THE

AMERICAN DECISIONS

CONTAINING THE

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES

FROM THE EARLIEST ISSUE OF THE STATE REPORTS TO
THE YEAR 1869

COMPILED AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

COURERLOR AT LAW, AND AUTHOR OF "TREATISE ON THE LAW OF JUDOMANYA "
"CO-TENANCY AND PARTITION,"

EXECUTIONS IN CIVIL CASES," ETC

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