THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1838:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

IN THE COURTS OF

Equity, and Bankruptcy, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas,
Exchequer of Pleas, and Exchequer Chamber,

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1837, TO TRINITY TERM, 1838,
BOTH INCLUSIVE.

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

BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. XVI.

NEW SERIES-VOL. VII.

PART I. EQUITY AND BANKRUPTCY.

LONDON:

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

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

MDCCCXXXVIII.

NAMES OF THE REPORTERS.

Lord Chancellor's Court,

CHARLES BEAVAN, Esq. and PHILIP TWELLS, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Rolls Court,

CHARLES BEAVAN, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Vice Chancellor's Court,

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

Court of Exchequer in Equity,

FRANCIS BURGESS, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Bankruptcy,

CHARLES STURGEON, Esq. and EDWARD COOKE, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW

Court of Queen's Bench,

WILLIAM GOLDEN LUMLEY, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Court of Common Pleas,

ALEXANDER DONOVAN, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Exchequer of Pleas and Exchequer Chamber,

JOHN DEEDES, Esq. and CHARLES SHAPLAND WHITMORE, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

Cases Relating to Magistrates,

WILLIAM GOLDEN LUMLEY, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.