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NATIONAL REPORTER SYSTEM — STATE SERIES

THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER

VOLUME 187

PERMANENT EDITION

COMPRISING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME AND APPELLATE COURTS OF ARKANSAS
KENTUCKY, MISSOURI, TENNESSEE

AND TEXAS

WITH KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS

JULY 26 - AUGUST 30, 1916

ST. PAUL

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1916

JUDGES OF THE COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED

BY THIS VOLUME

MISSOURI- Supreme Court.
ARCHELAUS M. WOODSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

Division No. 1.
W. W. GRAVES, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
ARCHELAUS M. WOODSON.
HENRY W. BOND.
JAMES T. BLAIR.

Division No. 2.
CHAS. B. FARIS, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
ROBERT F. WALKER.
CHARLES G. REVELLE.

SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONERS.
ROBERT T. RAILEY.
STEPHEN S. BROWN.
REUBEN F. ROY.
FRED L. WILLIAMS.

Courts of Civil Appeals.

First District.
R. A. PLEASANTS, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
S. A. McMEANS.

C. E. LANE.
Second District.
T, H. CONNER, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
IRBY DUNKLIN.

R. H. BUCK.
Third District.
W. M. KEY, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
B. H. RICE.

C. H. JENKINS.
Fourth District.
W. S. FLY, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
A. N. MOURSUND. P. H. SWEARINGEN,

Fifth District.
ANSON RAINEY, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
J. M. TALBOT. CHAS. A. RASBURY.

Sixth District.
SAMUEL P. WILLSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
RICHARD B, LEVY. WM. HODGES.

Seventh District.
S. P. HUFF, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
H. G. HENDRICKS. R. W. HALL

Eighth District.
J. R. HARPER, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
E. F. HIGGINS. A. M. WALTHALL,

Ninth District.
J. M. CONLEY, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
A. G. BROOKE. V. E. MIDDLEBROOK.

The St. Louis Court of Appeals.
GEORGE D. REYNOLDS, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
ALBERT P. NORTONI.
WILLIAM H. ALLEN.

The Kansas City Court of Appeals.
JAMES ELLISON, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
J. M. JOHNSON.
FRANCIS H. TRIMBLE.

The Springfield Court of Appeals.
W. R. ROBERTSON, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
JOHN S. FARRINGTON.
JOHN T, STURGIS.

Absent on account of illness.

2 Commissioned April 1, 1916, to serve during

the disability of D. L, Lansden,

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