DIGEST OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT REPORTS U. S. Vols. 1--206. L. ed. Books 1--51 APPENDING ALL STATE AND FEDERAL CITATIONS OF EACH DECIDED POINT TO THE STATE- TO EDITORIAL NOTES IN THE LAWYERS EDITION OF THESE RE- Abandoned, etc.-Bonds THE LAWYERS CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY ROCHESTER, N. Y. 1908. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year nineteen hundred eight, by THE LAWYERS CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING CO., 95223 E. R. ANDREWS PRINTING COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y. M PREFACE. ORE than twenty years have passed since the publication, in two volumes, of the original edition of this Digest. Several supplements have followed, but the last of them has been issued five years. This Digest has had extraordinary favor. But the inconvenience of increasing supplements has caused many and vigorous requests for a new compilation. It has taken an unexpected amount of time and money to prepare it, and has caused some disappointments and impatience. But it is hoped there will be a corresponding satisfaction with the work now completed. The purpose has been to make it the permanent standard Digest of these reports, needing no recompilation. An extraordinary feature of this work consists in appending to each digest statement a list of all the cases in the Federal and state courts which have cited the digested case on that point. In a few instances the number of such citations is so great that a large number of them might possibly have been omitted without serious loss. But these are exceptional instances, and it has seemed best strictly to follow the rule to include all citations which the courts have made, whether many or few. The citations following a digest paragraph enable one who finds any point which he seeks, to trace that point quickly into all the decisions of his own state or of any other state which have cited the digested case on that proposition. He finds the citations on that point at the same time he finds the digest statement, and he finds them segregated from other citations that may have been made of the same case on other points. The editorial notes in the Lawyers Edition of the United States Supreme Court Reports are referred to throughout the Digest, in the division or subdivision of the subject to which they relate, and, in the same way, but inclosed in brackets, references are made to pertinent annotations in the Lawyers Reports Annotated. The classification herein is not greatly different from that of the original edition. But many years' experience has led to many improvements. In general, it harmonizes with the classification in the Digest of the Lawyers Reports Annotated and the Century Digest. Being a digest of Federal re ports only, the Federal character of materials requires an especial development of some portions of the classification. The use of cross-references has been developed herein to an extent never before known in a digest of the decisions of this court. They are made, not only to subjects and to divisions and subdivisions of subjects, but even to particular paragraphs where these. may illustrate, restrict, modify, or throw any valuable light upon, decisions found elsewhere in the work. The great number of these cross-references will be apparent on slight examination, but the extraordinary degree of time and patience, as well as skill, required in this work of weaving together the multitude of propositions in this Digest, so that each can be seen quickly in its relation to all the others, few can appreciate. A single instance illustrates their use. On page 1128 of this volume, under the heading "Rights of purchaser of stolen bonds," is a cross-reference, for rights in a stolen treasury note, to "Bills and Notes, 280." Such kindred decisions on different subjects show that no one can afford to overlook or disregard these invaluable references. The Tables of Cases contained in Volume Six have features of exceptional value which will be more fully pointed out in the preface to that volume. |