National Reporter System.-State Series.

THE

SOUTHEASTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 30,

CONTAINING ALL THE DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA, AND SUPREME COURTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA.

PERMANENT EDITION.

JUNE 7-SEPTEMBER 27, 1898.

WITH TABLES OF SOUTHEASTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 100, 101, GEORGIA REPORTS; 51, SOUTH
CAROLINA REPORTS; 43, WEST VIRGINIA REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN

IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1898.

Law Library

COPYRIGHT, 1898,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

WEST VIRGINIA-Supreme Court of Appeals.

HOMER A. HOLT, PRESIDENT. 10

JOHN W. ENGLISH, PRESIDENT. 11