THE

AUSTRALASIAN

ANNUAL DIGEST

BEING A DIGEST OF CASES DECIDED BY THE HIGH COURT
OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SUPREME COURTS OF NEW
SOUTH WALES, NEW ZEALAND, QUEENSLAND, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, VICTORIA AND WEST AUS-
TRALIA, AND BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL ON APPEAL
THEREFROM, AND CASES REPORTED IN THE
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (QUEENSLAND), THE
INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION REPORTS (N.S.W.
AND COMMONWEALTH), CROWN LAND LAW
REPORTS (QUEENSLAND),

LAND AND

VALUATION COURT REPORTS, THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT REPORTS (NEW SOUTH
WALES), AND MAGISTRATES' COURTS
REPORTS (NEW ZEALAND),

AND REPORTED DURING THE YEAR

1923.

WITH

TABLE OF STATUTES JUDICIALLY CONSIDERED

AND

TABLE OF CASES FOLLOWED, OVERRULED, &c.

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TABLE OF CASES FOLLOWED, NOT FOLLOWED, OVERRULED,

ETC.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

The Publishers desire to thank the proprietors of the undermentioned reports for their courteous permission to use the headnotes of the cases digested .—

THE ARGUS LAW REPORTS.

THE CROWN LANDS LAW REPORTS (QUEENSLAND).
THE LAND & VALUATION COURT REPORTS (N.S.W.)
THE NEW SOUTH WALES INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION
REPORTS.

THE NEW ZEALAND LAW REPORTS.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE LAW REPORTS.

THE NEW ZEALAND MAGISTRATES' COURTS

REPORTS.

THE STATE REPORTS (QUEENSLAND).

TASMANIAN LAW REPORTS.

THE VICTORIAN LAW REPORTS.

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN LAW REPORTS.

ABBREVIATIONS.

English Law Reports Appeal Cases.

Argus Law Reports (Victoria).

Industrial Arbitration Reports (New South
Wales).

Australian Law Times (Victoria).

Commonwealth Arbitration Reports.

Crown Lands Law Reports (Queensland).
Commonwealth Law Reports (High Court).
Gazette Law Reports (New Zealand).

Local Government Reports (New South Wales)
Land & Valuation Reports (New South Wales)
Magistrates' Courts Reports (New Zealand).
New Zealand Law Reports.

Queensland Justice of the Peace Reports.

Queensland Weekly Notes.

South Australian Industrial Reports.

South Australian State Reports.

State Reports (New South Wales).

State Reports (Queensland).

Tasmanian Law Reports.

Victorian Law Reports.

West Australian Law Reports.

West Australian Industrial Cases.

Weekly Notes (New South Wales).