Snyder v. A Floating Dry-dock 685
Soule, Glenn v. 417
South St. Louis Foundry Co., Shickle v. 105
Southern Pac. R. Co. v. Dull 489
Spaeth v. Barney 828 xii
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Van Pelt v. The Alaska. 704
Venner, The 523
Wabash, St L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 14
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 159
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. v. 175
Wabash, St, L. & P. Ry. Co., Central Trust Co. 794
Walker, Glenn v. 577
Wallamet lron Bridge Co., Hatch v. 673
Walsh, Erwin v. 579
W. A. Morrell, The 570
Ward, Menacho v. 529
Waterman v. Porter 827
Waterman v. Waterman 827
Wesley A. Gove, The 311
Western Assur. Co., May v. 260
Western Land & Cattle Co. v. Plumb 598
West Pub. Co., Banks & Bros. v. 50
Wetherell v. Keith 364
Wheelock, Davidson v. 61
White v. Pulley 436
White, United States v. 200
Whitehead v. Entwhistle 778
Wilcox & Gibbs S. Jl. Cel., Johnson v. 689
Willett, The Maggie 519
Williams, Burdett v. 113
Willimantic Thread Co. v. Clark Thread Co. 865
Winchell v. Coney 482
Wing v. Hoehl 894
Winn v. Gilmer 817
Winnemans v. Edgington 324
Wolf, In re 606
Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Min. Co. 795
Woodward v. Gould 182
Woodward v. Gould 338
Worden. The 119
Wright v. The Irthington 143
Yaegerman, Freuna v. 248
Young v. Aronson 241
Young v. Lehmann 383
Young America, The 562
Zittlosen, Borland v. 131
Zvlonite Brush & Comb Co., Celluloid Manufg Co. v. 291
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v.27—FED.—b

CASES REPORTED.

ARRANGED UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE CIRCUITS AND DISTRICTS.

  Page
FIRST CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MAINE.
Kelly v. United States 616
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.
Carte v. Evans 861
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Chandler 9
Crossley v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. 30
Dana v. Parker 263
Davis v. Davis 490
Ingles v. New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. 249
Nashua & L. R. Co. v. Boston & L. R. Co. 821
United States v. Chase 807
DISTRICT COURT, D. MASSACHUSETTS.
Abbie C. Stubbs, The 573
Columbia, The 233
Hollowav v. Lancy 877
Maggie Willett, The 519
Martha Brower, The 513
Perkiomen, The 573
Raven. The 470
Samuel E. Spring, The 764
Stamford, The 227
Twilight, The 227
Wesley A. Gove, The 311
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Jencks v. Langdon Mills 622
SECOND CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Comstock & Cheney Co. 858
Erwin v. Walsh 579
Fraim v. Sharon Valley Malleable & Gray Iron Co. 457
Morris v. Kempshall Manuf'g Co. 748
Schneider v. Foote 581
Sheldrick v. Cockcroft, (two cases,) 579
Winchell v. Coney 482
DISTRICT COURT, D. CONNECTICUT.
Burdett v. Williams 118
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.
