THE

SUPREME COURT REPORTER

WITH KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS

VOLUME 32

PERMANENT EDITION

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

OCTOBER TERM, 1911

DECEMBER, 1911-JULY, 1912

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COPYRIGHT, 1911

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY

OOPYRIGHT, 1912

BY

OF THE

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

OCTOBER TERM, 1911

CHIEF JUSTICE:

Hon. EDWARD D. WHITE.

ASSOCIATES:

Hon. JOHN M. HARLAN.'
Hon. JOSEPH MCKENNA.
Hon. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Hon. WILLIAM R. DAY.
Hon. HORACE H. LURTON.
Hon. CHARLES E. HUGHES.
Hon. WILLIS VAN DEVANTER.
Hon. JOSEPH RUCKER LAMAR.
Hon. MAHLON PITNEY.'

ATTORNEY GENERAL:

Hon. GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM.

SOLICITOR GENERAL:

Hon. FREDERICK W. LEHMANN.'
Hon. WM. MARSHALL BULLITT.“

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FIRST CIRCUIT. Comprising Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, of Massachusetts. Appointed December 4, 1902, by President Roosevelt.

SECOND CIRCUIT. Comprising Connecticut, New York, and Vermont. JUSTICE CHARLES E. HUGHES, of New York. Appointed May 2, 1910, by Presi. dent Taft.

THIRD CIRCUIT. Comprising Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. JUSTICE MAHLON PITNEY, of New Jersey. Appointed March 13, 1912, by President Taft.

FOURTH CIKOUIT. Comprising Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. JUSTICE EDWARD D. WHITE, of Louisiana. Appointed February 19, 1894, by

President Cleveland; appointed Chief Justice December 12, 1910, by President Taft.

FIFTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. JUSTICE JOSEPH R. LAMAR, of Georgia. Appointed December 17, 1910, by Presto

dent Taft.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. JUSTICE JOHN M. HARLAN, of Kentucky.1 Appointed November 29, 1877, by Presi.

dent Hayes. JUSTICE WILLIAM R. DAY, of Ohio. Appointed February 25, 1903, by President Roosevelt.

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

Comprising Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. JUSTICE HORACE H. LURTON, of Tennessee. Appointed December 20, 1909, by President Taft.

EIGHTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Neue

Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
JUSTICE WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, of Wyoming. Appointed December 16, 1910, by
President Taft.

NINTH CIRCUIT.
Comprising Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,

Oregon, and Washington.
JUSTICE JOSEPH MCKENNA, of California. Appointed January 21, 1898, by President

McKinley.