REPORTS.

New Series.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IX

THE COURT OF COAEMON PLEAS,

AND IN THE

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER,

IN

EASTER AND TRINITY TERMS, 1857.

BY

JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA;
T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS,

NO. 535 CHESTNUT STREET.

1858.

OP The volumes of Reports to which this mark ( + ) is annexed have been reprinted by T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., at $2.50 per volume, with American Notes and References by Messrs. HARE and WALLACE.

JUDGES

OF

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN, Knt.,

Lord Chief Justice.

The Ilon. Sir CRESSWELL CRESSWELL, Knt.
The Hon. Sir EDWARD VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Knt.
The Hon. Sir RICHARD BUDDEN CROWDER, Knt.
The Hon. Sir JAMES SHAW WILLES, Knt.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Sir RICHARD BETHELL, Knt.

SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

Sir HENRY SINGER KEATING, Knt.