THE

AMERICAN STATE REPORTS,

CONTAINING THR

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY,

SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE "AMERICAN
DECISIONS" AND THE "AMERICAN REPORTS,"

DECIDED IN THE

COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE SEVERAL STATES.

SELECTED, REPORTED, AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

AND THE ASSOCIATE EDITORS OF THE "AMERICAN DECISIONS."

VOL. XVII.

SAN FRANCISCO:

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,
LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1891,

BY BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

THE FILMER-ROLLINS ELECTROTYPE COMPANY,
TYPOGRAPHERS AND STEREOTYPERS.

AMERICAN STATE REPORTS.

VOL. XVIL

SCHEDULE

showing the original volumes of reports in which the cases herein selected and re-reported may be found, and the pages of this volume devoted to each state.

CALIFORNIA REPORTS.

ILLINOIS REPORTS

INDIANA REPORTS

LOUISIANA ANNUAL REPORTS

MAINE REPORTS

MARYLAND REPORTS

MISSOURI REPORTS