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.

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COMPILED AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

COUNSELOR AT LAW, AND AUTHOR OF "TREATISE ON THE LAW OF JUDGMENTS,”
"CO-TENANCY AND PARTITION,"
‚""EXECUTIONS IN CIVIL CASES," ETO,

Vol. LXIX.

SAN FRANCISCO:

A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY,

LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, AND STATIONERS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885,

By A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY,

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

AMERICAN DECISIONS.

VOL. LXIX.

The cases re-reported in this Volume will be found originally reported in the following State Reports: