UNITED STATES REPORTS VOLUME 169 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1897 J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS REPORTER NEW YORK AND ALBANY BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW PUBLISHERS 1898 JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE. DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. . JOSEPH MCKENNA, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.1 JOHN WILLIAM GRIGGS, ATTORNEY GENERAL.2 JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL. 1 Mr. McKenna was appointed Associate Justice in the place of Mr. Justice Field, resigned. His commission is dated January 21, 1898. On the 26th of January, 1898, he took the oath of office in open court, and at once took his seat upon the bench. Mr. Griggs's commission is dated January 25, 1898. He was appointed in the place of Mr. McKenna, appointed Associate Justice. On the 21st of February, 1898, he was presented to the court, and his commission was ordered to be recorded. 8 Mr. Conrad having resigned, Mr. Richards was commissioned July 1, 1997, and qualified on the 9th of the same July. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. Ames, Smyth v.. Ashley, Board of Supervisors of the County of Presque PAGE 466 |