ISSUED IN WEEKLY PARTS.

CONTAINING ALL THE DECISIONS AS FAST AS FILED

OF THE FOLLOWING COURTS:

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS OF ALASKA
CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEVADA, AND OREGON, AND
THE SUPREME COURTS OF ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW
MEXICO, OREGON, UTAH, WASHINGTON,

AND WYOMING.

EDITOR: CARTER P. POMEROY,

VOL. IX.
FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1886.

SAN FRANCISCO:
A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY,
LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, AND STATIONERS.

1886.

L8012

AUG 14 1933

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886,

By A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OF THE COURTS EMBRACED IN THIS VOLUME.

UNITED STATES COURTS.
Hon. STEPHEN J. FIELD. .... Ninth Cir. Hon. David J. BREWER..
Hon. LORENZO SAWYER.. Ninth Cir. Hon. Moses HALLETT..
Hon. OGDEN HOFFMAN.

Dist. Cal. Hon. GEORGE M. SABIN.
Hon. SAMUEL F. MILLER.. Eighth Cir. Hon. MATTHEW P. DEADY.

Hon. LAFAYETTE Dawson. .... Dist. Alaska.

.Eighth Cir.

Dist. Col. Dist. Nev.

Dist. Or.

ARIZONA.
Hon. Joux C. SHIELDS.
Hon. W. W. PORTER...
Hon. WILLIAM H. BARNES.

..C. J.
A. J.
A. J.

.C. J. A. J. A. J.

CALIFORNIA.
Hon. R. F. MORRISON ..
Hon. E. W. McKINSTRY..
Hon. J. D. THORNTON.
Hon. S. B. McKEE.
Hon. M. H. MYRICK..
Hon. E. M. Ross...
Hon. J. R. SHARPSTEIN

COLORADO.
Hon. WILLIAM E. BECK..
Hon. S. H. ELBERT..
Hon. JosEPI C. HELM...

SUPREME COURTS.

NEVADA.
.C. J. Hon. THOMAS P. HAWLEY..
A. J. Hon. CHARLES H. BELKNAP.
.A, J. Hon, 0, R. LEONARD..

NEW MEXICO.
C. J.

Hon. E. V. LONG...
A. J.

Hon. WILLIAM H. BRINKER.
A. J.

Hon. W. F. HENDERSON
A. J.

OREGON.
A. J.

Hon. John B. WALDO.
A. J.

Hon. WILLIAM P. LORD..
A. J.
Hon, W, W. THAYER..

UTAH.
.C. J. Hon. CHARLES S. ZANE.
A. J. Hon. J. S. BOREMAN.
A. J. Hon. ORLANDO W. POWERS.

WASHINGTON.
Hon. ROGER S. GREENE.

Hon. John P. Hoyt..
A. J.

Hon. S. C. WINGARD.
Hon. GEORGE TURNER...

WYOMING.
C. J. Hon. John W. LACEY..
A. J. Hon. J. B. BLAIR..
A. J. Hon. SAMUEL C. PARKS.

.C. J.

. A. J. ... A. J.

.C. J. A. J. . A. J.

IDAHO.
Hon. James B. HAYS....
Hon. NORMAN BUCK.
Hon. CASE BRODERICK..

.C. J.

.C. J.
A. J.
A. J.
A. J.

...A. J.

MONTANA.
Hon. Decius S. WADE..
Hon. W. J. GALBRAITH.
Hon. John COBURN.

CLERKS
OF THE COURTS EMBRACED IN THIS VOLUME.

L. S. B. SAWYER..
A. T. LEWIS......
SOUTHARD HOFFMAN.

UNITED STATES COURTS.

Cir. Ct., Cal. E. F. BISHOP......Cir. and Dist. Ct., Col. .Dist. Ct., Alaska. T. J. EDWARDS.

Dist. Ct., Nev. .Dist. Ct., Cal. R. F. LAMSON.

Dist. Ct., Or.

SUPREME COURTS. E. B. DODGE.

Arizona. CHARLES F. BICKNELL. J. D. SPENCER.

. California. R. M. Johnson. J. A. MILLER.

.Colorado. J. A. STRATTON. A. L. RICHARDSON

. Idaho. E. T. SPRAGUE. ISAAC R. ALDEN..

.Montana. Ross G. O'BRIEN,
J. W. BRUNER.

...Wyoming
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.Nevada. .New Mexico.

Oregon.

.Utah. Washington.