THE

AMERICAN REPORTS

CONTAINING

ALL DECISIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE

SEVERAL STATES,

WITH

NOTES AND REFERENCES

BY

IRVING BROWNE.

Vol. LVIII.

CONTAINING ALL CASES OF GENERAL AUTHORITY IN THE FOLLOWING

REPORTS:

79 ALABAMA; 47 ARKANSAS: 68 CALIFORNIA; 69 CALIFORNIA;
21 FLORIDA; 74 GEORGIA: 75 GEORGIA; 108 INDIANA; 109 IN-
DIANA; 69 IOWA: 38 LOUISIANA ANNUAL: 143 MASSACHU-
SETTS: 57 MICHIGAN: 89 MISSOURI; 104 NEW YORK;

44 OHIO STATE; 14 OREGON: 109 PENNSYLVANIA
STATE: 24 SOUTH CAROLINA; 22 TEXAS
COURT OF APPEALS; 67 WISCONSIN.

SAN FRANCISCO :

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS

1-87.

121698

JUL 29 194

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,

BY JOHN D. PARSONS, JR.,"

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

SCHEDULE

OF STATE REPORTS FROM WHICH CASES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE AMERICAN REPORTS.

The volumes of State Reports are in parenthesis, and the volumes of American Reports in heavy letter.

Alabama 44, 4: 145 6: (45) 7: (47) 11: (48) 17; 49, 501 20:51, 52) 23; 153,54) 25:155.56 28; (58) 29: 150, 60:31:461/32;462) 34;163) 35; (64) 38: (65) 39: (66) 41: (67) 42: (68, 69) 44; (71) 46; (72) 47; (73, 74) 49; 75) 51; (76) 32: (77) 54; (78) 36; (79) 38. Arkansas (25) 4; 26) 7; (27) 11; (25) 18: (29, 30, 21; (31) 25: (32) 29; 33, 34:34, 36; 35 37; 136:35; (37) 40: (38) 42; (39) 43; (40, 41, 42, 45: 43, 44) 31; (45, 46) 55: (47) 38.

Baxter (Tenn.) (1) 25; (2) no cases; 13. 4 27; (5) 30; (6, 7) 32; (8-35; (9) 40.

Bush Ky.) 3; (8) 8: 19, 15: (10) 19: (11:21; (12) 23; (13) 26: (14) 29. California (39) 2; (40) 6; (41, 42) 10; (43, 44, 45, 46) 13; (47, 48) 17; (49, 50) 19: (51, 21; (52) 26; (53) 31; (54 35: (55) 36; (56) 38; (57) 40; (58) 41; (59) 43; (60. 61) 44; (62) 45; (63, 64) 49: (65) 32; (66, 67) 56: (686) 58.

Colorado (1)9; 12, 3; 25; (4) 34; (5) 40; Connecticat (36) 4; 137, 38, 9: (39) 12; (44) 26: (45) 29; (46) 33; (47) 36; 50: 152) 52: (53) 55.

(6) 45; (7) 49; (8) 54.
(40) 16;
(48) 40;

(41, 42) 19; (43) 21; (49) 44; (50) 47; (51)

Florida (13) 7: (14) 14; (15) 21; (16) 26; (17) 35; (18) 43; (19) 45; (20) 51; (21) 58.

Georgia (40) 2: (41, 42) 5: (43, 44) 9; (45, 46) 12: (47, 48, 49, 50) 15; (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56) 21; (57, 58) 24; (59, 60) 27; (61) 34: (62) 35; (63) 36; (64) 37; (65) 38; (66) 42; (67) 44; (68) 45; (69) 47; (70) 48; (71) 51; (72) 53: (73) 54; (74. 75); 58.

Grattan (a) (2m 3; (21) 8; (22) 12; (23) 14; (24, 25) 18; (26, 27) 21; (28, 29, 26: (31) 31; (30) 32; (32) 34; (33) 36.

Heiskell Tenn.) (1) 2; (2) 5; (3) 8; (4, 5) 13; (6, 7) 19; (8, 9) 24; (10, 11, 12, 27.

(4) 15.

