The volume of laws quoted as the "Revised Statutes" refers to the edition prepared in 1866 by E. ESTABROOK. The volume of laws quoted as the "General Statutes" refers to the edition prepared in 1873 by GUY A. BROWN. Acts since 1873 are cited by a reference to the session laws of the years in which they were passed. This volume contains a report of all decisions handed down at the July Term, 1879, and the January Term, 1880, prior to January 22, not previously reported. The syllabus of each case in this volume was prepared by the judge writing the opinion, in accordance with Rule XIV. The third point of the syllabus in Moore v. Kepner, 7 Neb., 291, corrected in Lininger v. Raymond, post p. 40. The rule laid down in Kittle v. De Lamater, 3 Neb., 325, as stated in a portion of the fifth point in the syllabus, disapproved in Smith v. Columbus State Bank, post p. 31. The dictum of GANTT, J., in A. & N. R. R. v. Baty, 6 Neb., 45, overruled in Graham v. Kibble, post p. 186. The following amendments to rules of the supreme court have been made since the publication of the same in volume 5. AMENDMENT TO RULE I., ADOPTED JANUARY TERM, 1880. RULE I. The regular public sessions of this court for the argument of causes will open each day of the term at 8:30 o'clock A.M., and adjourn at 1 o'clock P.M., unless for special reasons the court shall from time to time order. The residue of the day will be devoted by the court to the consideration of matters submitted. AMENDMENT TO RULE VII., ADOPTED OCTOBER TERM, 1878. RULE VII. In all cases brought into the court upon error or by appeal the plaintiff in error or the appellant shall, at least fifteen days prior to the week to which the case shall be entered, furnish to the opposite party or his attorney of record a printed copy of his brief of points and authorities relied on; and within ten days thereafter the defendant in error or appellee shall furnish the plaintiff with a printed copy of his brief of points and authorities relied on; and each party shall, before the argument of the cause, file with the clerk of this court six copies of his brief aforesaid, one for each judge of the court, and the others for the reporter; and the party bringing the case into this court shall hold the affirmative. |