United States

REPORTS.

OF

CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

DECEMBER TERM, 1856.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND REPORTER OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

VOL. XIX.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

WILLIAM M. MORRISON AND COMPANY,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS.

1857.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HON. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice.
HON. JOHN MCLEAN, Associate Justice.
HON. JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN CATRON, Associate Justice.
HON. PETER V. DANIEL, Associate Justice.
HON. SAMUEL NELSON, Associate Justice.
HON. ROBERT C. GRIER, Associate Justice.
HON. BENJAMIN R. CURTIS, Associate Justice.
HON. JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Associate Justice.

CALEB CUSHING, Esq., Attorney General.
WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk.
BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, ESQ., Reporter.

JONAH D. HOOVER, Esq., Marshal.