THE

AMERICAN REPORTS:

CONTAINING

ALL DECISIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE

SEVERAL STATES,

WITH

NOTES AND REFERENCES

BY

ISAAC GRANT THOMPSON.

VOL. XVI.

CONTAINING ALL CASES OF ANY GENERAL IMPORTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING
REPORTS:

40 CONNECTICUT; 64 ILLINOIS; 65 ILLINOIS; 66 ILLINOIS: 67 ILLI
NOIS: 62 MAINE; 9 NEVADA; 53 NEW HAMPSHIRE: 70 NORTH
CAROLINA; 2 SOUTH CAROLINA; 3 SOUTH
CAROLINA; 4 SOUTH CAROLINA.

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BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,

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SCHEDULE

OF STATE REPORTS FROM WHICH CASES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE AMERICAN REPORTS.

The volumes of State Reports are in parentheses, and the volumes of American Reports in heavy letter.

Alabama (44) 4, (45).6; (16) 7; (47) 11.

Georgia (40) 2; (41, 42) 5; (43, 44) 9; (45, 46) 12; (47, 48, 49, 50) 15.
Grattan (Va.) (20) 8; (21) 8; (22) 12; (23) 14.

Heiskell (Tenn.) (1) 2; (2) 5'; (3) 8; (4, 5) 13.

Houston (Del.) (3) 11; (4) 15.

Illinois (51) 2; (52) 4; (53, 54) 5; (55, 56) 8; (57, 58) 11; (59, 60, 61. 62, 63) 14; (64, 65, 66, 67) 16.

Indiana (32) 2; (33) 5; (34) 7; (35) 9; (36, 37, 38) 10; (39, 40, 41. 42, 43) 18; (44, 45, 46) 15.

Iowa (27) 1; (28, 29) 4; (30) 6; (31, 32) 7; (33, 34) 11; (35, 36) 14.

Kansas (5, 6) 7; (7, 8, 9) 12; (10, 11, 12) 15.

Louisiana (22) 2; (23) 8; (24, 25) 13.

Maine (57) 2; (58) 4; (59) 8; (60) 11; (61) 14; (62) 16.

Maryland (31) 1; (32, 33) 3; (34, 35) 6; (36, 37) 11.

Massachusetts (100) 1; (101, 102) 3; (103) 4; (104) 6; (105) 7; (106) 8 ·

(107) 9; (108) 11; (109) 12; (110) 14; (111, 115) 15.

Michigan (19) 2 (20, 21) 4; (22) 7;

Minnesota (15) 2; (16, 17, 18) 10.
Mississippi (42) 2; (43) 5; (44, 45) 7;

(23, 24) 9; (25, 26) 12; (27, 28) 14.

(46, 47, 48) 12.

Missouri (46) 2; (47) 4; (48, 49) 8; (50, 51) 11; (52, 53, 54) 14.

Nevada (6) 3; (7) 8; (9) 16.

New Hampshire (48) 2; (49) 6; (50) 9; (51) 12; (52) 13; (53) 16.
New Jersey (34) 8; (35) 10; (36) 13.

(46, 47) 7; (48) 8; (49, 50,
(56, 57) 15
(70) 16.
(23) 13; (24) 15.

New York (41, 42) 1; (43) 3; (44) 4; (45) 6;
51) 10; (52) 11: (53,54) 13; (55) 14;
North Carolina (65) 6; (66) 8; (67, 68, 69) 12;
Ohio (19) 2; (20) 5; (21) 8; (22) 10;
Oregon (3) 8
Pennsylvania (62) 1; (63, 64, 65) 3;

(66, 67) 5; (68, 69) 8; (70, 71) 10;

(72, 73) 13: (74, 75) 15.
Rhode Island (8) 5; (9) 11; (10) 14.
South Carolina (1 N. S.) 7; (2, 3, 4) 16.
Texas (32) 5; (33, 34) 7; (35, 36, 37) 14.

Vermont (42) 1; (43) 5; (44) 8; (45) 12; (46) 14.

West Virginia (4) 6; (5) 13.

Wisconsin (24) 1; (25) 3; (26) 7. (27, 28, 29) 9; (30, 31) 11 (32, 33) 14.