VOLS. 1-36 SUPREME COURT REPORTER 1882-1916 WITH A TABLE OF CASES DIGESTED EDITED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE AMERICAN DIGEST SYSTEM IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME 1 ST. PAUL WEST PUBLISHING CO. 1917 EXPLANATION KEY NUMBER SYSTEM THIS Digest covers all United States Supreme Court cases reported between October, 1882, and July, 1916. These opinions are reported in Supreme Court Reporter, Vols. 1-36, United States Reports, Vols. 106-241, Lawyers' Edition, United States Reports, Vols. 27-60. Every digest paragraph gives references to all of the above Reports, making the Digest equally valuable to the owners of any series of reports. The Key-Number device () used in place of the section mark (§), which has been commonly in use heretofore, indicates that the Digest is compiled on the Key-Number System. This means that Topics and Key-Number Sections in this Digest are identical with those in the Decennial and American Digests, Key-Number Series. Moreover, the Index-Digests in the Advance Sheets and Bound Volumes of the Supreme Court Reporter are arranged on the same System, making the Index-Digests in volumes subsequent to Vol. 36 Supreme Court Reporter current supplements to this Digest. Whenever you find a case in point in this Digest, and wish to find other authorities on the same point, turn to the same topic and Key-Number Section in the other Digests and Indexes. ILLUSTRATION A legal proposition found in this Digest under CARRIERS, 12, Charges, Will also be found under CARRIERS, § 12, in the Decennial Digest; CARRIERS, 12, in the American Digest, Key-Number Series; and |