THE

ATLANTIC REPORTER,

VOLUME 47,

CONTAINING ALL THE REPORTED DECISIONS OF THE

Supreme Courts of Maine, New HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, RHODE ISLAND,
CONNECTICUT, and PENNSYLVANIA; Court of Errors and Appeals.
Court of Chancery, and Supreme and Prerogative Courts
of New JERSEY; Supreme Court

, Court of Chancery,
Superior Court, Court of General Sessions, and
Court of Oyer and Terminer of DELAWARE;

and Court of Appeals of MARYLAND.

PERMANENT EDITION.

SEPTEMBER 5, 1900-FEBRUARY 13, 1901.

With Tables OF ATLANTIC Cases PUBLISHED IN VOLs. 72, CONNECTICUT REPORTS; 90, MARYLAND
REPORTS; 69, New HAMPSHIRE REPORTS; 58, New Jersey EQUITY REPORTS; 63, NEW JERSEY

Law REPORTS; 194 -196, PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPORTS; 21, RuodE ISLAND REPORTS.
ALSO, ADDITIONAL TABLES FOR Vols. 53-72, CONNECTICUT REPORTS; 7-9, Houston's (DELAWARE)
REPORTS; 1, 2, Marvel's, (DCLAWARE) REPORT3; 1, PENNEWILL'S (DELAWARE) REPORTS; 6, 7,
DELAWARE CHANCERY REPORTS; 77-93, MAINE REPORTS; 63-30, MARYLAND REPORTS;
63-69, NEW HAMPSHIRE REPORTS; 40-58, NEW JERSEY EQUITY REPORTS; 47-63,
NEW JERSEY Law REPORTS; 108–196, PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPORTs;

15-21, RHODE ISLAND REPORTS; 58-70, VERMONT REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN

IN THE INDEX.

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COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

NEW JERSEY-Court of Errors and Appeals.

WILLIAM J. MAGIE, CHANCELLOR.
DAVID A. DEPUE, CHIEF JUSTICE.

JUSTICES.
BENNETT VAN SYCKEL. WILLIAM G. GUMMERE.
JONATHAN DIXON.

GEORGE C. LUDLOW.9
CHARLES G. GARRISON. GILBERT COLLINS.
JOHN FRANKLIN FORT. ABRAM Q. GARRETSON.

JUDGES.
GOTTFRIED KRUEGER. FREDERIC ADAMS.
JOHN W BOGERT.

WILLIAM H. VREDENBURGH. CHARLES E. HENDRICKSON. PETER V. VOORHEES.

Court of Chancery.

WILLIAM J. MAGIE, CHANCELLOR.

VICE CHANCELLORS. HENRY C. PITNEY,

ALFRED REED.
JOHN R. EMERY

FREDERIC W. STEVENS.
MARTIN P. GREY.

Supreme Court.

DAVID A. DEPUE, CHIEF JUSTICE.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
BENNETT VAN SYCKEL. WILLIAM S. GUMMERE.
JONATHAN DIXON.

GEORGE C. LUDLOW.?
JOHN FRANKLIN FORT, GILBERT COLLINS.
CHARLES G. GARRISON. ABRAM Q. GARRETSON.

Prerogative Court.

WILLIAM J. MAGIE, ORDINARY

VICE ORDINARY.
ALFRED REED.

PENNSYLVANIA-Supreme Court.

HENRY GREEN, CHIEF JUSTICE.S
J. BREWSTER MCCOLLUM, CHIEF JUSTICE. 4

JUSTICES.
J. BREWSTER MCCOLLUM.4 D. NEWLIN FELL.
JAMES T. MITCHELL.

J. HAY BROWN.
JOHN DEAN.

AMENDMENTS TO RULES.

COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND.

It is ordered this 2d day of November, 1898, , place upon the docket of the January, April by the court of appeals of Maryland, that or October term of this court no case unless rule II. of said court be and is hereby amend the record therein shall have been actually ed, to read as follows:

filed in his office before the first day of said "No case will be reargued after the opinion terms; and that all records filed on or after of the court has been delivered unless a rear- the beginning of the first day of each term gument shall be requested by some member shall be placed on the docket of the next sucof the court who concurred in the opinion, ceeding term: provided, however, that nothand no motion for a reargument shall be filed ing in this rule contained shall apply to cases after the expiration of thirty days from the or appeals allowed under sections 29 and 42 day the opinion is filed.”

of article 5 of the Code, or to any other cases Ordered by the court of appeals of Mary- or appeals where by law the appeal may be land, this 8th day of February, A. D. 1900, heard during the same term to which the recthat the clerk of this court shall hereafter ord shall be transmitted. 47 A.

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