REPORTS OF CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

English Courts of Common Law.

WITH

TABLES OF THE CASES AND PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

WITH ADDITIONAL CASES DECIDED DURING THE SAME PERIOD, SELECTED FROM THE CON-
TEMPORANEOUS REPORTS AND FROM THE DECISIONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
WITH REFERENCES TO DECISIONS IN THE AMERICAN COURTS.

VOL. XCIX.

CONTAINING

THE CASES DETERMINED IN THE COMMON BENCH AND IN THE EXCHEQUER
CHAMBER IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1860, AND HILARY TERM AND

VACATION, 1861.

HENRY WHARTON, ESQ.

EDITOR.

PHILADELPHIA:

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

NO. 535 CHESTNUT STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by

T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO.,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

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REPORTS.

New Series.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,

AND IN THE

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER,

IN

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1860, AND HILARY TERM AND
VACATION, 1861.

BY

JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. IX.

WITH REFERENCES TO DECISIONS IN THE AMERICAN COURTS.

HENRY WHARTON, ESQ.

EDITOR.

PHILADELPHIA:

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

NO. 535 CHESTNUT STREET.