REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPERIOR COURT

OF THE

CITY OF NEW YORK.

BY

SAMUEL JONES AND JAMES C. SPENCER,

REPORTERS OF THE COURT.

NEW YORK SUPERIOR COURT REPORTS,
VOL. XL.

JONES AND SPENCER'S REPORTS,

VOL. VIII.

NEW-YORK:

DIOSSY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
1876.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,

By DIOSSY & COMPANY,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

bec.

July 28, 1876

Stereotyped and Printed by TOBITT & BUNCE, 181 William Street.

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPERIOR COURT

OF THE

CITY OF NEW YORK,

DURING THE TIME OF THIS VOLUME OF REPORTS.

CLAUDIUS L. MONELL,

Chief Justice.

JOHN J. FREEDMAN,

WILLIAM E. CURTIS,

JOHN SEDGWICK.

HOOPER C. VAN VORST,

GILBERT M. SPEIR,

CHARLES F. SANFORD,*

Judges.

* Elected in place of JOHN J. FREEDMAN, whose term of office

expired December 31, 1875.