THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1857:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords,

AND IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery and in Bankruptcy, Queen's Bench and the Bail Court,
Common Pleas,

Exchequer, and Exchequer Chamber,

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM 1856, TO TRINITY TERM 1857,
BOTH INCLUSIVE.

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

A SEPARATE ARRAngement of CasES RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, INCLUDING
CROWN CASES RESERVED.

EDITED BY

MONTAGU CHAMBERS, Esq. ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL,

FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

AND

GEORGE STEVENS ALLNUTT, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

VOL. XXXV.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XXVI.
PART I. CHANCERY AND BANKRUPTCY.

LONDON:

Printed by James Holmes, 4, Took's Court, Chancery Lane.

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

MDCCCLVII.

1857.

In the House of Lords,

W. WAKEFORD ATTREE, ESQ. BARRISTER-at-Law.

Lord Chancellor's Court,

GEORGE STEVENS ALLNUTT, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

Court of Appeal in Chancery,

SAMUEL VALLIS BONE, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Rolls Court,

THOMAS PARKER, JUN. ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

THOMAS WYATT GUNNING, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,
FRANCIS FISHER, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq. BARRISTER-at-Law.

Cases in Bankruptcy,

SAMUEL VALLIS BONE, ESQ. BARRISter-at-Law.

Court of Queen's Bench,

HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq., COLLEY HARMAN SCOTLAND, Esq.

AND

WILLIAM MILLS, Esq. BARRISTERS-At-Law.

Bail Court, Exchequer Chamber, and Crown Cases Reserved,
FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq. BARRISTER-at-Law.

Court of Common Pleas,

ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq.

AND

JAMES REDFOORD BULWER, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of Exchequer,

HENRY HORN, Esq., JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, Esq.

HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq., COLLEY HARMAN SCOTLAND, Esq., WILLIAM MILLS, Esq. and FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq.

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.