OF

DECISIONS

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

WITH NOTES, AND A DIGEST.

BY B. R. CURTIS,

ONE OF THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE COURT.

VOL. VIII.

FIFTH EDITION,

REVISED WITH REFERENCE TO THE LATEST DECISIONS.

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LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

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TABLE

OF THE CASES REPORTED IN VOL. VIII.

A.

Alexandria, Common Council of, (Fowle v.) 3 Peters, 398.
American Fur Company v. United States, 2 Peters, 358..
Insurance Company (Canter v.) 2 Peters, 554 ·
3 Peters, 307.

.460 .137

. 209

.427

Ashley (Bank of Commonwealth of Kentucky v.) 2 Peters, 327...

.127

Blackbird Creek Marsh Company (Willson v.) 2 Peters, 245.

.105