Hosford v. Hotchkiss 285
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK
Alabastine Co. v. Payne 559
Chase v. Tuttle 110
Hobbie v. Michigan Pipe Co. 656
Hobbie v. Smith 656
Steam gauge & Lantern Co. v. Follett Lantern & Manuf'g Co. 703
Troy Laundry Machinery Co. v. Bunnell 810
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Apollinaris Co. v. Scherer 18
Armeuysud v. Coudert 247
Atlantic Milling Co. v. Rowland 24
Barry v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 1
Bartells v. Redfield 286
Berry v. De Witt 723
Birdseye v. Heilner 289
Bogart v. Electrical Supply Co. 722
Brown v. Lapham 77
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. American Zykmite Co. 750
Celluloid Manuf'g Co. v. Zylonite Brush & Comb Co. 291
Cummins v. Robertson 654
Day, In re. 678
Emery v. Cavanagh 511
Ervin v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. 625 xiv
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Estes v. Leslie 22
Hoe y. Kahler 145
Hoff v. Iron—clad Manuf'g Co. 307
Johnson v. Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Co. 689
Lock wood v. Faber 63
Manhattan Beach Co. v. Harned 484
McGinnis y. Farrelly 33
Menacho v. Alexandre 529
Menacho v. Ward 529
Moffitty. Cavanagh 511
Muller & Ellison 456
Netherclift v. Robertson 737
Onderdonk v. Smith 874
Pacific R. Co. of Mo. v. Cutting 638
Providence Washington Ins. Co. v. The Sydney 119
Rackett v. Stickney 878
Riker v. Alsop 251
Roemer v. Headley 702
Roemer v. Peddie 702
St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Johnston 243
Shenfleld v. Nashawannuck Manuf'g Co. 808
Smith v. Schell 648
Sydney, The 119
Tate v. Thomas 306
Worden. The 119
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. NEW YORK.
Aberdeen, The 479
Allen v. Seven Hundred and Eighty-five Tons of Coal 316
Annex No. 3, The 516
Bermuda, The 476
City of Chester, The 319
E. H. Pray, The 474
F. I. Merryman, The 313
Frisia, The, and The John N. Parker 480
Giulio, The 318
Hogg v. The Pennsylvania Annex No. 3 516
J. J. Driscoll, The 521
John S. Smith, The 398
Kitchin v. The John N. Parker 480
Mayo v. The John S. Smith 398
Perseverance, The 478
Rutter v. The City of Chester 319
Swallow, The 316
Yenner, The 523
DISTRICT COURT, N. D. NEW YORK.
Alpha, The 759
Balliett v. Dearborn 507
Burt, In re 548
Burt, In re 549
Manitowoc, The 759
Oneida, The 759
Tisdale v. The Alpha 759
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. NEW YORK.
Alaska, The 704
American Eagle, The 464
Barge No. 6 472
Bates, In re 604
Bay Queen, The 813
Birchall v. Barge No. 6 472
Borland v. Zittlosen 131
Bradley Fertilizer Co. v. The Edwin I. Morrison 136
Cahill v. The El Dorado 762
City of Chester, The 399
Columbia, The 704
Denmark, The 141
Doty v. The James T. Easton 464
Edgerton v. The Mayor, etc 230
Edwin I. Morrison, The 136
El Dorado, The 762
Ellen McGovern, The 868
Fritzsche v. The Denmark 141
Garden City, In re The 234
Hammann v. The Industry 767
Harlem, The 236
Industry, The 767
Irthington, The 143
James T. Easton, The 464
McArthur v. The San Marcos 567
McGovern, The Ellen 868
Murray v. The Harlem 236
National Steam—ship Co. v. The W. A. Morrell 570
New Jersey Steam Transp. Co. v. The Bay Queen 813
Oregon, The 871
Putnam v. The Young America 562
Russell v. The Oregon 871
San Marcos, The 567
Strathay, The 562
United States v. Doherty 730
Van Pelt v. The Alaska 704
W. A. Morrell, The 570
Wright v. The Irthington 143
Young v. Aronson 241
Young v. Lehmann 383
Young America, The 562
CIRCUIT COURT, D. VERMONT.
Connecticut & P. R. R. Co. v. Hendee 678
THIRD CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. DELAWARE.
Niles Tool-works v. Betts Mach. Co. 801
DISTRICT COURT, D. DELAWARE.
Andrews v. The South America 386
Magowan v. Andrews 386
Rowland v. The South Cambria 525
South America, The 386 xv
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South Cambria, The. 525
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.
Cary v. Domestic Spring-bed Co. 299
Kearney v. Lehigh Val. R. Co. 699
Low v. Fisher 542
New York Belting & Packing Co. v. Magowan 111
New York Belting & Packing Co. v. Magowan 362
Willimantic Thread Co. v. Clark Thread Co. 865
DISTRICT COURT, D. NEW JERSEY.
