UNITED STATES REPORTS

VOLUME 108

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1882

AND

RULES ANNOUNCED AT OCTOBER TERM, 1883

J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS

REPORTER

NEW YORK AND ALBANY

BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW PUBLISHERS

1884

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by

BANKS & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE & Co., NEW YORK.
REPRINTED IN TAIWAN

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

MORRISON R. WAITE, CHIEF-JUSTICE.
SAMUEL F. MILLER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
STEPHEN J. FIELD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOHN M. HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM B. WOODS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
STANLEY MATTHEWS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HORACE GRAY; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER.

SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

SAMUEL FIELD PHILLIPS.

CLERK.

JAMES H. MCKENNEY.

MARSHAL.

JOHN G. NICOLAY.