UNITED STATES.

See "Customs Duties"; "Post Office."

cover from his vendor for a failure of title. -Ellis v. John Crossley & Sons (C. C.) 779.

A purchaser of land cannot recover the purchase money paid in an action at law against his vendor, on the theory of an eviction, merely because he subsequently secured the issuance of a patent to the land from the United States which inured to his benefit.-Ellis v. John Crossley & Sons (C. C.) 779.

A purchaser of lands in Louisiana conveyed with a restricted warranty held to have purchased at his own peril and risk, within the meaning of the state statute, and therefore not to be entitled to recover from his vendor on failure of his title.-Ellis v. John Crossley & Sons (C. C.) 779.

VENUE.

District in which suit must be brought, see "Courts," § 2.

VERDICT.

Setting aside, see "New Trial," L

VICE PRINCIPALS.

"False Personation."

Indians, see "Indians."

Public lands, see "Public Lands," § 2. Resisting United States officer, see "Obstructing Justice."

USURY.

Determination as to whether interest is lawful or usurious, see "Interest," § 1.

VALUE.

Limits of jurisdiction, see "Courts," & 5; "Removal of Causes," § 5.

VARIANCE.

Between pleading and proof in civil actions, see "Equity," § 2. Between pleading and proof in criminal prosecutions, see "Indictment and Information," § 2.

VENDOR AND PURCHASER. Sales of realty, see "Sales." Specific performance of contract, see "Specific Performance.' 99

1. Remedies of purchaser.

The mere fact that a commissioner of the general land office had the word "Canceled" written across the record of a patent, 55 years after its issuance, does not constitute an eviction of the person holding title and possession under such patent, so as to entitle him to re

VOTERS.

A captured vessel held not appropriated for §§ 4615, 4624, 4625 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. the use of the government, within Rev. St. 3127, 3130], so as to entitle the captors to prize money, where they destroy it to prevent re capture. The Santo Domingo (D. C.) 386.

Order 492 of the navy department held not to authorize destruction of a prize with the view of converting it to public use.-The Santo Domingo (D. C.) 386.

Captors of a war vessel, destroying it to prevent recapture, held not entitled to prize money, but to a bounty, under Rev. St. § 4635. -The Santo Domingo (D. O.) 386.

WARNINGS.

As to use of machinery, see "Master and Servant," § 1.