THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 17,

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, AND TEN-
NESSEE, COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY,
AND SUPREME COURT AND COURT

OF APPEALS OF TEXAS.

PERMANENT EDITION.

SEPTEMBER 14, 1891.--JANUARY 25, 1892.

WITA TABLE OF SOUTHWESTERN Cases in WHICH REHEARINGS HAVE BEEN DENIED.
WITH TABLES OF SOUTHWESTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 54, ARKANSAS REPORTS; 104 AND 105,

MISSOURI REPORTS; 89, TENNESSEE REPORTS; 29, Texas APPEALS REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CITED AND CONSTRUED IS

GIVEN IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING CO.

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1892.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY TIIIS VOLUME

KENTUCKY-Court of Appeals.

WILLIAM H. HOLT, CHIEF JUSTICE.

JUDGES.
CASWELL BENNETT.

WILLIAM S. PRYOR
JOSEPH H. LEWIS.

TENNESSEE-Supreme Court.

PETER TURNEY, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
H. H. LURTON.

W. C. CALDWELL
D. L. SNODGRASS.

BENJ. J. LEA.

MISSOURI—Supreme Court.

Division No. 1.
THOMAS A. SHERWOOD, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
FRANCIS M. BLACK.

THEODORE BRACE.
SHEPARD BARCLAY.

Division No. 2.
J. B. GANTT, PRESIDING JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
G. B. MACFARLANE.

J. L. THOMAS

ARKANSAS-Supreme Court.
STERLING R. COCKRILL, CHIEF JUSTICE

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
BURRILL B. BATTLE. WILSON E. HEMINGWAY.
SIMON P. HUGHES.

WILLIAM W. MANSFIELD.

TEXAS-Supreme Court.
JOHN W. STAYTON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
REUBEN R. GAINES.

JOHN L. HENRY.

Court of Appeals.
JOHN P. WHITE, PRESIDING JUDGE.

JUDGES.
JAMES M. HURT.

W. L. DAVIDSON.
Commission of Appeals.

Section A.
EDWIN HOBBY, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
W. E. COLLARD.

D. P. MARR

Section B.
C. C. GARRETT, PRESIDING JUDGE.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
B. D. TARLTON.

H. C. FISHER
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