OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

MASSACHUSETTS.

BY

HORACE GRAY, JR.

VOLUME V.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

HON. LEMUEL SHAW, CHIEF JUSTICE
HON. CHARLES A. DEWEY.
HON. THERON METCALF.

HON. GEORGE T. BIGELOW.
HON. BENJAMIN F. THOMAS.
HON. PLINY MERRICK.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HON. JOHN H. CLIFFORD.