THE 14 CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL. SEYMOUR D. THOMPSON, EDITOR. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Hon. JOHN F. DILLON, U. S. Circuit Judge, Davenport, Ia. M. A. Low, Esq., Trenton, Mo. Hon. JAMES O. PIERCE, late Judge of the Law Court of Hon. U. M. ROSE, Little Rock, Ark. Hon. ALBERT H. HORTON, Chief Justice Kansas Supreme J. R. BERRYMAN, Esq., State Librarian, Madison, Wis. W. P. WADE, Esq., St. Louis. JAMES L. HIGH, Esq., Chicago, Ill. EDMUND T. ALLEN, Esq., St. Louis. A. C. FREEMAN, Esq., Sacramento, Cal. J. S. RUNNELLS, Esq., Reporter, Supreme Court of Iowa, Des Moines. EDWIN A. DAVIS, Esq., Indianapolis, Ind. Hon. GUY A. BROWN, Reporter, Supreme Court of Nebraska, ISAAC HERR, Esq., Indianapolis, Ind. Hon. CHESTER H. KRUM, St. Louis. VOLUME IV, 1877. UNIVERSIT LELAND STANNUR ST. LOUIS : 1877. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by SEYMOUR D. THOMPSON, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. TIRKYKA TETVD &MWLOW TIMOK MAYNARD & THOMPSON, PRINTERS. TABLE OF CASES REPORTED, CRITICISED AND DIGESTED. Adams v. Chamberlain, 23 Etna Life Ins. Co. v. France, 554 Albany, The, 16 Albrecht v. Imbs, 142 Alexander v. Pacific R. R., 71 Alford v. Baker, 215 Allen v. State, 478 Allison v. Chaney, 239 Amazon Ins. Co. v. St'r Iron Moun. tain, 103 American Bridge Co. v. Herdelbach, 367 Board of Comm'rs of Lagrange Co. v. Rogers, 527 Board of Education v. Campbell, 311 Supervisors of Kendall Co. 64 66 v. Post, 136, 442 Boyd v. Martin, 501 Brant v. Virginia Coal Co., 181 V. Johnson Co., 414 Brightman v. Bristol, 185. Brinkmeyer v. Browneller, 310, 371 British Mut. Invest. Co. v. Cobbold. 69 Britton v. State, 264 Brooks v. McDonnell, 407 64 v. West, 47 Brown v. Cable, 408 v. Cascaden, 336 Bryan v. Harrison, 408 Buck v. L. & M. R. R. R., 430 Buckstaff v. Buckstaff, 573 Burbank v. Dyer, 334 64 v. Slinkard, 168 Cline v. Brooks, 572 Clippenger v. Ingram, 406, 407 Clough v. McDonald, 597 Cobb v. Ins. Co. of N. A., 359 Coburn v. Webb, 598 Cochran v. Stewart, 143 Cochrane, ex parte, 69 Cockle v. Flack, 226 Cole v. Cole, 64 66 v. Hawes, 307 Collins v. Life Ass'n of America, 95 Comm'rs of Carroll Co. v. Richard son, 240 Comm'rs of Lagrange Co. v. Rogers, 527 Comm'rs of Union Co. v. Car. Cent. R. R., 214 Comm'rs of Wabaunsee Co. v. Muhlenbacher, 596 Commonwealth v. Jackson, 94 v. Reynolds, 552 v. Landis, 577 46 Comstock, in re, 145 Conger v. Atwood, 569 Conklin v. Conklin, 310 Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Schaffer, 554 Hoagland v. City of Sacramento, 521. Holden v. Vaughan's Adm'rs, 573 Home Ins. Co. v. Balt. War. Co., 204 Hope v. International Fan. Soc., 285 Hornor v. Henning. 43 Horrigan v. First Nat. Bk. of Mem- Hoyer v. Beatty, 214 Hoyt v. City of Hudson, 573 Hubbard v. Burrell, 501 Hutchinson v. C. & N. W. R. R., 501 Lake Shore & M. V. R. R. v. McMillan, Lange v. Lycoming Ins. Co., 212 |