THE

SOUTHERN REPORTER

VOLUME 73

PERMANENT EDITION

COMPRISING

THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME AND APPELLATE
COURTS OF ALABAMA AND THE SUPREME
COURTS OF FLORIDA, LOUISIANA

AND MISSISSIPPI

WITH KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS

JANUARY 6 - MARCH 10, 1917

ST. PAUL

150

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917

BY
WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY

(73 SO.)

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD

COVERED BY THIS VOLUME

ALABAMA-Supreme Court.

JOHN C. ANDERSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
THOMAS C. McCLELLAN.

ORMOND SOMERVILLE.
JAMES J. MAYFIELD.

LUCIEN D. GARDNER.
A. D. SAYRE.

WM. H. THOMAS.

Court of Appeals.
JOHN PELHAM, PRESIDING JUDGE.1

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
J. B. BROWN.

RICHARD V. EVANS.3
CHARLES R. BRICKEN.3

FLORIDA-Supreme Court.

JEFFERSON B. BROWNE, CHIEF JUSTICE.4
R. FENWICK TAYLOR, CHIEF JUSTICE. 5

JUSTICES.
THOMAS M. SHACKLEFORD, JAMES B. WHITFIELD.
ROBERT S. COCKRELL.6

W. H. ELLIS.
R. FENWICK TAYLOR.5

LOUISIANA-Supreme Court.

FRANK A. MONROE, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
OLIVIER O. PROVOSTY.

WALTER B. SOMMERVILLE.
ALFRED D. LAND.

CHARLES A. O'NIELL,

MISSISSIPPI—Supreme Court.

Division A.
SYDNEY SMITH, CHIEF JUSTICE,

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
J. B. HOLDEN.

E. O. SYKES.

Division B.
SAM C. COOK, PRESIDING JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
J. MORGAN STEVENS.

CLAYTON D. POTTER.7
GEO, H. ETHRIDGE.8

Died March 5, 1917.

Term expired January 10, 1917. • Elected January 15, 1917. • Became Chief Justice January 2, 1917.

Ceased to be Chief Justice January 2, 1917.
* Retired January 2, 1917.
7 Term expired January 1, 1917.
o Succeeded Clayton D. Potter January 1, 1917.

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