THE

LAW REPORTS.

Common Pleas Division.

REPORTED BY

JOHN SCOTT, EDMUND LUMLEY, AND
JOHN EDWARD HALL, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW;

AND

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

BY

CHARLES MARETT, WILLIAM MILLS, AND
HENRY HOLROYD, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

EDITED BY

JAMES REDFOORD BULWER, Q.C.

VOL. II.

FROM MICHAELMAS SITTINGS, 1876, TO TRINITY SITTINGS, 1877,

BOTH INCLUSIVE.

XL VICTORIA.

LONDON:

Printed for the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales

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JUDGES

OF

THE COMMON PLEAS DIVISION

OF

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

XL VICTORIA.

The Right Hon. Lord COLERIDGE, Lord Chief Justice, President.

Sir WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE, Knt.

The Hon. GEORGE DENMAN.

Sir NATHANIEL LINDLEY, Knt.

Sir HENRY C. LOPES, Knt.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Sir JOHN HOLKER, Knt.

SOLICITOR GENERAL.

Sir HARDINGE STANLEY GIFFARD, Knt.