VOI UME 212

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1908

CHARLES HENRY BUTLER

REPORTER

THE BANKS LAW PUBLISHING CO.

NEW YORK

1909

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY

THE BANKS LAW PUBLISHING COMPANY

JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT'

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
RUFUS W. PECKHAM, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOSEPH MCKENNA, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, AssOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM R. DAY, AssOCIATE JUSTICE.

WILLIAM HENRY MOODY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

CHARLES J. BONAPARTE, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HENRY MARTYN HOYT, SOLICITOR GENERAL.

JAMES HALL MCKENNEY, CLERK.

JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL.

1 For allotment of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the several circuits see next page.