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JUDGES

OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES

WITHIN THE SECOND CIRCUIT,

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

WARD HUNT, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE UNITED STATES. * SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, CircuIT JUDGE OF THE SECOND

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

DISTRICT JUDGES. WILLIAM G. CHOATE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF New

YORK.

WILLIAM J. WALLACE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW

YORK.

CHARLES L. BENEDICT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW

YORK.
HOYT H. WHEELER, VERMONT.
NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, CONNECTICUT.

* At the request of Mr. Justice Hunt, the Honorable MORRISON R. Waite, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, beld the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, under the provisions of g 617 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and decided the cases which are stated in this volume to have been decided by him.

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* The following corrections should be made in Volume

14 of these Reports :

Page 523, line 3, for “demurrer" read “demurrage"

“ “ “ 23, for “ demurrer” read “demurrage"