SUPREME COURT.

VOL. 99.

CASES

ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

OCTOBER TERM, 1878.

REPORTED BY

WILLIAM Т. ОТТО.

VOL. IX.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1879.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON,
CAMBRIDGE.

ALLOTMENT, ETC., OF THE JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

AS MADE APRIL 22, 1878, UNDER THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF JULY 23, 1866, AND MARCH 2, 1867.

NAME OF THE JUSTICE, AND

STATE FROM WHENCE AP- NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF DATE OF COMMISSION, AND

BY WHOM APPOINTED.