THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1866:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords, In the Privy Council,

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, Exchequer Chamber, and
Crown Cases Reserved.

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1865, TO TRINITY TERM, 1866,
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 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.

EDITED BY

MONTAGU CHAMBERS, ESQ. ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL,
FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

AND

FREDERICK HOARE COLT, ESQ. Barristers-at-Law.

VOL. XLIV.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XXXV.

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.

MDCCCLXVI.

1866.

In the House of Lords,

WILLIAM WARREN STREETEN, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.
In the Privy Council,

EDWARD BULLOCK, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
Lord Chancellor's Court,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
Court of Appeal in Chancery,

WILLIAM STEBBING, Esq. and EDWARD ALFRED HADLEY, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.
Rolls Court,

EDWARD THURSTAN HOLLAND, Esq. and FRANCIS LAW LATHAM, Esq.
BARRISTERS-at-Law.

Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

FREDERICK WHITTING, Esq. and GEORGE TUTHILL BORRETT, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

GEORGE FRENCH, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,

HENRY LUDLOW, Esq. and DAVID PITCAIRN, Esq. BARRISTERS-At-Law. Cases in Bankruptcy,

CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq.

WILLIAM STEBBING, Esq. and FRANCIS LAW LATHAM, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Courts of Probate, and Divorce and Matrimonial Causes,
GEORGE HENRY COOPER, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
And JOHN GEORGE MIDDLETON, Esq., LL.D.
High Court of Admiralty,

ROBERT ALBION PRITCHARD, Esq., D.C.L., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
Court of Queen's Bench, and the Bail Court,
ROBERT SAWYER, Esq., ARTHUR PAUL STONE, Esq.,
And (in the BAIL COURT) THOMAS SIRRELL PRITCHARD, Esq.
BARRISTERS-At-Law.

Court of Common Pleas,

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

Court of Exchequer,

HUGH COWIE, Esq. and LUMLEY SMITH, Esq.

BARRISTERS-At-Law.

Courts of Exchequer Chamber, and for Crown Cases Reserved,
THOMAS SIRRELL PRITCHARD, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.