THE

AMERICAN REPORTS:

CONTAINING

ALL DECISIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE

SEVERAL STATES;

WITH

NOTES AND REFERENCES

BY

ISAAC GRANT THOMPSON.

VOL. XXIV.

CONTAINING ALL CASES OF GENERAL INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING

REPORTS:

5 GEORGIA; 58 GEORGIA; 8 HEISKELL; 9 HEISKELL; 73 ILLINOIS
74 ILLINOIS; 44 IOWA; 45 IOWA; 67 MAINE; 45 MARYLAND;

46 MARYLAND; 35 MICHIGAN; 36 MICHIGAN; 51 MISSISS-

IPPI; 52 MISSISSIPPI; 53 MISSISSIPPI; 57 NEW HAMP-
SHIRE; 77 NORTH CAROLINA; 78 NORTH CARO-
LINA; 83 PENNSYLVANIA ST.; 84 PENN-
SYLVANIA ST.; 6 SOUTH CAROLINA;

7 SOUTH CAROLINA; 49 VER-

MONT; 42 WISCONSIN.

SAN FRANCISCO :

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSEI LEAS,

1878.