THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 49,

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, AND TENNESSEE, COURT
OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, SUPREME COURT, COURT OF CRIM-
INAL APPEALS, AND COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS

OF TEXAS, AND COURT OF APPEALS

OF INDIAN TERRITORY.

PERMANENT EDITION.

FEBRUARY 13-APRIL 3, 1899.

WITH TABLE OF WRITS OF ERROR DENIED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS IN CASES IN THE COURTS
OF CIVIL APPEALS.

ALSO TABLES OF SOUTHWESTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 145, MISSOURI REPORTS; 100, TENNESSEE

REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN

IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

Law Library

COPYRIGHT, 1899,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

'Elected November, 1898, to fill unexpired term of Judge Macfarlane, deceased.