National Reporter System.-State Series.

THE

SOUTHEASTERN REPORTER,

VOLUME 47,

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.

APRIL 23-JULY 9, 1904.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1904.

Law Library

COPYRIGHT, 1904,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

SOUTHEASTERN REPORTER, VOLUME 47.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURTS REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

WEST VIRGINIA-Supreme Court of Appeals.

GEORGE POFFENBARGER, PRESIDENT.