OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN

THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

AND

THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

WITH TABLES OF THE NAMES OF THE CASES REPORTED AND CITED,

AND AN INDEX OF THE CONTENTS.

BY

WILLIAM MAWDESLEY BEST, OF GRAY'S INN,

GEORGE JAMES PHILIP SMITH, OF THE INNER TEMPLE,

ESQRS., BARRISTERS AT LAW.

AND

VOL. I.

CONTAINING THE CASES OF

EASTER, TRINITY AND MICHAELMAS TERMS, 1861,

AND PART OF HILARY TERM, 1862,

XXIV. & XXV. VICTORIA.

LONDON:

H. SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE, FLEET STREET,

Law Bookseller and Publisher.

1862.

LONDON:

RAYNER AND HODGES, PRINTERS, 109. Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.

JUDGES

OF

THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND

COCKBURN, Bart., C. J.

Sir WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, Knt.

Sir CHARLES CROMPTON, Knt.

Sir HUGH HILL, Knt.
Sir COLIN BLACKBURN, Knt.

JOHN MELLOR, Esq.

ATTORNEYS GENERAL.

Sir RICHARD BETHELL, Knt.

Sir WILLIAM ATHERTON, Knt.

SOLICITORS GENERAL.

Sir WILLIAM ATHERTON, Knt..
Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, Knt.