REPORTS. New Series. CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, AND IN THE ¿ EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, FROM HILARY VACATION, 1857, TO TRINITY TERM, 1858. BY JOHN SCOTT, ESQ., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. VOL. IV. WITH ADDITIONAL CASES DECIDED DURING THE SAME PERIOD, SELECTED FROM THE CON- WITH REFERENCES TO DECISIONS IN THE AMERICAN COURTS. HENRY WHARTON, ESQ. EDITOR. PHILADELPHIA: T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS, NO. 535 CHESTNUT STREET. 1860. a.55269 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The volumes of Reports to which this mark (†) is annexed have been reprinted by T. & J. W. JOHNSON, at $2.50 per volume, with American Notes and References by Messrs. HARE and WALLACE. JUL 3 1901 JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS. The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JAMES COCKBURN, Knt., The Hon. Sir EDWARD VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Knt. The Hon. Sir JAMES SHAW WILLES, Knt. The Hon. Sir JOHN BARNARD BYLES, Knt. ATTORNEYS-GENERAL. Sir RICHARD BETHELL, Knt. SOLICITORS-GENERAL. Sir HUGH CAIRNS, Knt. |