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UNITED STATES REPORTS

VOLUME 170

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1897

J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS

REPORTER

NEW YORK AND ALBANY
BANKS & BROTHERS, LAW PUBLISHERS

1898

JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HORACE GRAY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HENRY BILLINGS BROWN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
RUFUS W. PECKHAM, AssOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOSEPH MCKENNA, AssOCIATE JUSTICE.

JOHN WILLIAM GRIGGS, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
JOHN KELVEY RICHARDS, SOLICITOR GENERAL.
JAMES HALL MCKENNEY, CLERK.

JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL.