THE CONTAINING REPORTS OF CASES DECIDED IN THE COURTS OF EQUITY AND COMMON LAW, AND IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN THE ENGLISH COURTS: , A L$, ARTICLES ON LEGAL SUBJECTS, PRACTICAL POINTS OF GENERAL INTEREST, REMARKABLE TRIALS, SKETCHES OF THE BENCH AND THE BAR, ANECDOTES, &c. &c. WITH A TACLE OF CASES, A GENERAL INDEX, AND A DIGEST OF THE REPORTS EDITED BY SAMUEL OWEN, OF THE NEW-YORK BAR. Volume Iv. NEW-YORK: 1846. ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, BY SAMUEL OWEN, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. 324.425 - 26 - 173 Abbott v. Richards . - 275 . 122 340 215 294 384 100 235 276 431 Basset v. Pearce . 309 166 • 344 286 229 • 281 Eaton v. Barker • 156 | Edwards v. Union Bank of Florida : 172 F. Fairthorne in re . 429 Fellowes v. Harrington and others Same v. Same 346 Flagg v. Ely · · · • 232 Ford v. Durnford 158 Franklin v. Hodgkinson & Beale G. Gaskell v. Sefton Geerey et al v. Bucknor . 401 Gibbs v. Tonaley Goode v. Browne 423 Goodman v. Gosnell 384 Gould and others v. Bowne & Jones ib. Grafton v. Armitage . Griffiths v. Lewis . . . . 269 Guyard v. Sutton . 342 • 156 H. 153 Hanna v. Hutchings and others . 278 27. Harris v. Reynolds .. . 305 19 Harris v. Harris Havemeyer ads. Wannan Higgins v. Thomas Hodgkins v. Hancock • 272 • 424 206 167 133 . 391 . 367 243 • 33 114 • 349 343 236 324 433 • 43 • 429 364 313 . 277 55 . . . 343 237 25 M. L. • - - 320 Rowles v. Senior and others · · · 274 Lambert v. Heath 366 Lansing v. Case and Smith 221 8. Lawrence v. D'Arnsthal 344 Littlechild v. Banks . 324 Scarpellini v. Atcheson Llewellen v. Llewellen . | Shaw v. Hill - Lloyd v. Harrison Shell & Bellinger v. Telford 307 Lockhart v. Barnard . . Short v. Stowe - 202 Lockwoods, The 246 Skilbeck v. Garbett 120 Lucas v. Ensign Slaney v. Sydney . . 284 Lyddon v. Woolcot 198 Smith v. Treat . · 13 Smith v. Smith . 106 Smith v. Mayor &c. of New-York . 423 Snediker ads. Griffin • ib. McLaren v. the Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 137 Sourez v. Glyn. 199 Mallory and an'r v. Vanderheyden and wife 4 Southworth et al comm'r foc. of Manchester Manton v. Bales . 286 . 19 . Mann v. Stephens . . 430 Steele v. Hyde & Smith . - 147 March v. Ludlum and others 216 Storrer ex parte . . . . 379 Marsden v. Newmarsh 445 Strange v. Brennan . . . . . 389 Marshall v. Lamb 77 Sweett v. Hunter . . . . . 27 May and wife v. Burdett. 402 Mercer y. Whall 204 T. Moor v. Tuckwell . . 285 Taylor v. Suyder . . . . . 16 - . 230 Tempest v. Killner . . - 242 Nelson, Lord v. Bridport, Lord . - 154 | Thompson et al v. Hooker and Gillies - 17 Nelthorpe v. Holgate 113 Thompson and wife v. ex’rs of Carmichael 134 Nevins v. Deperries 377 Thorp, Stillman in re - Tobin v. Murison . . . . . 115 . 164 70 219 Oldfield v. Cobbett . . . 111 Oppenheim v. Wolf and the Public Adm'r . 259 U. S. v. Gates - - 8 U. S. v. Jarvis . 298 P. U. S. v. Steamboat James Morrison . . 333 344 Parker v. Emerson ex'r &c. Union Bank v. Griffin 455 Payne v. Hathaway 21 People, The v. Potter 177 People, The v. Huntington v. 187 People, The v. Tripp 344 Van Santwood & Redfield v. The Boat John People, The v. Jenkins . 423 B. Cole · · · · · · 373 People, The v. Stevenson • 16 Van Wyck in re . . . . . 257 Peck et al v. Taylor • . . 141 Pierce v. Alsop, jr. - 52 W. Pow v. Taunton 205 Proudfoot v. Boile 283 35 Walton v. Land. . . 121 Walker v. Hunter and o'rs . 238 Walstab v. Spottiswoode . 361 Queen, The v. Gregory . Wetherhill v. Naylor, 155 Wheeler v. Heermans & Haight 382 R. White v. Briggs . 198 165 Rawlings v. Bell and an'r Williams v. Welsh and an', 125 270 Rawstorne v. Gandell Wiles y. Cooper 282 Reg v. Pelham Witter v. Blodget 399 Wood v. Dixie - - . Rennie and an'r v. Beresford aud o'rs 85 279 Richards v. Symonds - - 157 Y. Robinson v. Ward . . . 432 Romaine B. in re proving will . . 411 Younghusband v. Gisborn · · · 263 32 357 AN INDEX PRINCIPAL MATTERS IN THIS VOLUME. 152. ANECDOTES- On compromise of indictment, 329. Lincoln's Inn Square laid out, 2. On Property in chattels--when it passes, On trustees neglecting to invest, 309. Special pleading of the Benchers of the Middle On jeopardy of life or limb, 409. On particulars of demand, 427. A criminal's remark on hearing his condemned On acts of infants on coming of age, 449. Lord Brougham's idea of local judges, 79. BURKE'S description of Charles II, 113. Fitzroy Kelly's interference to save the life of a Act to abolish distress for rent. criminal who had been improperly convicted, Romilly and Loughborough forced into the pro- fession by accidental circumstances, ib. Assistance Vice Chancellor Robertson, ib. Lord Loughborough and Lord Tenterden's intro- duction to the profession, ib. MEDICAL MEN, evidence of, 388. A “Grant" from the Crown, 263. Sergeant Hill's opinion of the judges, 268 Lord Chief Justice Tindal, 368. Opposite sides of Westminster Hall 283. Large Brief with a small fee, ib. The writ adhæsit pavimento, 308. Lord Thurlows s remark to Mr. Scott, ib. Lord Thurlow and the attorney, 408. Lord Eldon during the riots in London, ib. Lord Thurlow's gift of a living, 428. Vendor and purchaser— Alien, 3. Profert and inspection of documents, ib. Indictment for making a long, dull speech, 448. Libel against a copartnership, 88. On grant of letters of administration having rela | Liability of husband for wife's debts, 95. tion back to the death of the intestate, 49, 150. BILL OF EXCHANGE-Identity of defendant, 96. On circumstantial evidence.-Judge Edmond's Notice of dishonor, 197, 208, 248. charge in the case of Polly Bodine, 89. Judgment non obstante veredicto, 373. On operation of mortgages and bills of sale on Pledger and pledgee, ib. Promissory note-notice of dishonor, 128. On restraint of trade, 169. (See practical points.) Trade marks-injunction, 131 On Landlord and Tenant, quitting for want of Restraint of trade, 132, 450. On assignment by husband of the wife's equita Broker-contract-negligence-damages, 170. ble reversionary interest in personalty, or her Arrest-sheriff-illegal entry, 171. equitable choses in action, 287. Promise to pay made by bankrupt before certifi On the law of vendor and purchaser, 289. On the sale of expectancies at an inadequate Sale-vesting-execution, 208. repair, 249. |