Houston (Del.) (3, 11; Illinois (51) 2: (52) 4; (53, 54) 5: (55, 56) 8; (57. 58) 11; (59, 60, 61, 62, 63) 14; (64, 65, 66, 67) 16; (68, 69) 18: (75, 76, 77, 78) 20; (70, 71.72.79, 80) 22; (73, 74)* 24: (81, 82, 83, 84) 25: (85) 28; (86, 87)29; (58) 30; (89) 31; (90) 32; (91) 33: (92, 93, 94) 34: (95) 35; (96) 36; (97) 37: (98) 38: (99, 100) 39; (101, 102) 40; (103) 42; (104, 105) 44; (106) 46; (107) 47; (108) 48; (109) 50; (110) 51; (111) 53; (112) 54; (113, 114) 55; (115, 116) 56; (117) 57.

Indiana (32) 2; (33) 5; (34) 7; (35) 9; (36, 37, 38) 10; (39, 40, 41, 42, 43) 13: (44, 45, 46) 15; (47, 48) 17; (49, 50, 51) 19; (52, 53) 21; (54, 55) 23: (56, 57, 58, 59) 26; (60, 61) 28; (62, 63) 30: (64) 31; (65. 66) 32: (67) 33; (68) 34; (69) 35; (70, 71) 36; (72) 37; (73) 38; (74, 75) 39; (76, 77) 40; (78, 79, 80) 41: (81, 82) 42; (83, 84) 43: (85, 86, 87) 44; (88) 45; (89, 90, 91) 46; (92, 93) 47; (94, 95) 48:

*The hiatus in the Illinois Reports arises from the fact that the volumes between the 4th and the 75th were published after the 7th and three succeeding volumes

(96, 97, 98) 49; (99, 100) 50; (101) 51; (102) 52; (103) 53; (104) 54; (105, 106), 55; (107) 57; (108, 109) 58.

Iowa (27) 1; (28, 29) 4; (30) 6; (31, 32) 7; (33, 34) 11; (35, 36) 14; (37, 38, 39) 18; (40, 41, 42) 20; (43) 22; (44, 45) 24; (46) 26; (47) 29; (48) 30; (49) 31; (50) 82; (51) 33; (52) 35; (53) 86; (54) 87; (55) 39; (56) 41; (57) 42; (58) 43; (59) 44; (60) 46; (61) 47; (62) 49; (63) 50; (64) 52; (65) 54; (66) 55; (67, 68) 56; (69) 58. Kansas (5. 6) 7; (7, 8, 9) 12; (10, 11, 12) 15; (13, 14) 19; (15, 16, 17) 22; (18) 26; (19, 20) 27; (21) 30; (22) 31; (23) 33; (24) 36; (25) 37; (26) 40; (27) 41; (28) 42; (29) 44; (30) 46; (31) 47; (32) 49; (33) 52; (34) 55; (35) 57.

Kentucky (78) 39; (79) 42; (80) 44; (81) 50; (82) 56.

Lea (Tenn.) (1) 27; (2, 3 31; (41, 5, 6, 7) 40; (8) 41; (9) 42; (10) 43; (11, 12) 47; (13) 49; (14) 52; (15) 54; (16) 57.

Louisiana (22) 2; (23) 8; (24, 25) 13: (26, 27) 21; (28) 26; (29) 29; (30) 31; (31) 33; (32) 36; (33), 39; (34) 44; (35) 48; (36) 51; (37) 55; (38) 58.

MacArthur (District of Columbia) (1, 2) 29; (3) 36.
Mackey (District of Columbia) (1, 2) 47; (3) 51; (4) 54.
MacArthur and Mackey (District of Columbia) 48.
Maine (57) 2; (58) 4; (59) 8; (60) 11; (61) 14; (62) 16;

(63, 64) 18; (65) 20: (66) 22; (67) 24; (68) 28; (69) 31; (70) 35; (71) 36; (72) 39; (73) 40; (74) 43; (75) 46; (76) 49; (77) 52; (78) 57.

Maryland (31) 1; (32, 33) 8; (34, 35) 6; (36, 37) 11; (38, 39, 40) 17; (11, 42. 43) 20; (44) 22; (45, 46) 24; (47) 28; (48) 30; (49, 50) 33; (51) 34; (52, 53) 36; (54, 55) 39; (56, 57) 40; (58) 42; (59) 43; (60) 45; (61) 48; (62) 50; (63) 52; (64) 54: (65) 57.

