THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1845:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery, and Bankruptcy, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas,
(Including Cases on APPEAL from the Decisions of Revising Barristers,)
Exchequer of Pleas,

Exchequer Chamber, and the Bail Court,

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM 1844, TO TRINITY TERM 1845,

BOTH INCLUSIVE;

And NOTES of JUDGMENTS in the HOUSE of LORDS, during that Period.

EDITED BY MONTAGU CHAMBERS, OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ.

BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. XXIII.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XIV.

PART I. CHANCERY AND BANKRUPTCY.

LONDON:

Printed by James Holmes, 4, Took's Court, Chancery Lane.

PUBLISHED BY E. B. INCE, 5, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

MDCCCXLV.

1845.

Lord Chancellor's Court and Rolls Court,

PHILIP TWELLS, Esq. and FREDERICK JAMES HALL, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of the Vice Chancellor of England,

THOMAS WYATT GUNNING, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

BENEDICT LAWRENCE CHAPMAN, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

EDWARD COOKE, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Bankruptcy,

PHILIP TWELLS, Esq. and BENEDICT LAWRENCE CHAPMAN, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of Queen's Bench,

JOHN DEEDES, Esq., PHILIP BOCKETT BARLOW, Esq. and
HENRY SELFE SELFE, ESQ. BARRISTERs-at-Law.

Bail Court and Exchequer Chamber,

GEORGE MORLEY DOWDESWELL, Esq. and HENRY JOHN
HODGSON, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Court of Common Pleas,

HENRY SELFE SELFE, Esq., WILLIAM LEECE DRINKWATER, Esq. and GEORGE MORLEY DOWDESWELL, ESQ. BARRISTERS-at-Law.

Exchequer of Pleas,

HENRY HORN, Esq. and FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

CASES RELATING TO MAGISTRATES,

REPORTED PRINCIPALLY BY

PHILIP BOCKETT BARLOW, Esq., HENRY SELFE SELFE, Esq., GEORGE MORLEY DOWDESWELL, Esq. and HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq. BARRISTERS-Ar-Law.

FROM MICHAELMAS TERM, 1844, TO TRINITY TERM, 1845, INCLUSIVE.

IN THE COURTS OF CHANCERY.

The Right Hon. LORD LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor.

The Right Hon. LORD LANGDALE, Master of the Rolls.

The Right Hon. Sir LANCELOT SHADWELL, Knt., Vice Chancellor of England.
The Right Hon. Sir JAMES LEWIS KNIGHT BRUCE, Knt., First Vice Chancellor.
The Right Hon. Sir JAMES WIGRAM, Knt., Second Vice Chancellor.

IN THE COURT OF REVIEW, IN BANKRUPTCY.
The Right Hon. Sir JAMES LEWIS KNIGHT BRUCE, Knt., Chief Judge.
The Hon. Sir GEORGE ROSE, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

The Right Hon. THOMAS LORD DENMAN, Lord Chief Justice.
The Hon. Sir JOHN PATTESON, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN WILLIAMS, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Knt.

The Hon. Sir WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

The Right Hon. Sir NICOLAS CONYNGHAM TINDAL, Knt., Lord Chief Justice.
The Hon. Sir THOMAS COLTMAN, Knt.

The Hon. Sir WILLIAM HENRY MAULE, Knt.

The Hon. Sir CRESSWELL CRESSWELL, Knt.

The Hon. Sir WILLIAM ERLE, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

The Right Hon. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Knt., Lord Chief Baron.

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES PARKE, Knt.

The Hon. Sir EDWARD HALL ALDERSON, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN GURNEY, Knt.

The Hon. Sir ROBERT MOUNSEY ROLFE, Knt.

The Hon. Sir THOMAS JOSHUA PLATT, Knt.

Sir WILLIAM WEBB FOLLETT, Knt., Attorney General.
Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, Knt., Solicitor General.