MINNESOTA REPORTS VOL. 69 CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MINNESOTA JUNE 16, 1897-NOVEMBER 5, 1897 HENRY B. WENZELL REPORTER ST. PAUL FRANK P. DUFRESNE 1898 COPYRIGHT, 1898 BY ALBERT BERG SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Ree. Dec. 5, 1898. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MINNESOTA DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS HON. CHARLES M. START, CHIEF JUSTICE. HON. WILLIAM MITCHELL. HON. LOREN W. COLLINS. HON. DANIEL BUCK. HON. THOMAS CANTY. DARIUS F. REESE, Esq., Clerk. ATTORNEY GENERAL, HON. HENRY W. CHILDS. NOTE. By Laws 1895, c. 23, the reporter is required to report all cases argued and determined in the court. By the practice of the court, based on G. S. 1894, § 4826, the headnote in each case is prepared by the judge writing the opinion. The cases are reported in the order of their decision. The date of the decision follows the title of each case. The numbers given below the date indicate the number of the case in the files of the clerk of court and the number of the case in the general term calendar, the calendar numbers being enclosed in (). Of the cases in this volume those preceding the case on page 336 are from the April, 1897, term calendar, the case on page 353 is from the October, 1896, term calendar, and the remaining cases in the volume are from the October, 1897, term calendar. As required by Laws 1895, c. 23, the names of counsel are followed by their official designation, as subscribed by them to their respective briefs. In citations from the first twenty volumes of the Minnesota reports the page of the original edition is given, preceded by the corresponding page of the edition prepared by Chief Justice Gilfillan. |