MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
The question presented by this motion can hardly be considered an open one. But the subject has been so often misunderstood, that the court has thought it convenient to review the former decisions, and the grounds on which they rest.
By the act of February 16, 1875, c. 77, § 3, which differs from earlier laws only in increasing the amount required to give this...
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