The following Judges composed the Courts from the Winter Terms of 1914 to the Winter Terms of 1915, the period embraced in this Volume:

1909.

HON. CHARLES M. CURTIS, Chancellor, appointed June 15,

HON. JAMES PENNEWILL, Associate Judge, appointed Chief Justice, June 15, 1909.

HON. WILLIAM H. BOYCE, Associate Judge, re-appointed June 15, 1909.

HON. HENRY C. CONRAD, Associate Judge, appointed June 15, 1909.

HON. HERBERT L. RICE, Associate Judge, appointed March 1, 1911.

HON. THOMAS BAYARD HEISEL, Associate Judge, appointed October 14, 1914, succeeding HON. VICTOR B. WOOLLEY, resigned.

JOSIAH O. WOLCOTT, ESQ., Attorney General, assumed office the first Tuesday in January, 1913.

ARMON D. CHAYTOR, JR., ESQ., Deputy Attorney General for New Castle County.

JOHN B. HUTTON, ESQ., Deputy Attorney General for Kent County.

FRANK M. JONES, ESQ., Deputy Attorney General for Sussex County.

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NOTE.

Cite this volume, 5 Boyce (Del.), or 28 Del.

For the number of volumes of the Delaware Reports, the names of the official reporters, and the manner of citing the cases, see explanatory note in 1 Boyce (Del.).

Amendments to rules of the law courts, adopted since the revision and publication thereof, in 1894, will be found in the appendices to 3 Penn. (Del.) and 3 Boyce (Del.).

By courtesy of West Publishing Company, the syllabi in this volume are the same as those to the Delaware cases in the Atlantic Reporter.

WM. H. BOYCE, Associate Judge, Reporter.