ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES

FOR THE

SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

BY

JOSIAH H. BISSELL,

OF THE CHICAGO BAR,

OFFICIAL REPORTER.

VOL. IX.-1878-1880.

CHICAGO:

CALLAGHAN AND COMPANY.
1882.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882,

BY CALLAGHAN & CO.,

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

LIBRARY OF THE

LELANG STAVFORS, JR., UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT.

8. K. REED, PRINTER, CHICAGO.

SITTING IN THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

HON. JOHN M. HARLAN,

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED

STATES.

Allotted to the Seventh Circuit. Appointed November 29,

1877.

HON. THOMAS DRUMMOND,

CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Appointed December 22, 1869. District Judge since February 19, 1850.

HON. SAMUEL H. TREAT,

DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.
Appointed March 3, 1855.

HON. WALTER Q. GRESHAM,
DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA.
Appointed December 21, 1869.

HON. HENRY W. BLODGETT,

DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Appointed January 11, 1870.

HON. CHARLES E. DYER,

DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. Appointed February 10, 1875.

HON. ROMANZO BUNN,

DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. Appointed October 13, 1877.

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