THE COUNTY COURT RULES, 1875 and 1876, With Forms and Scales of Costs and Fees; TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY COURTS ACT, 1875, AND OTHER RECENT STATUTES AFFECTING THE JURISDICTION FORMING A Supplement ΤΟ DAVIS' COUNTY COURT PRACTICE & EVIDENCE. LONDON: BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET, HODGES, FOSTER & CO., GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN. PREFACE. ALTHOUGH the important alterations effected in the County Courts by the Judicature Act, 1873, including the fusion of Law and Equity, were incorporated in the edition of 1874 of the County Court Practice and Evidence, the consolidation of the County Court Orders and Rules, and the issue of New Scales of Fees and Costs, together with very important legislation, render it due to past and future purchasers of the Work to bring down the jurisdiction and procedure to the latest period. The Table of Contents of this Supplement will indicate the extent and variety of the matter dealt with. The issue of the volume has been delayed by the necessity for including the County Court Rules of 1876. Practitioners in the County Courts must not, however, give way to a panic and suppose that recent alterations made in these Courts bear any relation in magnitude to the changes just effected in the constitution and procedure of the Courts in Westminster Hall. The Consolidated Rules and Forms of the County Court are for the most part repetitions of former rules and forms, and the procedure under the Equitable Jurisdiction Act is preserved much as it heretofore existed. The County Courts Act, the Friendly Societies Act, the Agricultural Holdings Act, and the Land Transfer Act, all of the Session of 1875, have far more direct effect on the County Courts than the Judicature Act of the same year. Notwithstanding the objection that may be urged against a "Supplement," it affords an opportunity for comparing |