THE

REPORTED OPINIONS

OF THE

HON. JAMES MCSHERRY

Late Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland

WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

BY

N. CHARLES BURKE

Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland

DEDICATION

To the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the oldest appellate court in the country, whose published reports antedate those of any other American State or Province, and of which the Honorable James McSherry was for twenty years a distinguished member and for eleven years its Chief Justice,

this volume is dedicated,

in commemoration of his lofty character, his splendid talents, his profound legal learning, his inflexible integrity, his rare administrative ability, his devotion to public duty, aud his constant kindness and courtesy to his associates, and to the Bar. His successors in his high office can find no brighter example or higher inspiration than his record in the annals of the State and in the hearts of his brethren.

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