Book excerpt: Excerpt from United States Reports, Vol. 141: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1890, and October Term, 1891 In Volume 140, the opinion in Rogers v. Durant, commencing on page 300, was delivered by the chief justice, and not by mr. Justice field. Holders of the original edition of that volume are requested to make the correction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.