CONTAINING CASES DETERMINED AT A PART OF THE APRIL TERM, 1859,
AND A PART OF THE OCTOBER TERM, 1859.

PHILADELPHIA:

T. & J. W. 'JOHNSON & CO.,
LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,

NO. 535 CHESTNUT STREET.

1860.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860,

BY JAMES Z. GEORGE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Mississippi.

C. SHERMAN & SON, PRINTERS,
S. W. cor. Seventh and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.

JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT OF ERRORS AND AP

PEALS DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

HON. COTESWORTH P. SMITH, CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. ALEXANDER H. HANDY,

HON. WILLIAM L. HARRIS,

SAMUEL LIVINGSTON, CLERK.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.