OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF
OF ALABAMA,

DURING

DECEMBER TERM, 1877.

BY

FRANCIS B. CLARK, JR.,

SPECIAL REPORTER.

VOL. LVIII.

MONTGOMERY, ALA.:

PUBLISHED BY JOEL WHITE.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by

JOEL WHITE,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Rec. Aug.

Aug. 21, 1879

PRINTED BY BARRETT & BROWN, MONTGOMERY, ALA.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE DECISIONS.

ROBERT C. BRICKELL, CHIEF JUSTICE, Huntsville, Ala. AMOS R. MANNING, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Mobile, Ala. GEORGE W. STONE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Montgomery, Ala.

JOHN W. A. SANFORD, ATTORNEY GENERAL, Montgomery, Ala.

THOMAS J. RUTLEDGE, CLERK, Montgomery, Ala.

JUNIUS M. RIGGS, MARSHAL, Montgomery, Ala.

The cases from page 1 to 348 were prepared by Thos. G. Jones, the official Reporter; the remainder of the volume—including index and table of cases— was prepared by F. B. Clark, Jr., Reporter under act approved February 13th, 1879.