COPYRIGHT, 1896,

BY BANKS & BROTHERS.

REPRINTED IN TAIWAN

JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.
STEPHEN JOHNSON FIELD, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HORACE GRAY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HENRY BILLINGS BROWN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

HOWELL EDMONDS JACKSON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

RICHARD OLNEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL.2

JUDSON HARMON, ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HOLMES CONRAD, SOLICITOR GENERAL.

JAMES HALL MCKENNEY, CLERK.

JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL.

1 MR. JUSTICE JACKSON died at his residence, near Nashville, Tennessee, August 8, 1895.

2 MR. OLNEY, having been commissioned as Secretary of State, resigned the office of Attorney General. MR. HARMON was commissioned as his successor, June 8, 1895.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CASES REPORTED.

Etna Life Insurance Company v. County of Lyon

Alabama, National Dredging Company v.

Allen v. Merrill

Allis, Executors, &c. v. State Bank of Crete

American Bell Telephone Company, United States v.

American Preservers' Company v. Norris

Anderson v. Minneapolis Union Elevator Company
Ansbro v. United States.

Bayonne, The

687

Belt, Petitioner, In re