MASSACHUSETTS REPORTS

107

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

OF

MASSACHUSETTS

MARCH-OCTOBER 1871

ALBERT G. BROWNE, JR.

REPORTER

BOSTON:

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

Copyright, 1873,

BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

Copyright, 1901,

BY MATTIE G. BROWNE.

All rights reserved.

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

HON. REUBEN A. CHAPMAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. HORACE GRAY, JR.

HON. JOHN WELLS.

HON. JAMES D. COLT.

HON. SETH AMES.

HON. MARCUS MORTON.

ATTORNEY GENERAL,

HON. CHARLES ALLEN.