REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA,

DURING THE

NOVEMBER TERM, 1890.

BY

JNO. W. SHEPHERD,

STATE REPORTER.

VOL. XCI.

MONTGOMERY, ALA.:

SMITH, ALLRED & CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS.

1891.

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ENTERED according to act of Congress, in the year 1891, by THOS. G. JONES as Governor of Alabama for the use of said State, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE DECISIONS.

GEORGE W. STONE, CHIEF JUSTICE, Montgomery.
DAVID CLOPTON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Montgomery.
THOS. N. MCCLELLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Athens.
THOMAS W. COLEMAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Eutaw.
*RICHARD W. WALKER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, Huntsville.

WM. L. MARTIN, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Scottsboro.

JOHN W. A. SANFORD, CLERK, Montgomery.

JUNIUS M. RIGGS, MARSHAL, Montgomery.

PHARES COLEMAN, PRIVATE SECRETARY, Montgomery.

Appointed by the Governor, Feb. 26, 1891, under the provisions of the act adding another judge to the Court, approved Feb. 12, 1891.