THE

EXCHEQUER REPORTS.

REPORTS OF CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE

Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber.

VOL. XI.

EASTER TERM, 18 VICT., TO HILARY VACATION, 19 VICT.,
BOTH INCLUSIVE.

BY

E. T. HURLSTONE, OF THE INNER Temple,

AND

J. GORDON, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE,

ESQUIRES, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

LONDON:

S. SWEET, W. MAXWELL, AND V. & R. STEVENS & G. S. NORTON,

Law Booksellers and Publishers.

HODGES & SMITH, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN.

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BOLT-COURT.

JUDGES

OF THE

COURT OF EXCHEQUER,

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

The Right Honourable Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Knt., Chief Baron.

BARONS.

The Right Honourable Sir JAMES PARKE, Knt.

Sir EDWARD HALL ALDERSON, Knt.

Sir THOMAS JOSHUA PLATT, Knt.

Sir SAMUEL MARTIN, Knt.

Sir GEORGE WILLIAM WILSHERE BRAMWELL, Knt.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN, Knt. SOLICITOR-GENERAL.-Sir RICHARD BETHELL, Knt.