THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 39,

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, AND TENNESSEE, COURT
OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, SUPREME COURT, COURT OF CRIM-
INAL APPEALS, AND COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS

OF TEXAS, AND COURT OF APPEALS

OF INDIAN TERRITORY.

PERMANENT EDITION.

MARCH 15-APRIL 26, 1897.

WITH TABLE OF SOUTHWESTERN CASES IN WHICH REHEARINGS HAVE BEEN DENIED.
ALSO TABLE OF WRITS OF ERROR DENIED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS IN CASES IN THE
COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS.

ALSO TABLES OF SOUTHWESTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 134, MISSOURI REPORTS; AND 97,
TENNESSEE REPORTS.

COPYRIGHT. 1897.

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER, VOLUME 39.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.