OF THE

DECISIONS OF THE COURTS

OF THE

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,

BROUGHT DOWN TO NOVEMBER, 1895.

AND INCLUDING

NOT ONLY THE CASES CONTAINED IN THE REGULAR SERIES OF REPORTS, BUT
ALSO THOSE IN THE LEGAL REPORTERS AND PERIODICALS OF THE

DAY, WITH MANY MANUSCRIPT CASES;

TOGETHER WITH

TABLES OF OVERRULED AND REVERSED AND AFFIRMED CASES,

AND A

LIST OF CASES DIGESTED, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY WITH THE
NAMES OF BOTH PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS,

WITH A GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK AND A CHRONOLOGICAL
TABLE OF STATUTES REFERRED TO.

BY

FRANK F. BRIGHTLY, ESQ.,

OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR;

BRIGHTLY'S PURDON'S DIGEST,' "BRIGHTLY'S NEW YORK DIGEST,"

66 BRIGHTLY'S PHILADELPHIA DIGEST," ETC., ETC.

VOL. IV. PART I.

A TO K

PHILADELPHIA:

KAY & BROTHER,

LAW BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS, AND IMPORTERS.

1896.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1896. by

KAY & BROTHER,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Ree. Feb. 10, 1896.

TYPOGRAPHY BY J. S. CUSHING & Co., NORWOOD, MASS.

TO THE

HON. CRAIG BIDDLE,

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1, FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,

WHOSE

HONORABLE AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER UPON THE COMMON PLEAS BENCH

FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS

HAS WON FOR HIM THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF

THE BAR AND THE PEOPLE,

This Volume

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY THE AUTHOR.