United States. Supreme Court

REPORTS

of

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

JANUARY TERM, 1847.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

VOL. V.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hon. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice.
Hon. JOHN MCLEAN, Associate Justice.
Hon. JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
Hon. JOHN CATRON, Associate Justice.
Hon. JOHN MCKINLEY, Associate Justice.

HON. PETER V. DANIEL, Associate Justice.

Hon. SAMUEL NELSON, Associate Justioe.
Hon. LEVI WOODBURY, Associate Justice.
Hon. ROBERT C. GRIER, Associate Justice.

NATHAN CLIFFORD, Esq., Attorney-General.

WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk.

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, Esq., Reporter.

ALEXANDER. HUNTER, Esq., Marshal.

LIST OF ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS

ADMITTED DECEMBER TERM, 1846.