THE

AMERICAN DECISIONS

CONTAINING THE

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES

FROM THE EARLIEST ISSUE OF THE STATE REPORTS TO
THE YEAR 1869.

COMPILED AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

COUNERLOR AT LAW, AND AUTHOR OF “TREATISE ON THE LAW OF JUDGMENTS,”
"CO-TENANCY AND PARTITION," "EXECUTIONS IN CIVIL CASES,” ETC.

VOL. LXXVII.

SAN FRANCISCO:

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,
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AMERICAN DECISIONS.

VOL. LXXVII.

The cases re-reported in this Volume will be found originally reported in the following State Reports:

METCALFE'S KENTUCKY REPORTS.. Vol. 3.

LOUISIANA ANNUAL REPORTS. . Vol. 15.

Vols. 10, 11.

1860.

1860, 1861.

1860.

GRAY'S MASSACHUSETTS REPORTS.. Vols. 14, 15, 16.

MICHIGAN REPORTS.
MINNESOTA REPORTS.

MISSOURI REPORTS.

MISSISSIPPI REPORTS.

NEW HAMPSHIRE REPORTS.

Vols. 48, 49.

1859-1862.

1859, 1860.

1860.