Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

KAY & BROTHER,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Tee. Weber. 14, 1833
rec.

PREFACE.

THE object of the "WEEKLY NOTES OF CASES" is to furnish for the current information of the profession a prompt record of the decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the Courts in Philadelphia, reported in a succinct form, but sufficiently complete to be useful and trustworthy when cited as authority. Every report is prepared by a reporter present in Court during the argument of the cause, and is critically revised before it appears in print.

The enterprise has received the approval of a large portion of the profession; and, with the benefit of experience, no effort will be spared in the future to improve the character of the work. It is hoped that the WEEKLY NOTES may merit the encouragement and support of practising lawyers throughout the State, in order that its scope of usefulness may be enlarged, and that it may, at no distant day, be recognized as the Lawyers' Journal of Pennsylvania.

REPORTERS.

Supreme Court (Eastern District).

MR. GEORGE BIDDLE, assisted by Messrs. J. Peyton Boyle, Richard S. Hunter, Francis Rawle, Henry Reed, Samuel L. Parrish, Richard C. Dale, Jr., and Louis C. Massey.

Supreme Court (Middle District).

MR. ROBERT SNODGRASS, Prot'y, and MR. JOHN B. MCPHERSON (Harrisburg).

Supreme Court (Western District).

MR. GEORGE W. GUTHRIE (Pittsburgh).

Court of Common Pleas (Law and Equity).

C. P. No. 1. MR. WILLIAM WYNNE WISTER, JR, assisted by Messrs. Hampton L Carson, Walter E. Rex, J. L. Jones, Alfred I. Phillips.

C P. No 2. HON. JAMES T MITCHELL, assisted by Messrs Charles B McMichael, Robert H. Neilson, Edward F Hoffman, and Horace Castle

C. P. No 3. MR. WILLIAM WYNNE WISTER, JR, assisted by Messrs George H. Fisher, Harold Goodwin, and William Drayton.

C. P. No. 4. MR. HENRY BUDD, JR, assisted by Messrs Charles H. Howell, G C Purves, and William R. Claxton.

Orphans' Court.

MR GEORGE TUCKER BISPHAM, assisted by Messrs. William D Neilson, Henry C. Olmsted, H. Galbraith Ward, Ellwood Wilson, Jr., and Wm. Lyttleton Savage.

A. S. Courts.

MR. SYDNEY BIDDLE, assisted by Messrs. Francis J. Alison, Frank C. Fallon, James S. Fenton, Jr., and J. Rodman Paul.

N. B. Admiralty Cases to be revised by MR. MORTON P. HENRY: Bankruptcy Cases by MR. SUSSEX D. DAVIS; and Patent Cases by MR. JOSEPH C. FRALEY.

Commonwealth Causes.

MR. LYMAN D. GILBERT, Asst. Attorney-General (Harrisburg).

GENERAL EDITOR.

MR. ELIAS L. BOUDINOT.*

* During Mr. BOUDINOT's absence in February, March and April, Mr. ALBERT A. OUTERBRIDGE acted as Editor; and, during Mr. Boudinot's absence in the summer months, Mr. J. PEYTON BOYLE acted as Editor. Mr. BOUDINOT having since resigned, owing to continued necessary absence, Mr. OUTERBRIDGE has been appointed General Editor.

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TABLE OF SUPREME COURT CASES

REPORTED IN VOLUME I. OF THE WEEKLY NOTES.

Catawissa Railroad Co.'s Appeal, 224 Dean, Good v., 519