(NEW YORK STATE REPORTER, VOL. 82,)

CONTAINING THE DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME AND LOWER COURTS OF RECORD

OF NEW YORK STATE,

PERMANENT EDITION.

JANUARY 6-FEBRUARY 3, 1898.

WITH TABLES OF NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT CASES IN VOLS. 15-20, APPELLATE DIVI-

SION REPORTS; 19 AND 20, MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS; 26, NEW YORK

CIVIL PROCEDURE REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN

IN THE INDEX.

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NEW YORK STATE REPORTER, VOL. 82.

JUDGES

OF THE

Courts Reported During the Period Covered by this Volume.

Assigned by the governor to sit during the illness of Mr. Justice Barrett.

Assigned by the governor to succeed Mr. Justice Williams.

Assignments made for the year 1898, by the justices of the supreme court, appellate division, First department.

7 Appointed by the governor to fill unexpired term of Mr. Justice Sedgwick.

Elected November 2, 1897.