PREFACE. THIS Volume begins (pp. 1-161) with a few cases printed in 1876 from the reports of Mr. (now Judge) Fitzhardinge, and (with the exception of Dunne v. The A.S.N. Co. at p. 131) published as Part. I. of Vol. XIV. S.C.R. To these have now been added the best available reports of all the cases digested in the N.S. W. Digest, where the reference given is to the newspaper report only. Most of these cases were decided during the years 1875 and 1876, when the Law Reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald was done by Mr. Fitzhardinge, to whom, as well as to the proprietors of that Journal, the present Editors are indebted for their courteous permission to republish those reports in their present form. Every care has been taken to verify the reports by reference to the note-books of the late Sir James Martin, Chief Justice, by whose hand many of the judgments were revised for publication. Although some of the cases turn upon the construction of Statutes since repealed, it has nevertheless been thought worth while to publish them, not only to complete the scheme of filling up the gap in our reports, but also in view of their utility as authorities for the construction of other Statutes. |