UNITED STATES REPORTS

VOLUME 16+

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1896

J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS

REPORTER

NEW YORK AND ALBANY
BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW PUBLISHERS

1897

MA

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HARVARD COLLEGE
MA 19 1897
LIBRARY

JUSTICES

OF THE

SU P R E ME COURT

DURING TIE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.
STEPHEN JOHNSON FIELD, AssocIATE JUSTICE.
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, AssoCIATE JUSTICE.
HORACE GRAY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HENRY BILLINGS BROWN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., AssociATE JUSTICE.
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, AssoCIATE JUSTICE.
RUFUS W. PECKHAM, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

JUDSON HARMON, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HOLMES CONRAD, SOLICITOR GENERAL.
JAMES HALL MCKENNEY, CLERK.
JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL.