CASES

ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

The Supreme Court

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

DECEMBER TERMS, 1868 AND 1869.

REPORTED BY

JOHN WILLIAM WALLACE.

VOL. VIII.

WASHINGTON, D. C.:
W. H. & 0. H. MORRISON,
Lab Publishers and Booksellers.
1870.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870,

By W. H. & 0. H. MORRISON, In the Clerk's Office of the Supreine Court of the District of Columbia.

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. SALMON PORTLAND CHASE.

ASSOCIATES.

Hon. SAMUEL NELSON, Hon. ROBERT COOPER GRIER HON. NATHAN CLIFFORD,

HON. NOAH H. SWAYNE, Hon. SAMUEL F. MILLER, Hon. David Davis,

Hon. STEPHEN J. FIELD.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Hon. EBENEZER ROCKWOOD HOAR.

CLERK.

DANIEL WESLEY MIDDLETON, ESQUIRE.

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OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

AS MADE JANUARY 15, 1869, UNDER THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF JULY 23, 1866,

AND MARCH 2, 1867.

NAME OF THE JUDGE, AND STATE NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF THE DATE AND AUTHOR OF THE JUDGE'S WHENCE COMING,

CIRCUIT.

COMMISSION.

FIRST

1858.
Hon. N. CLIFFORD, Maire, New HamPSBIRE. January 12th.
Maine.

MASSACHUSETTS, AND PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
Ruode Island.

FIFTA.
Hon. N. H. SWAYNE, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, ALA-

1862.
Obio.

BAMA, Mississippi, Loo. January 24th.
ISIANA, AND Texas. | PRESIDENT LIncoLN.