ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE COUNTY COURTS OF PHILADELPHIA, AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. BY MEMBERS OF THE BAR. VOLUME XL. MARCH, 1897 TO SEPTEMBER, 1897. PHILADELPHIA: KAY & BROTHER, LAW BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS. 1897. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1897, by KAY & BROTHER, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Rec. Mar- Oct 1897. PHILADELPHIA: REPORTERS. Supreme Court and Superior Court. MR. HENRY BUDD, assisted by Messrs. William M. Stewart, Jr., Samuel Hinds Thomas, John Douglass Brown, Jr., William C. Stoever, and William D. Neilson. MR. WM. LYTTLETON SAVAGE, assisted by Messrs. Edward F. Hoffman, William C. Stoever, John Douglass Brown, Jr., William M. Stewart, Jr., Charles K. Zug and Frederick B. Neilson. . S. District and Circuit Courts. MR. C. BERKELEY TAYLOR, assisted by Mr. Mark Wilks Collet. N. B. Admiralty Cases revised by MR. MORTON P. HENRY. 4. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. MR. ALFRED ROLAND HAIG. GENERAL EDITOR. MR. ALBERT A. OUTERBRIDGE, 608 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. (iii) |