THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1855:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords,

AND IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery and in Bankruptcy, Queen's Bench and the Bail Court,
Common Pleas,

Exchequer, and Exchequer Chamber,

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM 1854, TO TRINITY TERM 1855,
BOTH INCLUSIVE.

The House of Lords Cases are given in the Courts of Chancery and Common Law respectively;
Decisions in Error in the Exchequer Chamber will be found in the respective Courts from which the Errors
come; the Common Pleas includes the Appeals from Revising Barristers, and the County Court
Appeals are in the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer respectively.

A SEPARATE ARRANGEMENT OF CASES RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, INCLUDING
CROWN CASES RESERVED.

EDITED BY

MONTAGU CHAMBERS, Esq. ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL,

FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

AND

GEORGE STEVENS ALLNUTT, ESQ. BARRisters-at-Law.

VOL. XXXIII.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XXIV.
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.

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CPARTMENT.

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1855.

In the House of Lords,

W. WAKEFORD ATTREE, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Lord Chancellor's Court,
EDWARD COOKE, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Appeal in Chancery,

SAMUEL VALLIS BONE, ESQ. BARRISTER - AT - LAW.
Rolls Court,

THOMAS PARKER, JUN. ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

THOMAS WYATT GUNNING, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

BENEDICT LAWRENCE CHAPMAN, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, ESQ. BARRISTER-at-Law.

Cases in Bankruptcy,

SAMUEL VALLIS BONE, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Queen's Bench,

HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq. and COLLEY HARMAN SCOTLAND, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Bail Court, Exchequer Chamber, and Crown Cases Reserved,
FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Common Pleas,

ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq.

AND

JAMES REDFOORD BULWER, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of Exchequer,

HENRY HORN, Esq., EDWARD WISE, Esq.

AND

JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, ESQ. BARRISTERS - AT - LAW.

CASES RELATING TO MAGISTRATES,
REPORTED PRINCIPALLY BY

HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq., COLLEY HARMAN SCOTLAND, Esq.

AND

FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

JUDGES AND LAW OFFICERS.

FROM MICHAELMAS TERM 1854, TO TRINITY TERM 1855, BOTH INCLUSIVE.

IN THE COURTS OF CHANCERY.

The Right Hon. LORD CRANWORTH, Lord High Chancellor.

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES LEWIS KNIGHT BRUCE, Knt., Lord Justice.

The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE JAMES TURNER, Lord Justice.

The Right Hon. Sir JOHN ROMILLY, Knt., Master of the Rolls.

The Hon. Sir RICHARD TORIN KINDERSLEY, Knt., Vice Chancellor.

The Hon. Sir JOHN STUART, Knt., Vice Chancellor.

The Hon. Sir WILLIAM PAGE WOOD, Knt., Vice Chancellor.

IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

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

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES PARKE, Knt.

The Hon. Sir EDWARD HALL ALDERSON, Knt.

The Hon. Sir THOMAS JOSHUA PLATT, Knt.

The Hon. Sir SAMUEL MARTIN, Knt.

Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN, Knt., Attorney General.
Sir RICHARD BETHELL, Knt., Solicitor General.

Lords Justices.