National Reporter System.-State Series.

THE

SOUTHEASTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 40,

CONTAINING ALL THE DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA, AND SUPREME COURTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA.

PERMANENT EDITION.

DECEMBER 17, 1901-APRIL 22, 1902.

WITH TABLES OF SOUTHEASTERN CASES PUBLISHED IN VOLS. 129, NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS; 60, 61,
SOUTH CAROLINA REPORTS; 99, VIRGINIA REPORTS; 48, 49, WEST VIRGINIA REPorts.
ALSO, ADDITIONAL TABLES FOR VOLS. 129, NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS; 60, 61, SOUTH CAROLINA
REPORTS; 99, VIRGINIA REPORTS; 48, 49, WEST VIRGINIA REPORTS.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1902.

Law Library

COPYRIGHT, 1902,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

SOUTHEASTERN REPORTER, VOLUME 40.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

WEST VIRGINIA-Supreme Court of Appeals.

HENRY BRANNON, PRESIDENT.