OF

CASES DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT,

FROM MAY TERM, 1869, TO MAY TERM, 1878.

BY

HON. NATHAN CLIFFORD, LL. D.,

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, ASSIGNED TO SAID CIRCUIT.

WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

REPORTER.

VOLUME IV.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1880.