THE

AMERICAN STATE REPORTS,

CONTAINING THE

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY

SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE "AMERICAN
DECISIONS" AND THE "AMERICAN REPORTS,"

DECIDED IN THE

COURTS OF LAST RESORT

OF THE SEVERAL STATES

REPORTED, AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

AND THE ASSOCIATE EDITORS OF THE "AMERICAN DECISIONS.“

VC. XXVIL

SAN FRANCISCO,

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLER.

1892.

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JUL & 9 1942

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