REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

ر

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

DECEMBER TERM, 1854.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

COUNSELOR AT LAW, AND REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUFREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES

THE BANKS LAW PUBLISHING CO.

21 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK

1903

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the yo: 1885

BY BANKS & BROTHERS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OCT S 1939

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HON. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice.
HON. JOHN MCLEAN, Associate Justice.
HON. JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN CATRON, Associate Justice.
HON. PETER V. DANIEL, Associate Justice.
HON. SAMUEL NELSON, Associate Justice.
HON. ROBERT C. GRIER, Associate Justice.
HON. BENJAMIN R. CURTIS, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Associate Justice.

CALEB CUSHING, Esq., Attorney-General.

WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk.

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, Esq., Reporter.

JONAH D HOOVER, Esq., Marshal.

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LIST OF ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS

ADMITTED DECEMBER TERM, 1854.