THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1865:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES
In the House of Lords,

AND IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery and Appeal in Bankruptcy,

Probate, Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, Admiralty,
Queen's Bench and the Bail Court,
Common Pleas, Exchequer, Exchequer Chamber, and
Crown Cases Reserved.

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM 1864, TO TRINITY TERM, 1865,

BOTH INCLUSIVE.

The House of Lords Cases are given in the Chancery and Common Law Courts 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.

THESE CASES FORM PARTS I. AND II. OF THE WORK.

THE CASES RELATING TO THE POOR LAWS, THE CRIMINAL LAW AND OTHER SUBJECTS CHIEFLY
CONNECTED WITH THE DUTIES AND OFFICE OF MAGISTRATES, ARE
SEPARATELY ARRANGED, AND FORM PART III. OF THE WORK.

THE DECISIONS IN THE PROBATE COURT, THE DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES
COURT, AND THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, WITH THE CASES DECIDED ON
APPEAL FROM THOSE COURTS, ARE SEPARAtely arranged,
AND FORM PART IV. OF THE WORK.

EDITED BY

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

FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

AND

FREEMAN OLIVER HAYNES, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

VOL. XLIII.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XXXIV.

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.

MDCCCLXV.

NAMES OF THE REPORTERS.

1865.

In the House of Lords,

WILLIAM WARREN STREETEN, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
Lord Chancellor's Court,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, ESQ. BARRISTER-at-Law.
Court of Appeal in Chancery,

WILLIAM STEBBING, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
Rolls Court,

EDWARD WINGFIELD, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

THOMAS WYATT GUNNING, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,
GEORGE FRENCH, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,
THOMAS NOTTIDGE, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Cases in Bankruptcy,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq.

Courts of Probate, and Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, GEORGE HENRY COOPER, Esq., and RICHARD SEARLE, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

High Court of Admiralty, and The Privy Council in Admiralty Cases, ALEXANDER STAVELEY HILL, Esq., D.C.L., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Queen's Bench, and the Bail Court,

WILLIAM MILLS, Esq., ROBERT SAWYER, Esq.
And (in the BAIL COURT) FRANCIS RUSSELL, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.
Court of Common Pleas,

WILLIAM PATERSON, Esq. and GILMORE EVANS, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-Law.

Court of Exchequer,

HENRY HOLROYD, Esq. and HUGH COWIE, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Courts of Exchequer Chamber, and for Crown Cases Reserved,
FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq. BARRISTER - At-Law.