ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

The

Supreme Court

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

DECEMBER TERM, 1868.

REPORTED BY

JOHN WILLIAM WALLACE.

VOL. VII.

WASHINGTON, DC.:
W. H. & O. H. MORRISON,
Law Publishers and Booksellers.

1870.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869,

By W. H. & O. H. MORRISON.

In the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of the District of Coluabia.

JU D GES

OP THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. SALMON PORTLAND CHASE.

ASSOCIATES.

HON SAMUEL NELSON, Hon. ROBERT COOPER GRIER,
HON. NATHAN CLIFFORD, Hon. Noah H. SWAYNE,
HON. SAMUEL F. MILLER, Hon. David Davis,

HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD.

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

Hon. WILLIAM M. EVARTS.
Hon. EBENEZER ROCKWELL HOAR.

[Appointod March 5th, 1869.)

CLERK.

DANIEL WESLEY MIDDLETON, ESQUIRE.

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

As MADE JANUARY 15, 1869, UNDER THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF JULY 23, 1866,

AND MARCH 2, 1867.

NAME OF THE JUDOE, AND STATE NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF TRE DATE AND AUTHOR OF THE JUDGE'S WHENCE COMING.

CIRCUIT

COMMISSION.

Hon. SAML. NELSON, New York, Vermont,
New York.

AND CONNECTICUT.

1845. February 14th. PRESIDENT TYLER.

THIRD

Hon. R. C. GRIER, PENNSYLVANIA, New Jer.

Pennsylvania. SEY, AND DELAWARE.

1846. August 4th. PRESIDENT Polk.

FIRST.

1858.
Hon. N. CLIFFORD, Maine, New HAMPSHIRE, January 12th.
Maine.
MASSACHUSETTS,

AND PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
Rhode Island.

FIFTA.

Hon. N. H. SWAYNE, Georgia, Florida, ALA-
Ohio.

BAMA, MISSISSIPPI, Lou.
ISIANA, AND Texas.

1862. January 24th. PRESIDENT LIncoLN.

SIXTH.
Ohio, Michigan, Kex.
TUCKY, AND TENNESSEE.

EIGHTH.

Hon. S. F. MILLER, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis
Iowa.

SOURI, Kansas, AND
ARKANSAS.

1862.

July 16th. PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

SEVENTH.

Hon. DAVID DAVIS, INDIANA, Illinois, AND
Illinois.

Wisconsin.

1862. December 8th. PRESIDENT LIncoLN.

NINTI.

Hon. S. J. FIELD, California, OREGON, AND
California.

NEVADA.

1863. March 10th. PRESIDENT Lincoln.

GENERAL RULE,

MADE AT DECEMBER TERM, 1868.

RULE No. 54-ADMIRALTY.

WHENEVER a cross-libel is filed upon any counter claim arising out of the same cause of action for which the original libel was filed, the respondents in the cross-libel shall give security in the usual amount and form, to respond in damages as claimed in said cross-libel, unless the court on cause shown, shall otherwise direct; and all proceedings upon the original libel shall be stayed until such security shall be given.

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