UNITED STATES REPORTS VOLUME 128 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1888 J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS REPORTER NEW YORK AND ALBANY BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW PUBLISHERS 1889 JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.1 SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. AUGUSTUS HILL GARLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL. JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL. 1 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER's commission bears date July 20, 1888. He took the oath of office in open court October 8, 1888, and immediately' took his seat on the bench. 2 MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS, by reason of illness, took no part in the decision of any of the cases reported in this volume, except Kidd v. Pearson, Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Merchants' Bank, and Robinson v. Fair, all argued at the last term. TABLE OF CONTENTS. TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. Ætna Insurance Company, Brodnax v. Alabama, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway v. 236 464 Boyd, Quimby v. Bradshaw, Chappell v. Bradshaw, Chappell v. . Brown, Danville v. 488 Brodnax v. Etna Insurance Company |