THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1872:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords, In the Privy Council,
and in the Exchequer Chamber,

IN THE

Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy,

IN THE COURTS OF

Queen's Bench and the Bail Court, Common Pleas,
and Exchequer,

IN THE COURT FOR

Crown Cases Reserved,

In the High Court of Admiralty, the Court of Probate,
The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and
The Ecclesiastical Courts,

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1871, To MICHAELMAS TERM, 1872.

The House of Lords Cases are in the Chancery and Common Law Volumes respectively; the Decisions
in the Exchequer Chamber will be found with the Reports of Cases in the respective Courts from which the
Errors and Appeals come; the Appeals from Revising Barristers are in the Common Pleas; and the
County Court Appeals are in the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer respectively.

THESE CASES (EQUITY AND COMMON LAW) FORM TWO DISTINCT VOLUMES OF REPORTS.

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 A DISTINCT VOLUME OF REPORTS.

THE PRIVY COUNCIL CASES, THE PROBATE CASES AND DIVORCE AND
MATRIMONIAL CASES, THE ECCLESIASTICAL CASES, AND THE
ADMIRALTY CASES, ARE SEPARATELY ARRANGED,
AND FORM DISTINCT VOLUMES OF REPORTS.

THE REPORTS ARE EDITED BY

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

AND

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

COMMON LAW.

NEW SERIES, VOL. XLI.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-STREET SQUARE.

PUBLISHED BY EDWARD BRET INCE, 5, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

MDCCCLXXII.

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Court of Exchequer,

AND IN THE

Exchequer Chamber

ON ERROR AND ON APPEAL FROM THE EXCHEQUER,

REPORTED BY

HUGH COWIE, ESQ., AND LUMLEY SMITH, Esq.,

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW;

AND ON APPEAL TO

The House of Lords,

REPORTED BY

EDMUND STORY MASKELYNE, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.