OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

OF

MASSACHUSETTS.

BY

HORACE GRAY, JR.

VOLUME VI.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

HON. LEMUEL SHAW, CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. CHARLES A. DEWEY.

HON. THERON METCALF.

HON. GEORGE T. BIGELOW.

HON. BENJAMIN F. THOMAS.

HON. PLINY MERRICK.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HON. JOHN H. CLIFFORD