THE

SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 37.

CONTAINING ALL THE CURRENT DECISIONS OF THE

SUPREME COURTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, AND TENNESSEE, COURT
OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, SUPREME COURT, COURT OF CRIM-
INAL APPEALS, AND COURTS OF CIVIL APPEALS
OF TEXAS, AND COURT OF APPEALS
OF INDIAN TERRITORY.

PERMANENT EDITION.

OCTOBER 19, 1896-JANUARY 4, 1897.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

COPYRIGHT. 1897,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.