THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 41,

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, AND TENNESSEE, COURT
OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, SUPREME COURT, COURT OF CRIM-
INAL APPEALS, AND COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS

OF TEXAS, AND COURT OF APPEALS

OF INDIAN TERRITORY.

PERMANENT EDITION.

JULY 5-OCTOBER 11, 1897.

WITH TABLES OF SOUTHWESTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 62, ARKANSAS REPORTS; 97, 98, KEN-
TUCKY REPORTS; 135, 136, MISSOURI REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

COPYRIGHT, 1897,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.