THE

ATLANTIC REPORTER,

VOLUME 38,

CONTAINING ALL THE DECISIONS OF THE

Supreme Courts of MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, RHODE Island,
CONNECTICUT, and PENNSYLVANIA; Court of Errors and Appeals,
Court of Chancery, and Supreme and Prerogative Courts
of NEW JERSEY; Court of Errors and Appeals and
Court of Chancery of DELAWARE; and
Court of Appeals of MARYLAND.

PERMANENT EDITION.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1897-JANUARY 26, 1898.

WITH TABLES OF ATLANTIC CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 90, MAINE REPORTS; 85, MARYLAND REPORTS;
181, PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPORTS; 69, Vermont Reports.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1898.

Law Library

COPYRIGHT, 1898,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.