REPORTS OF CASES

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

ог

NEBRASKA.

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1896-JANUARY TERM, 1897.

VOLUME L.

D. A. CAMPBELL,

OFFICIAL REPORTER.

LINCOLN, NEB.:

STATE JOURNAL COMPANY, LAW PUBLISHERS.

Entered according to act of Congress in the office of the Librarian of Congress,

A. D. 1897,

BY D. A. CAMPBELL, REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT,

In behalf of the people of Nebraska.

Rec. Mar. 22,1898.

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

NEBRASKA.

1897.

CHIEF JUSTICE,

A. M. POST.

JUDGES,

T. O. C. HARRISON,
T. L. NORVAL.

COMMISSIONERS,

ROBERT RYAN,
JOHN M. RAGAN,
FRANK IRVINE.

OFFICERS.

ATTORNEY GENERAL,

C. J. SMYTH.

CLERK AND REPORTER,

D. A. CAMPBELL.

DEPUTY CLERK,

W. B. ROSE.

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