THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 53,

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, AND TENNESSEE, COURT
OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, SUPREME COURT, COURT OF CRIM-
INAL APPEALS, AND COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS

OF TEXAS, AND COURT OF APPEALS

OF INDIAN TERRITORY.

PERMANENT EDITION.

NOVEMBER 13-DECEMBER 25, 1899.

WITH TABLE OF WRITS OF ERROR DENIED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS IN CASES IN THE
COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS.

ALSO TABLES OF SOUTHWESTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 65, ARKANSAS REPORTS; 100, KEN-
TUCKY REPORTS; 149, MISSOURI REPORTS; 92, TEXAS REPORTS; 15-19, TEXAS
CIVIL APPEALS REPORTS; 38, TEXAS CRIMINAL REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

COPYRIGHT, 1900.

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.