REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE Circuit Court of the United States FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. BY SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN VOLUME XII. NEW YORK: BAKER, VOORHIS & CO., PUBLISHERS, 66 NASSAU STREET. 1875. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, BY SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. BAKER & GODWIN, PRINTERS, No. 25 Park Row, New York. JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE SECOND CIRCUIT, DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. WARD HUNT, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. LEWIS B. WOODRUFF, CIRCUIT JUDGE OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. DISTRICT JUDGES. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. CHARLES L. BENEDICT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. DAVID A. SMALLEY, VERMONT. NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, CONNECTICUT. |