THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1874:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords, In the Privy Council,
and in the Exchequer Chamber ;

IN THE

Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy ;

IN THE COURTS OF

Queen's Bench and the Bail Court, Common Pleas,
and Exchequer ;

IN THE COURT FOR

Crown Cases Reserved;

In The High Court of Admiralty, The Court of Probate,
The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and
The Ecclesiastical Courts;

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1873, TO MICHAELMAS TERM, 1874.

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

THESE CASES (EQUITY AND COMMON LAW) FORM TWO DISTINCT VOLUMES OF REPORTS.

THE CASES RELATING TO THE POOR LAWS, THE CRIMINAL LAW, AND OTHER SUBJECTS CHIEFLY
CONNECTED WITH THE DUTIES AND OFFICE OF MAGISTRATES, ARE
SEPARATELY ARRANGED, AND FORM A DISTINCT VOLUME OF REPORTS.

THE PRIVY COUNCIL CASES, THE PROBATE CASES AND DIVORCE AND
MATRIMONIAL CASES, THE ECCLESIASTICAL CASES, AND THE
ADMIRALTY CASES, ARE SEPARATELY ARRANGED,
AND FORM DISTINCT VOLUMES OF REPORrts.

THE REPORTS ARE EDITED BY

MONTAGU CHAMBERS, ESQ., ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL,
FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.,

AND

FREDERICK HOARE COLT, Esq., BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

CHANCERY.

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BY WHOM THE CASES ARE REPORTED.

En the House of Lords,
EDMUND STORY MASKELYNE, Esq.

In the Privy Council,
EDWARD BULLOCK, Esq.

In the Lord Chancellor's Court, and the Lords Justices' Court,
CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq.,

EDWARD THURSTAN HOLLAND, Esq., and CHARLES T. MITCHELL, Esq.
Exchequer Chamber,

The Decisions in Error and on Appeal in the Court of Exchequer Chamber are reported by the Barristers who report the Cases in the respective Courts from which the Errors and Appeals come. Rolls Court,

WILLIAM FRANCIS PHILLPOTTS, Esq., and AMHERST DANIEL TYSSEN, Esq. Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

HENRY ROBERT YOUNG, Esq., and CHALONER W. CHUTE, Esq. Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

WILLIAM WORSLEY KNOX, Esq., and GEORGE J. FOSTER COOKE, Esq. Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,

DAVID PITCAIRN, Esq., and GEORGE HARRIS LEA, Esq.

Court of Bankruptcy,

DAVID PITCAIRN, Esq., and GEORGE HARRIS LEA, Esq.
Court of Queen's Bench, and the Bail Court,

ROBERT SAWYER, Esq., ARTHUR PAUL STONE, Esq.
And (in the BAIL COURT) THOMAS SIRRELL PRITCHARD, Esq.
Court of Common Pleas,

WILLIAM PATERSON, Esq., and JOHN EDWARD HALL, Esq.
Court of Exchequer,

JAMES M. MOORSOM, Esq., and JOHN ROSE, Esq.
Court for Crown Cases Reserved,

THOMAS SIRRELL PRITCHARD, Esq.

Courts of Probate, and Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, GEORGE HENRY COOPER, Esq., and GEORGE CALLAGHAN, Esq. High Court of Admiralty,

ROBERT ALBION PRITCHARD, Esq., D.C.L.

Ecclesiastical Cases,

GEORGE CALLAGHAN, Esq.

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1873, TO MICHAELMAS TERM, 1874.

IN THE COURTS OF CHANCERY.

The Right Hon. LORD SELBORNE, Lord High Chancellor.
The Right Hon. LORD CAIRNS, Lord High Chancellor.

The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM MILBOURNE JAMES, Knt., Lord Justice.
The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE MELLISH, Knt., Lord Justice.
The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE JESSEL, Master of the Rolls.
The Hon. Sir RICHARD MALINS, Knt., Vice Chancellor.
The Hon. Sir JAMES BACON, Knt., Vice Chancellor.
The Hon. Sir CHARLES HALL, Knt., Vice Chancellor.

IN THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
The Hon. Sir JAMES BACON, Knt., Chief Judge.

IN THE COURTS OF PROBATE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES.
The Right Hon. Sir JAMES HANNEN, Knt.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, AND IN THE
ECCLESIASTICAL COURT.

The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT JOSEPH PHILLIMORE, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER J. E. COCKBURN, Bart., G.C.B., Lord Chief Justico. The Hon. Sir COLIN BLACKBURN, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN MELLOR, Knt.

The Hon. Sir ROBERT LUSH, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN RICHARD QUAIN, Knt.

The Hon. Sir THOMAS DICKSON ARCHIBALD, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

The Right Hon. LORD COLERIDGE, Lord Chief Justice.
The Hon. Sir HENRY SINGER KEATING, Knt.

The Hon. Sir WILLIAM BALIOL BRETT, Knt.
The Hon. Sir WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE, Knt.

The Hon. GEORGE DENMAN.

The Hon. Sir GEORGE ESSEX HONYMAN, Bart.

IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

The Right Hon. Sir FITZROY KELLY, Knt., Lord Chief Baron.
The Hon. Sir SAMUEL MARTIN, Knt.

The Hon. Sir GEORGE WILLIAM WILSHERE BRAMWELL, Knt.
The Hon. Sir GILLERY PIGOTT, Knt.

The Hon. Sir ANTHONY CLEASBY, Knt.

The Hon. Sir CHARLES EDWARD POLLOCK, Knt.

The Hon. Sir RICHARD PAUL AMPHLETT, Knt.

Sir HENRY JAMES, Knt., Attorney General.

Sir RICHARD BAGGALLAY, Knt., Attorney General.

Sir WILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT, Knt., Solicitor General.
JOHN HOLKER, Esq., Solicitor General.