COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY PETER E. HANSON SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Rec. Sept. 17, 1904. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MINNESOTA DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS 90 M. Hon. CHARLES M. START, Chief Justice. Hon. LOREN W. COLLINS. Hon. CALVIN L. BROWN. Hon. JOHN A. LOVELY. CARL A. PIDGEON, Esq., Clerk. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Hon. WALLACE B. DOUGLAS. (iii) NOTE By Laws 1895, c. 23, the reporter is required to report all cases argued and determined in the court. By the practice of the court, based on G. S. 1894, § 4826, the headnote in each case is prepared by the judge writing the opinion. The cases are reported in the order of their decision. The date of the decision follows the title of each case. The numbers given below the date indicate the number of the case in the files of the clerk of court and the number of the case in the general term calendar, the calendar numbers being enclosed in (). The cases in this volume preceding the cases on page 293 are from the April, 1903, term calendar; all other cases are from the October, 1903, term calendar. As required by Laws 1895, c. 23, the names of counsel are fol lowed by their official designation, as subscribed by them to their respective briefs. As required by Laws 1901, c. 3, when any Minnesota case has been printed in the periodical known as "The Northwestern Reporter," and is cited in any opinion in this volume, a reference to the book and page of that periodical where such case appears has been inserted in such opinion. A similar citation for each opinion in this volume has been given in a footnote. In citations from the first twenty volumes of the Minnesota reports the page of the original edition is given, preceded by the corresponding page of the edition prepared by Chief Justice Gilfillan |