REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Supreme Court of Alabama

DURING THE

SPECIAL TERM, 1898.

BY

VIRGIL BOULDIN,

ASSISTANT REPORTER.

VOL. CXIX.

VANCE PRINTING CO.,

PRINTERS AND BINDERS FOR STATE OF ALABAMA,
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

1899.

ENTERED according to act of Congress, in the year 1899, by
JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA,
For the use of said State,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

Que Feb. 23,1900

OFFICERS OF THE COURT

During the Time of these Decisions.

ROBERT C. BRICKELL, CHIEF JUSTICE, Huntsville. THOMAS N. MCCLELLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Athens. THOMAS W. COLEMAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Eutaw. JAMES B. HEAD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Birmingham. JONATHAN HARALSON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Selma.

WILLIAM C. FITTS, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Tuscaloosa.

STERLING A. WOOD, CLERK, Birmingham.
JUNIUS M. RIGGS, MARSHAL, Montgomery.
WILLIAM W. HARRIS, SECRETARY, Decatur.