THE

NORTHEASTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 26,

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MASSACHUSETTS, OHIO, INDIANA,
ILLINOIS, AND THE COURT OF APPEALS

OF NEW YORK.

PERMANENT EDITION.

JANUARY 23—APRIL 24, 1891.

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ST. PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1891.

COPYRIGHT, 1891,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

MASSACHUSETTS-Supreme Judicial Court.
WALBRIDGE A. FIELD, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
WILLIAM ALLEN.

MARCUS P. KNOWLTON.
CHARLES ALLEN.

JAMES M. MORTON.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. JOHN LATHROP.

NEW YORK-Court of Appeals.
WILLIAM C. RUGER, CHIEF JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
CHARLES ANDREWS.

RUFUS W. PECKHAM.
ROBERT EARL.

JOHN C. GRAY.
FRANCIS M. FINCH.

DENIS O'BRIEN.

Second Division.
DAVID L. FOLLETT, CHIEF JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
GEORGE B. BRADLEY.

CHARLES F. BROWN.
ALBERT HAIGHT.

ALTON B. PARKER.
JOSEPH POTTER.

IRVING G. VANN.

OHIO—Supreme Court.
MARSHALL J. WILLIAMS, CHIEF JUSTICE.

JUDGES.
WILLIAM T. SPEAR.

JOSEPH P. BRADBURY.
FRANKLIN J. DICKMAN.

THADDEUS A. MINSHALL.

INDIANA-Supreme Court.

JOHN G. BERKSHIRE, CHIEF JUSTICE, May Term, 1890.1
WALTER OLDS, CHIEF JUSTICE, Nov. Term, 1890.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
BILAS D. COFFEY.

ROBT. W. MCBRIDE.
BYRON K. ELLIOTT.

JOHN D. MILLER.2