LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1867:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords, In the Privy Council,
And in the Exchequer Chamber,

IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery and Appeal in Bankruptcy, Probate,
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, Admiralty, Ecclesiastical,
Queen's Bench and the Bail Court,

Common Pleas, Exchequer, and Grown Cases Reserved.

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1866, TO TRINITY TERM, 1867,

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 (EQUITY AND COMMON LAW) FORM PARTS I. AND II. OF THE REPORTS.

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 REPORTS.

THE DECISIONS IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL, THE PROBATE COURT AND THE DIVORCE AND
MATRIMONIAL CAUSES COURT, THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURT, AND THE
HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, WITH THE CASES DECIDED ON APPEAL
FROM THOSE COURTS, ARE SEPARATELY ARRANGED,
AND FORM PARTS IV., V., VI. AND VII. OF THE WORK.

THE LAW JOURNAL REPORTS ARE EDITED BY

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

FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

AND

FREDERICK HOARE COLT, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

VOL. XLV.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XXXVI.

PART II. CASES AT COMMON LAW.

LONDON:

Printed by James Holmes, 4, Took's Court, Chancery Lane.
PUBLISHED BY EDWARD BRET INCE, 5, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

MDCCCLXVII.

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Court of Queen's Bench,

AND IN THE

Exchequer Chamber

ON ERROR AND ON APPEAL FROM THE QUEEN'S BENCH,

REPORTED BY

ROBERT SAWYER, Esq. AND ARTHUR PAUL STONE, Esq.

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW,

AND ON APPEAL TO

The House of Lords,

REPORTED BY

WILLIAM WARREN STREETEN, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.