United States Supreme Court REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. DECEMBER TERM, 1857. BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME VOL. XX. WASHINGTON, D. C. W. H. & O. H. MORRISON, 1858. LANG RR 101 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. BUELL & BLANCHARD, PRINTERS. WASHINGTON. D. C. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. HON. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice. JEREMIAH S. BLACK, ESQ., Attorney General. WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, ESQ., Reporter. WILLIAM SELDEN, ESQ., Marshal. |