OF

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

DECEMBER TERM, 1852.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW, AND Reporter of THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURt of the
UNITED STATES.

VOL. XIV.

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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.

JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, ESQ., Attorney-General.

WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, ESQ., Clerk.

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, ESQ., Reporter.

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