OF CASES DECIDED BY THE ENGLISH COURTS, WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO KINDRED CASES BY NATHANIEL C. MOAK, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. VOLUME III. ALBANY, N. Y. WILLIAM GOULD & SON, LAW PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS. 1877. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, BY WILLIAM GOULD & SON, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 359758 JOEL MUNSELL, NAMES OF THE JUDGES OF THE SEVERAL COURTS IN ENGLAND DURING THE TIME OF THE DECISION OF THE CASES REPORTED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME.' QUEEN'S BENCH. The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN, Bart, Ch.J. Sir COLIN BLACKBURN, Knt. Sir JOHN MELLOR, Knt. Sir ROBERT LUSH, Knt. Sir THOMAS DICKSON ARCHIBALD, Knt.3 COMMON PLEAS. The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM BOVILL, Knt. Ch. J. Sir JAMES SHAW WILLES, Knt.4 Sir JOHN BARNARD BYLES, Knt.6 Sir HENRY SINGER KEATING, Knt. Sir WILLIAM BALIOL BRETT, Knt. Sir ROBERT GROVE, Knt. Sir GEORGE DENMAN, Knt.5 Sir GEORGE ESSEX HONYMAN, Bart.7 'The changes of judges in England, have as a matter of convenience, been brought down to the time of publication instead of ending with the past year. Some of the new judges may not have sat in any of the cases herein reported. 'Sir JAMES HANNEN, was appointed Judge Ordinary of the Court for Probate and Divorce cases and took his seat November 23, 1872. 7 Law Journal 785, 822. 'Mr. THOMAS DICKSON ARCHIBALD, was appointed to succeed Sir JAMES HANNEN. 54 Law Times 32, Id., 67. 7 Law Journal, 801. 8 Law Journal, 21. 'Mr. JUSTICE WILLES, committed suicide, in a fit of insanity, on the 3d of October, 1872, by shooting himself. 53 Law Times, 398, 406, 416. 7 Law Journal, 669, 676, 696. 6 Albany Law Jour., 257. 7 Am. Law Rev., 386. * Mr. GEORGE DENMAN, was appointed by Lord HATHERLY as his last official act, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Justice Willes and was sworn into office by Lord Selborne, as his first official act, October 18, 1872. 53 Law Times, 428. 7 Law Journal, 711. 6 Sir JOHN BARNARD BYLES, resigned about the 15th, of January, 1878. 8 Law Journal, 33. 'GEORGE HONYMAN ESQ., was on the 23d day of January, 1873, appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Sir JOHN BARNARD BYLES. 54 Law Times, 223. |