THE

NEW-YORK LEGAL OBSERVER,

CONTAINING

REPORTS OF CASES .

DECIDED IN

THE COURTS OF EQUITY AND COMMON LAW,

AYD

IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN THE ENGLISH COURTS ;

ALSO,

ARTICLES ON LEGAL SUBJECTS,

PRACTICAL POINTS OF GENERAL INTEREST, REMARKABLE TRIALS,

SKETCHES OF THE BENCH AND THE BAR, ANECDOTES, &c., &e.

WITH

A TABLE OF CASES,
A GENERAL INDEX AND A DIGEST OF THE REPORTS

EDITED BY

SAMUEL OWEN,

OF THE NEW-YORK BAR.

VOL. VIII.

N Ꭼ Ꮃ . Ꮠ 0 Ꭱ Ꮶ :

SAMUEL OWEN, 75 NASSAU-STREET

1850.

324429

T A BLE OF CASES

REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME.

H.

86

A.
Page.

Page. Atkinson v. Kinnear, - 300 Harmony v. Mitchell, ·

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·

329 Ayres and or's v. Trustees of the Metho Hayes v. Heyer and o’rs, dist Episcopal Church. - - 17 Hayes v. Bement and o'rs

83
Heyward and o’rs v. The Mayor, &c. of
B.
N. Y., - -

244 Barnes v. Pennell and o’rs, 35 Hill v. Muller, . .

90 Barney v. Griffen and o’rs, 68 Hitchcock v. Smith,.

206 Benedict v. N. Y. and Harlem Railroad, 168 Hoffman v. Sargent,

137 Bennett v. Williamson and an'r, 217 Hopwood v. Thorn,

39 Benyon o. Nettlefold,

204
Bible and Common Prayer Book Society,
The New-York v. Andrews,

.
Andrews, • 361 Joomem
Isabella, The,

. Blenkinsopp v. Blenkinsopp,

289 270 Blunt, impleaded with Symes ads. Allen, 105 Brown v. De Selding, ..

224 Bunyan o. Isaacson,

7 | Jackson v. Carrington,

J.

103

C.

103

172

201

77

K.

K Chard v. Fox,

Kanouse v. Martin, Childs v. Geraghty, .

159, 305 . Chipchase o. Simpson,

. . 203 Clegg v. Fishwick, Clowes and an'r ó. Farmers' Loan and Leavitt, Receiver o. Blatchford and o’rs, 53 Trust Company, • 249 Leggett o. Mott, - .

236 Cole ads. Breck, •

273 Lewis v. Campbell, . . - 144 Court of Appeals-Decisions April Term, Lockwood o. Isaacson, . 1848, - - .

294 Lowe v. Ross, - - - 354 Cowell v. Watts, . .' . 238 D.

Maclure v. Ripley, - - - 297 Daw v. Cloud and an'r, . . 175 | Marfield v. Goodhue and o’rs, . 110 Doe d. Arundel d. Fowler, - 271 McCluskey v McGinley, . . 288 Doe d. Church o. Pontifex, . - 302 Meakings v. Cromwell and o’rs, - . 140 Dominick o. Sayre,

278 Dorr and o’rs v. New Jersey Steam Navigation Co. - . 345 Navone v. Hadden, ..

303 Downing in refusal accounting,

317 |
No Rolomon
v. Blakeman,

189 Duncan v. Luntley,

M

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N.

298

AN

INDEX
TO THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS

IN THIS VOLUME.

(For Digest of the Reports, see p. 385.]

ARTICLES-

On the domestic constitutiou-Crim. con. 1.
Ou fire caused by Railroad accident, 7.
On form for a notice of dishonor, 41.
On disobedience to subpæna. 145.

The circuit in England in the reign of

Charles II., 176.
Breach of promise of marriage, 359.
Beauties of special pleading, 360.

COURT OF APPEALS—
Abstract of decisions in April Term, 1848, at

the City Hall, New-York, 294.

72

CORRESPONDENCE-
Review of the case of Oakley v. Aspinwall

and others, 129.

LETTERS
Of Judges Conkling and Bronson, with re-

ference to articles in N. Y. Legal Ob-
server, entitled " The contract of endorse-
ment,” 272.

REVIEW-

The contract of endorsement. By Leges, 40.
Davies' Reports of Cases determined in the

U. S. District Court, Maine,
Barbour's Reports, Supreme Court, State of

New-York, vol. 4, 104.
The American Admiralty Jurisdiction and

Practice, with Practical Forms and direc-

tions. By E. C. Benedict, 207.
Barbour's Reports, Supreme Court, State of

New-York, vol. 5, 240, 357.
The Gallery of Illustrious Statesmen. By

C. E. Lester, 240.
Phillipps on Evidence, with Hill and Cowen's

Notes and alterations and additions, and
with references to the English and Ameri-

can authorities. By J. M. Van Cott, 304
Lockwood's Treatise on Husband and

Wife, 326.
Dunlap's Admiralty Practice, 327.
Clerk's Digest. By Hogan, 383.

MISCELLANEOUS-
Use of port wine-Blackstone and Addi-

son, 52.
Sir Edward Coke and the Doctors, 72.