THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1847:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery, and Bankruptcy, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas,
(Including Cases on APPEAL from the Decisions of Revising Barristers,)
Exchequer of Pleas,

Exchequer Chamber, and the Bail Court,

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM 1846, TO TRINITY TERM 1847,
BOTH INCLUSIVE;

AND

Notes of Judgments in the HOUSE of LORDS, during that Period.

EDITED BY MONTAGU CHAMBERS, OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ.,

ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL.

VOL. XXV.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XVI.

PART I. CHANCERY AND BANKRUPTCY.

LONDON:

Printed by James Holmes, 4, Took's Court, Chancery Lane.

PUBLISHED BY EDWARD BRET INCE, 5, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

MDCCCXLVII.

1847.

Lord Chancellor's Court,

PHILIP TWELLS, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

Rolls Court,

FREDERICK JAMES HALL, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the Vice Chancellor of England,

THOMAS WYATT GUNNING, Esq. Barrister-at-Law.

Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

BENEDICT LAWRENCE CHAPMAN, ESQ. BARRISTER-at-Law.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

EDWARD COOKE, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

Court of Bankruptcy,

BENEDICT LAWRENCE CHAPMAN, ESQ. BARRISTER-At-Law.

Court of Queen's Bench,

PHILIP BOCKETT BARLOW, Esq., HENRY SELFE SELFE, Esq. and HENRY JOHN HODGSON, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Bail Court and Exchequer Chamber,

HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq. and ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of Common Pleas,

WILLIAM LEECE DRINKWATER, Esq., GEORGE MORLEY DOWDESWELL, Esq. and THOMAS SANDERS, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Exchequer of Pleas,

HENRY HORN, Esq. and FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

CASES RELATING TO MAGISTRATES,

REPORTED PRINCIPALLY BY

PHILIP BOCKETT BARLOW, Esq., HENRY SELFE SELFE, Esq., HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq. and ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.