THE

AMERICAN DECISIONS

CONTAINING THE

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY

DECIDED I

THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES

FROM THE EARLIEST 1880R OF THE STATE REPORTS TO
THE YEAR 1868.

COMPILED AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

OTHERLOB AT LAW, AND AUTHOR OF “TREATISES ON THE LAW OF JUDGMENTS,^
“OGTENANCY AND PARTITION,” “EXECUTIONS IN CIVIL GASES," STO.

VOL. 0.

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