The House of Lords and in the Privy Council,

IN

The Court of Appeal, the Court for Crown Cases Reserved,
and the Court of Bankruptcy ;

AND IN

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE,

VIZ.

Chancery; Queen's Bench; Common Pleas; Exchequer;
Probate, Divorce and Admiralty, Divisions;
and other Divisional Courts.

MICHAELMAS, 1877, TO TRINITY, 1878.
(BOTH INCLUSIVE.)

The Appellate Cases, in the House of Lords, and in the Court of Appeal, are with the Reports of Cases
in the respective Divisions and Courts from which the Appeals come. These Cases and the Cases in the
other Divisional Courts form four distinct Volumes, having separate Indexes of Subjects and Tables of
Cases; viz., the Chancery Volume; the Bankruptcy Volume; the Bench, Pleas, and Exchequer, or Common
Law Volume; and the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Volume.

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

CHIEFLY

THE PRIVY COUNCIL CASES HAVE THEIR OWN INDEX AND TABLE OF CASES, AND FORM A
DISTINCT VOLUME OF REPORTS.

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, VOL. XLVII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQuare.

PUBLISHED BY EDWARD BRET INCE, 5, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

MDCCCLXXVIII.

ILIOTH

BY WHOM THE CASES ARE REPORTED.

In the House of Lords,

L. G. GORDON ROBBINS, Esq.

In the Priby Council,
EDWARD BULLOCK, Esq.

In Her Majesty's Court of Appeal,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq., GEORGE HARRIS LEA, Esq., H. LACY FRASER, Esq., WILLIAM ROBERT COLLYER, Esq., and ALFRED B. KEMPE, Esq.

IN

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE,

Court for Crown Cases Reserved,

WALTER HENRY MACNAMARA, Esq.

Chancery Division,
Rolls Court,

ARTHUR CLEMENT EDDIS, Esq., and HENRY CHARLES DEANE, Esq.

Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

GEORGE MURRAY, Esq., and JAMES E. HORNE, Esq.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

ROBERT TAUNTON RAIKES, Esq., and ARTHUR CORDERY, Esq. Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,

CECIL C. M. DALE, Esq., and JOHN GENT, Esq.

Court of Mr. Justice Fry,

DAVID PITCAIRN, Esq.

Court of Bankruptcy,

ROBERT TAUNTON RAIKES, Esq., and CECIL C. M. DALE, Esq.

Queen's Bench Division,

J. H. ETHERINGTON SMITH, Esq., and RICHARD HOLMDEN

AMPHLETT, Esq.

Common Pleas Division,

WILLIAM PATERSON, Esq., and GILBERT GEORGE KENNEDY,

Exchequer Division,

W. DECIMUS I. FOULKES, Esq., and FRANCIS PARKER, Esq.

Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division,

Esq

GEORGE CALLAGHAN, Esq., ROBERT ALBION PRITCHARD, D.C.L. AND EDWARD STANLEY ROSCOE, Esq.