OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

OF

MASSACHUSETTS.

BY OCTAVIUS PICKERING,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

VOLUME XV.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,

1865.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1837,

by OCTAVIUS PICKERING,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts