THE 9941 AMERICAN LAW REGISTER. NEW SERIES, (OLD SERIES, VOL. 34.) FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1886. EDITORS: HON. JAMES T. MITCHELL, PHILADELPHIA. HON. EDMUND H. BENNETT, BOSTON. HON. T. M. COOLEY, ANN ARBOR, MICH. FRANK P. PRICHARD, Esq., PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA: D. B. CANFIELD & CO. ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by D. B. CANFIELD & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. B. M. DUSENBERY & SON. ELECTROTYPERS & STEREOTYPERS. LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STAMFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY LAW SEPARTMENT. COLLINS, PRINTERS. Constitutional Objections to Retrospective and Ex Post Facto -Contracts, Legislation Impairing the Obligation of Ex Post Facto Laws, Constitutional Objections to Retrospective Husband and Wife, The Competency, as Witnesses of 353, 417 Insurance, The Effect of a Recent Decision in the Law of Stare Decisis, The Principle of → Testamentary Provisions as Affected by the Rules of Private The Competency, as Witnesses, of Husband and Wife 353, 417 69, 137, 538, 608, 670, 791 New Jersey, Court of Errors and Appeals of. North Carolina, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Supreme Court of. 341, 472 69, 206, 404, 472, 734 341, 608, 670 . 69, 137, 206, 276, 341, 404, |