RULED AND ADJUDGED

IN THE SEVERAL

COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES

AND OF

PENNSYLVANIA,

HELD AT THE SEAT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BY A. J. DALLAS.

Atque eo magis necessaria est hæc opera, quod et nostro sæculo non desunt, et olim non
defuerunt, qui hanc juris partem ita contemnerent, quasi nihil ejus præter

inane nomen existeret.-GROTIUS.

VOL. IV.

THIRD EDITION.

EDITED, WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO LATER DECISIONS,