Massachusetts (100) 1; (101, 102) 3; (103) 4; (104) 6; (105) 7;

(106) 8: (107) 9; (108) 11; (109) 12; (110) 14; (111, 115) 15; (112, 116) 17; (113) 18; (114, 117, 118) 19; (119) 20; (120) 21; (121, 122) 23; (123) 25; (124) 26; (125) 28; (126) 30; (127) 34; (128) 35; (129) 37; (130) 39; (131) 41; (132) 42; (138) 43; (134) 45; (135) 46; (136) 49; (137) 50; (138, 139) 52; (140) 54; (141) 55; (142) 56; (143) 58. Michigan (19) 2: (20, 21) 4; (22) 7; (23. 24) 9; (25, 26) 12; (27, 28) 15; (29, 30, 31) 18: (32,33) 20; (34) 22; (35, 36) 24; (37) 26; (40) 29; (38) 31; (41) 32; (39) 33; (42) 36; (43, 44) 38; (45) 40; (46, 47) 41: (48) 42; (49) 43; (50) 45; (51) 47; (52) 50; (53) 51; (54) 52; (55) 54: (58) 55; (56) 56; (57) 58.

Minnesota (15) 2; (16, 17, 18) 10; (19, 20, 21) 18; (22) 21; (23) 23; (24) 31 : (25) 33; (26) 37; (27) 38; (28) 41; (29) 48; (30) 44; (31) 47; (32) 50; (33) 53; (34) 57.

Mississippi (42) 2; (43) 5; (44, 45) 7; (46, 47. 48) 12; (49, 50) 19; (51, 52, 53) 24; (54) 28: (55) 30; (56) 31; (57) 34; (58) 38; (59) 42; (60) 45; (61) 48: (62) 52; (63) 56.

Missouri (46) 2: (47) 4: (48, 49) 8: (50, 51) 11; (52. 53, 54) 14; (55, 56, 57. 58) 17; (5), 60, 61, 62, 63) 21; (64, 65, 66) 27; (67) 29; (68) 30; (69) 33; (70) 35; (71) 36; (72) 37; (73) 39; (74) 41; (75) 42; (76) 43; (77) 46; (78) 47; (79) 49; (80) 50; (81 51; (82) 52; (83) 53; (84) 54: (85) 55; (86, 87) 56; (88) 57; (89) 58.

Montana (1, 2) 25; (3) 35; (4) 47; (5) 51.

Nebraska (3, 4) 19; (5) 25; (6, 7) 29; (8) 30; (9) 31; (10) 35; (11) 38: (12) 41; (13) 42; (14) 45; (15) 48; (16) 49; (17) 52; (18) 53; (19) 56; (20) 57.

Nevada (6) 3; (7) 8; (9) 16; (10, 11) 21;

(12) 28; (13) 29; (14) 33; (15) 37:

(16) 40; (17) 45;

(18) 51.

New Jersey (34) 8; (35) 10; (36) 18; (37) 18; (38) 20; (39) 23; (40) 29; (41) 32; (42) 86; (43) 89; (44) 48; (45) 46; (46) 50; (47) 54; (48) 57.

(35) 40;

(37) 45; (38) 48; (39) 51;

New Jersey Equity (33) 86; (34) 38; (40) 53; (41) 56. New York (41, 42) 1; (43) 8; (44) 4; (45) 6; (46, 47) 7; (48) 8; (49, 50, 51) 10; (52) 11; (53, 54) 18; (55) 14; (56, 57) 15; (58, 59) 17; (60, 61) 19; (62, 63) 20; (64) 21; (65) 22; (66, 67, 68) 23; (69) 25; (70) 26; (71) 27; (72) 28; (73) 29; (74) 30; (75) 31; (76) 32; (77) 33; (78) 34; (79) 35; (80) 36; (81, 82) 37; (83, 84) 38; (85) 39; (86) 40; (87) 41; (88, 89) 42; (90, 91) 43; (92) 44; 93) 45; (94) 46; (95) 47; (96) 48; (97) 49; (98) 50; (99) 52; (100) 53; (101) 54; (102) 55; (108) 57; (104) 58.