Nellie Bloomfield, The 524
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Asmus v. Alden 684
Asmus v. Freeman. 684
Hill v. Biddle 560
Hill v. Smith 560
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Donoughe v. Hubbard 742
Pratt Manuf'g Co. v. Astral Refining Co. 492
Riddle v. First Nat. Bank of Butler, Pa 503
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.
Favorite, The 474
Jarvis v. The Tonawanda 575
Lord Worden, The, v. The Silica 467
Peters v. Heller 474
Schmidt, The 671
Silica, The, v. The Lord Worden 467
Tonawanda, The 575
United States v. Kelly 542
United States v. Morris 341
United States v. Pennsylvania Co. 539
United States v. Trucks' Adm'r 541
FOURTH CIRCUIT.
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
United States v. Smith 854
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. VIRGINIA.
Glenn v. Scott 577
Glenn v. Walker 577
FIFTH CIRCUIT
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ALABAMA.
White v. Pulley 436
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA.
Jones v. United States 447
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, E. D.
Talcott v. Chew 273
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. GEORGIA, W. D.
Dodge v. Briggs 160
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. LOUISIANA.
American Bell Telephone Co. v. National Improved Telephone Co. 663
Claflin v. Lisso 420
Gaines v. City of New Orleans 411
Hancock v. Holbrook 401
Lacroix v. Lyons 403
Lafauci v. Kinler 442
Mason v. Ervine 240
Mason v. Ervine 459
Natchez, The 309
Van Horn v. The Natchez 309
DISTRICT COURT, S. D. MISSISSIPPI.
United States v. Leatherberry 606
United States v. Thomas 682
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. TEXAS.
Southern Dev. Co. v. Houston & T. C. Ry. Co. 344
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. TEXAS.
Higgins, In re 443
Montgomery v. Orr 675
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. TEXAS.
Morgan v. Cox 36
Winn v. Gilmer 817
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Caffery v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. 25 xvi
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CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. MICHIGAN.
Josslyn v. Phillips 481
DISTRICT COURT, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Clarion, The 128
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO.
Henry Bill Pub. Co. v. Smythe 914
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. OHIO, E. D.
Consolidated Fruit Jar Co. v. Bellaire Stamping Co. 377
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE.
Gaither v. Kansas City, etc., R. Co. 544
Partee v. Thomas 429
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. TENNESSEE
Thomas v. Thorwegan 400
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. ILLINOIS.
Blades v. Rand, McNally & Co. 93
Brown & Van Arsdale Manuf'g Co. v. Studebaker Bros. Manuf'g Co. 73
Butler v. Steckel 219
City of Galesburg v. Galesburg Water Co. 321
Commercial Manuf'g Co. v. Fair-bank Canning Co. 78
Crandal v. Accident Ins. Co. of N. A. 40
Foster v. City of Joliet 899
Globe Nail Co. v. Superior Nail Co. 450
Globe Nail Co. v. Superior Nail Co. 454
Halliday v. Covel 217
Hancock Inspirator Co. v. Lally 88
Hoe v. Knap 204
Irons v. Manufacturers' Nat. Bank. 591
Montross v. Bullard 64
Otis Bros. Manuf'g Co. v. Crane Bros. Manuf'g Co. 550
Owsley v. Pope Manuf'g Co. 100
Pope Manuf'g Co. v. Owsley 100
Racine Seeder Co. v. Joliet Wire-check Rower Co. 367
Robbins v. Lincoln 342
Smith v. Murray 69
Taylor v. Robertson 537
Thayer v. Spaulding 66
Union Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Hanford 588
Western Land & Cattle Co. v. Plumb 598
Wetherell v. Keith., 364
CIRCUIT COURT, D. INDIANA.
