LAW TIMES REPORTS.

A COLLECTION OF

LEADING CASES DECIDED IN THE COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND COURTS OF LAST
RESORT OF THE SEVERAL

STATES.

TOGETHER WITH

A DIGEST OF CASES OF VALUE REPORTED IN AMERICAN

LEGAL PERIODICALS DURING THE YEAR 1876.

EDITED BY

ROWLAND COX.

" It is impossible but in process of time, as well from the nature of things change
ing, as corruption of agents, abusés will grow up: for which reason, the law muf
be kept as a garden, with frequent digging, weeding, turning, &c. That which in
one age was convenient, and perhaps necessary, in another becomes an intolerable
nuisance,” — ROGER NORTH.

NEW SERIES. – VOLUME III.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.
BOSTON: H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press.

1876.
(Copyright Secured.)

TABLE OF CASES.

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Adden v. White Mt. N. H. R. Eaves (Town of Coloma v.) . 235 R. Co..

78 Exch. Bank of Pittsburg (Smith Ambrose v. Woodmansee 445

:. 427 Angle v. N. W. Life Ins. Co. . 398 Ansonia Co. (New Lamp Chim- Faber (Reckendorfer v.)

304 ney Co. v.)

110 First Nat'l Bank of Carlisle v. Atlanta, &c. R. R. Co. (Wilmer

Graham

501 v.)

29 First Nat'l Bank of Clietopa
(Crocker v.).

350 Ballou v. Prescott. 53 Foster, in re

411 Balto. & P. R. R. Co. v. Reany 204 Ft. Wayne, &c. R. R. Co. (GilderBoyd v. Watt 524 sleeve v.):

118 Bracken v. Johnston 537 Fuentes (Gaines v.)

. 361 Bradbury (Collins v.)

67
Gaines v. Fuentes .

361 Campbell v. Thomas

49 Gildersleeve v. Ft. Wayne &c. R. Chandler v. Coe 291 R. Co...

. 118 Ches. & 0. R. R. Co. (Duncan v.) 194 Graham (First Nat'l Bank v.) . 501 Chicago, &c. R. W. Co. (McKin- Grand Tr. R. W. Co. v. Richard279

166 Citizens' Ins. Co. (West v.) 353 Grove v. Todd

59 Citizens' National Bank v. Smith. 248 City of Bangor (City of Portland Hall v. Lanning

105 435 Hardy v. Merrill

374 City of Portland r. City of Bangor 435 Henderson v. Wickham, Mayor 227 City of Richmond (West. Un. 'Tel. Henkelman v. Smith

283 148 Hibernia Sav. Institution (Peo4 ple v.) :

241 291 Hill v. Inhabitants of Seekonk. Hobson v. Lord .

257 Com. of Emigration v. No. Ger- Humboldt Township v. Long 330 Lloyd

227
Huxford (Sanford v.).

23 Cooper (Marshall v.)

514
v. Lepper

332 Inhabitants of Seekonk (Hill
First National Bank of
v.)

. 301 350 Cruikshank (United States v.). 206 Jessup (Miller v.).

266 419 Johnson's Ex. (Riddell v.)

171 Johnston (Bracken v.)

. 537 68 Jones (Sewall v.)

. 120 450 v. C. & O. R. R. Co. 194 Kellogg v. Curtis

. 419 Dunn v. Rankin & Co. 436 Kidder (Lieb v.)

. 266 . 360 Kimball (Sanborn v.)

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