# United States Reports/Volume 60

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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.
​Mr. Chief Justice Taney made the following remarks:
“Gentlemen of the Bar: You are already, I presume, apprized of the calamity which has befallen our Brother, Judge Daniel, in the sudden and painful death of his wife. Our respect and regard for him, and the sincere sympathy we feel for him personally, as well as our sense of what is due to him as a member of this tribunal, will prevent the court from proceeding to-day with the business of the term. The funeral of Mrs. Daniel will take place to-morrow, the members of the court will attend. We shall therefore adjourn until Wednesday, to meet at the usual hour and with the duties of the court.”
January 5th, 1857.
Mr. Chief Justice Taney remarked as follows:
“Gentlemen of the Bar: Mr. Carroll, the Clerk of this court, has suffered a painful domestic affliction in the sudden and unexpected death of a son who had just grown up to manhood. The members of the court, as a mark of their respect and sympathy, propose to attend the funeral, which will take to-day at one o’clock. We shall, on that account, adjourn at half-past twelve.”
January 23d, 1857.
LIST OF ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
ADMITTED DECEMBER TERM, 1856.
| Percy Walker, | Alabama. |
| Philip S. Cottle, | New York. |
| John Willard, | New York. |
| James E. Munford, | Missouri. |
| Josiah Collins, Jr., | North Carolina. |
| William H. Crabbe, | Pennsylvania. |
| Daniel S. Printup, | Georgia. |
| James H. Scott, | New York. |
| R. C. Gilchrist, | South Carolina. |
| N. Richardson, | New York. |
| Charles S. Bryant, | Ohio. |
| Harvey Officer, | Minnesota Territory. |
| Augustus Hall, | Iowa. |
| Joseph C. Knapp, | Iowa. |
| Joshua L. Brown, | New York. |
| Samuel W. Bates, | Massachusetts. |
| Henry C. Hutchins, | Massachusetts. |
| David Thaxter, | Massachusetts. |
| W. Fletcher Sapp, | Ohio. |
| William A. Groves, | Illinois. |
| Thomas Turner, | Kentucky. |
| Lymon B. Smith, | New York. |
| Samuel N. Salomon, | New York. |
| Frederick A. Lane, | New York. |
| L. M. Closs, | Nebraska Territory. |
| Walter H. Smith, | Ohio. |
| Charles P. Curtis, Jr., | Massachusetts. |
| R. C. Parsons, | Ohio. |
| William H. Tucker, | Wisconsin. |
| E. S. Lowman, | New York. |
| Henry L. Moss, | Minnesota Territory. |
| Cyrus K. Lord, | Wisconsin. |
| A. D. La Due, | Minnesota Territory. |
| James M. Cavanaugh, | Minnesota Territory. |
| John B. Onstine, | Minnesota Territory. |
| George R. Fairbanks, | Florida. |
| Morris S. Miller, | New York. ​ |
| William R. Dickerson, | Pennsylvania. |
| Alexander C. Morton, | New York. |
| J. C. Spencer, | New York. |
| William Ware Peck, | Vermont. |
| R. Rose, | District of Columbia. |
| J. Wagner Jermon, | Pennsylvania. |
| P. G. Webster, | New York. |
| J. D. B. De Bow, | Louisiana. |
| John McCrackan, | California. |
| W. A. Talbott, | Maryland. |
| Lewis B. Reed, Jr., | New York. |
| Henry H. Anderson, | New York. |
| Abraham Payne, | Rhode Island. |
| C. L. Vallandigham, | Ohio. |
| A. V. Hofer, | Missouri. |
| Isaac Fisher, | Pennsylvania. |
| P. Della Torre, | California. |
| David Barclay, | Pennsylvania. |
| R. S. Blackwell, | Illinois. |
| Carlos Tracy, | South Carolina. |
| Harvey T. Cleveland, | New York. |
| George W. Gayle, | Alabama. |
| S. M. Bowman, | California. |
| Andrew M. Blair, | Wisconsin. |
| H. P. Vrooman, | Michigan. |
| William G. Bryan, | New York. |
LIST OF CASES REPORTED.