Bankers' & Merchants' Tel. Co. of Ind. v. Bankers' & Merchants' Tel. Co. of No. 536
Farmers' L. & T. Co. v. Chicago & A. Ry. Co. 146
Richardson v. County of Grant 495
Stanton v. Shipley 498
Taylor v. Rice 264
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. WISCONSIN.
Calkins v. Oshkosh Carriage Co. 296
May v. County of Fond du Lac 691
CIRCUIT COURT, W. D. WISCONSIN.
Griggs v. County of St. Croix 333
DISTRICT COUKT, E. D. WISCONSIN.
Holt v. The Oregon 751
Kirby v. Thames & M. Ins. Co. 221
Oregon, The 751
S. Anderson, The 392
Saveland v. The S. Anderson 392
EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
DISTRICT COURT, W. D. ARKANSAS.
Wolf, In re 606
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA, C. D.
Hough y. Buchanan 328
Whitehead v. Entwhistle 778
CIRCUIT COURT, N. D. IOWA, E. D.
Corbin v. Graves 644
Winnemans v. Edgington 324
CIRCUIT COUBT, N. D. IOWA, W. D.
Guthrie v. Harker. 586
Pitts v. Clay. 635
Sioux City & D. M. Ry. Co. v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. 770
CIRCUIT COURT, S. D. IOWA.
Adams v. May 907
Bryant v. Thompson 881
Deimer v. Franz 890
Kessinger v. Hinkhouse 883 xvii
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Kessinger v. Leibracht 894
Kessinger v. Vannatta 890
Lindroth v. Litchfield 894
Mahin v. Pfeiffer 892
McLane v. Leicht 887
Wing v. Hoehl 894
CIRCUIT COURT, D. KANSAS.
Clark v. Hammett 339
Doster y. Scully 782
Flint v. County of Republic 850
CIRCUIT COURT, D. MINNESOTA.
Banks & Bros. v. West Pub. Co. 50
Craig v. McArthur 911
Davidson v. Wheelock 61
May v. Western Assur. Co. 260
Power v. Baker 396
St. Paul Roller-mill Co. v. Great Western Despatch Co. 434
CIRCUIT COURT, E. D. MISSOURI.
Anthony v. Louisville & N. R. Co. 724
Beals v. Illinois, M. & T. R. Co. 721
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co. 176
Central Trust Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co. 178
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 14
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 159
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 175
Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. 794
Chamberlain v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. 181
Cleveland Rolling-mill Co. v. Texas & St. L. Ry. Co. 250
Danzig v. Gumersell 185
Dodd v. Ghiselin 405
Eells v. Johann 327
Freund v. Yaegerman 248
Funk v. Anglo-American Ins. Co. 336
Home v. Hoyle 216
Jeffries v. Laurie 195
Jeffries v. Laurie 198
Schuler v. Israel 851
Schuler v. Laclede Bank 424
Schultz v. Ostrander 295
State v. Morse 261
Steam-gauge & Lantern Co. v. Meyrose 213
Turner v. Shackman 183
United States v. White 200
Woodward v. Gould 182
Woodward v. Gould 338
CIRCUIT COURT, D. NEBRASKA.
Anglo-Californian Bank v. Ames 727
King Iron Bridge & Manuf'g Co. v. County of Otoe 800
Root v. Merriam 909
NINTH CIRCUIT.
CIRCUIT COURT, D. CALIFORNIA.
Baldwin, In re 187
Bragg v. City of Stockton 509
Hardt v. Liberty Hill Consolidated Mining & Water Co. 788
North Bloomfield Gravel Min. Co., In re 795
Theurkauf v. Ireland 769
Waterman v. Porter 827
Waterman v. Waterman 827
Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Min. Co. 795
CIRCUIT COURT, D. OREGON.
Coffin v. City of Portland 412
Hatch v. Wallamet Iron Bridge Co. 673
Hickox v. Elliott 830
Holladay Case, The 830
Kie v. United States 351
Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Ry & Nav. Co., (four cases,) 277
Scheurer v. Columbia-street Bridge Co. 172

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