REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE Circuit Court of the United States FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. BY SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN VOLUME XIII. NEW YORK: BAKER, VOORHIS & CO., PUBLISHERS, 66 NASSAU STREET. 1877. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, BY SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STAMFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY BAKER & GODWIN, PRINTERS, No. 25 Park Row, New York. JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE SECOND CIRCUIT, DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. WARD HUNT, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. LEWIS B. WOODRUFF,* ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON,* CIRCUIT JUDge of the SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. DISTRICT JUDGES. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. CHARLES L. BENEDICT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. DAVID A. SMALLEY, VERMONT. NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, CONNECTICUT. *The Honorable LEWIS B. WOODRUFF died September 10th, 1875, and the Honorable ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON was appointed Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, in his place, October 25th, 1875. 76992 |