THE

ATLANTIC REPORTER,

VOLUME 54,

CONTAINING ALL THE REPORTED DECISIONS OF THE

Supreme Courts of MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, and PENNSYLVANIA; Court of Errors and Appeals, Court of Chancery, and Supreme and Prerogative Courts of NEW JERSEY; Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Court of General Sessions, and Court of Oyer and Terminer of DELAWARE; and Court of Appeals of Maryland.

COPYRIGHT, 1903,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.