REPORTS

OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

or

MASSACHUSETTS.

BY LUTHER S. CUSHING.

VOLUME VII.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusett£

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

HON. LEMUEL SHAW, CHIEF JUSTICE.
HON. CHARLES A. DEWEY,
HON. THERON METCALF,
HON. RICHARD FLETCHER,
HON. GEORGE T. BIGELOW,

ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

HON. JOHN H. CLIFFORD.

JUSTICES.