North Carolina (65) 6; (66) 8; (67, 68, 69) 12; (70) 16; (71) 17; (72, 73, 74) 21; (75, 76) 22; (77, 78) 24; (79) 28; (80) 30; (81) 31; (82) 33; (83) 35; (84) 87; (85) 39; (86) 41; (87) 42; (88) 48; (89) 45'; (90) 47; (91) 49; (92, 93) 53; (94) 55.

Ohio (19) 2; (20) 5; (21) 8; (22) 10; (23) 18; (24) 15; (25) 18; (26) 20; (27, 28) 22; (29) 23; (30, 31) 27; (32) 80; (33) 31; (34) 82; (35) 35; (36) 38; (37) 41; (38) 43; (39, 40) 48; (42) 51; (41) 52; (43) 54. Oregon (3) 8; (4) 18; (5) 20; (6) 25; (7) 33; (8) 34; (9) 42; (10) 45; (11) 50; (12) 53; (13) 57; (14) 58.

Pennsylvania (62) 1; (63, 64, 65) 3; (66, 67) 5; (68, 69) 8; (70, 71) 10: (72, 73) 13; (74, 75) 15; (76, 77) 18; (78, 79, 80) 21; (81, 82) 22; (83, 84) 24; (85, 86) 27; (87) 30; (88) 32; (89) 38; (90) 35; (91) 36; (92) 37; (93, 94, 97) 39; (95) 40; (96, 98) 42; (99) 44; (100) 45; (101) 47; (102) 48; (103, 104) 49; (105, 106) 51; (107) 52; (108, 111, 112) 56; (113) 57 (109) 58.

Rhode Island (8) 5; (9) 11; (10) 14; (11) 23; (12) 34; (13) 43; (14) 51. South Carolina (1 N. S.) 7; (2, 3, 4) 16; (5) 22; (6, 7) 24; (8) 28; (9, 10) 30; (11, 12) 32; (13) 36; (14) 37; (15) 40; (16) 42; (17) 43; (18) 44; (19) 45; (20) 47: (21, 22) 53; (23) 55; (24) 58.

Texas (32) 5; (33, 34) 7; (35, 36, 37) 14; (38, 39, 40, 41, 42) 19; (43, 44, 45) 23; (46, 47, 48) 26; (49) 30; (50, 51) 32; (52) 36; (53) 37; (54) 38; (55) 40; (56) 42; (57, 58) 44; (59) 46; (60. 61) 48; (62) 50; (63) 51; (64) 53; (65) 57.

(10) 38;

(18) 51;

Texas Ct. App. (1, 2) 28; (3, 4) 30; (5, 6, 7) 32; (8) 34; (9) 85;
(11) 40: (12) 41; (13) 44; (14) 46; (15, 16) 49; (17) 50;
(19) 53; (20) 54; (21) 57; (22) 58.
Vermont (42) 1; (43) 5; (44) 8; (45) 12; (46) 14; (47) 19; (48) 21; (49) 24;
(50) 2s; (51) 31; (52) 36; (53) 38; (54) 41; (55) 45; (56) 48; (57)
52; (58) 56.

Virginia (75) 40; (76) 44; (77) 46; (78) 49; (79) 52; (80) 56.
Washington (1) 34.

West Virginia (4) 6: (5) 13; (6) 20; (7, 8) 23; (9, 10, 11) 27;

(12) 29; (13) 31; (14) 35; (15) 36; (16) 37; (17, 18) 41; (19) 42 (20) 43; (21) 45; (22) 46; (23) 48; (24) 49; (25) 52; (26) 53; (27) 55; (28) 57. Wisconsin (24) 1; (25) 3; (26) 7; (27, 28, 29) 9: (30, 31) 11; (32, 33) 14, (34, 35, 36) 17; (37) 19; (38, 39) 20; (40, 41) 22; (42) 24; (43, 44) 28; (45) 30; (46, 47) 32; (48) 33; (49) 35; (50) 36; (51) 37; (52) 38; (53) 40; (54) 41; (55) 42; (56) 43; (57, 58) 46; (59) 48; (60, 61) 50; (62) 51; (63) 53; (64) 54; (65) 56; (66) 57; (67) 58.