THE

AMERICAN DECISIONS

CONTAINING THE

CASES OF GENERAL VALUE AND AUTHORITY

DECIDED E

THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES

FROM THE EARLIEST ISSUE OF THE STATE REPORTS TO
THE YEAR 1869,

COMPILED AND ANNOTATED

BY A. C. FREEMAN,

OWWMILLOR AT LAW, AND AUTHOR OF "TREATISE ON THE LAW OF JUDOZEI
00-TENANCY AND PARTITION,” “EXECUTIONS IN CIVIL CAFEL," 196.

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SCHEDULE

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REPORTS FROM WHICH CASES HAVE BEEN SELECTED

FOR THE

AMERICAN DECISIONS.

State Reports are in parentheses, and the number of the American Decisions in which they are re reported is in beavy faced letter.

ALABAMA (1 Minor) 12; (1 Stew.) 18; (2 Stew.) 19, 20; (3 Stew.) 20, 21; (1 Stew. & P.) 21; (1, 2, 3 Stew. & P.) 23; (4, 5 Stew. & P.) 24; (5 Stew. & P., and 1 Porter) 26; (1, 2 Porter) 27; (3, 4 Porter) 29; (4, 5, 6 Porter) 30; (6, 7 Porter) 31; (8, 9 Porter) 33; (1) 34, 35; (2, 3) 36; (3, 4) 37; (4, 5) 39; (6, 7) 41; (7, 8) 42; (9, 10) 44; (11, 12) 46; (13, 14, 15) 48; (15, 16) 50; (17, 18) 52; (18, 19) 54; (20, 21) 56; (22, 23) 58; (24, 25) 60; (26, 27) 62; (28, 29) 65; (29, 30, 31) 68; (31, 32, 33) 70; (33, 34, 35) 73; (35, 36, 37) 76.

ARKANSAS (1, 2) 33; (2) 35; (3) 36; (4) 37, 38; (5) 39, 41; (6) 42; (7, 8) 44, 46; (8, 9) 47; (9, 10) 50; (10, 11) 52; (11, 12) 54; (12, 13) 56; (13, 14) 58; (14, 15) 60; (15, 16) 63; (17, 18) 65; (18, 19) 68; (19) 70; (20) 73; (21, 22) 76.

CALIFORNIA (1) 52, 54; (2) 56; (3) 58; (4) 60; (5) 63; (6) 65; (7, 8) 68; (9, 10, 11) 70; (12, 13, 14) 73; (14, 15, 16, 17) 76. CONNECTICUT (Kirby, and 1, 2 Root) 1; (1, 2 Day) 2; (3 Day) 3; (4 Day) 4; (5 Day) 5; (1) 6, 7; (2) 7; (3) 8; (4) 10; (5) 13; (6) 16; (7) 18; (8) 20; (9) 21; (10) 25, 26, 27; (11) 27, 29; (12) 30, 31; (13) 33; (13, 14) 35; (14) 36; (15) 38, 39; (16) 41; (17, 18) 44; (18) 46; (19) 48; (19, 20) 50; (23, 24) 63; (25) 65;

(20) 52; (21) 54; (21, 22) 56; (22) 58; (23) 60; (25, 26) 68; (27) 71; (28) 73; (29) 76. DELAWARE (1 Harr.) 23, 25, 26, 27; (2 Harr.) 29, 30, 31, 33; (4 Harr.) 42, 44; (5 Harr.) 48, 60; (1 Houst.) 63, 68, 71; (2 Houst., 2 Del. Ch.) 73.

FLORIDA (1) 44, 46; (2) 48, 50; (3) 52; (4) 54, 56; (5) 58; (6) 63, 65; (7) 68; (8) 71, 73; (9) 76. GEORGIA (1 T. U. P. Charlton) 4; (8, 9) 52; (9, 10) 54; (11, 12) 56; 63; (19, 20) 65; (21, 22, 23) 68; (29, 30, 31) 76.

(1) 44; (2, 3) 46; (4, 5) 48; (6, 7) 50; (12, 13, 14) 58; (15, 16) 60; (17, 18, 19) (24, 25, 26) 71; (27, 28) 73; (29) 74;