Vnited States Supreme Court

REPORTS

OP

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

DECEMBER TERM, 1857.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME

COURT OF THE UNITED STATEA.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, in the Clerk's Office the District Court of the District of Columbia.

BUELL & BLANCHARD, PRINTERS.
C. W. MURRAY, STEREOTYPER.

WASHINGTON. D. C.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hon. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice.
Hon. JOHN MCLEAN, Associate Justice.
Hon. JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
Hon. JOHN CATRON, Associate Justice.
Hon. PETER V. DANIEL, Associate Justice.
Hon. SAMUEL NELSON, Associate Justice.
Hon. ROBERT C. GRIER, Associate Justice.
Hon. JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Associate Justice.
Hon. NATHAN CLIFFORD, Associate Justice.

JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Esq., Attorney General.

WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk.

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, Esq., Reporter.

WILLIAM SELDEN, Esq., Marshal.