IN THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT; MOST OF THEM SINCE CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE CAME UPON THE WITH AN APPENDIX TO THE SECOND VOLUME, CONTAINING THE RULES IN ADMIRALTY AND BANKRUPTCY, OF THE THAT DISTRICT, ETC., ETC. BY ROBERT W. HUGHES, ONE OF THE DISTRICT JUDGES. VOL. I. WASHINGTON, D. C.: W. H. & O. H. MORRISON, LAW PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS. 1877. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, BY W. H. & O. H. MORRISON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. Ree. Nov. 12, 1877 SHERMAN & CO., PRINTERS, PHILADELPHIA. DEDICATION. These Volumes ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED ΤΟ PROFESSOR JOHN B. MINOR, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SERVICE WHICH HE HAS RENDERED TO BENCH AND BAR BY HIS "INSTITUTES OF THE COMMON AND STATUTE LAW," AND BY HIS LECTURES, FOR MANY YEARS, IN THE PRINCIPAL LAW SCHOOL OF THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WESTERN STATES. |