THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS,

FOR

THE YEAR 1895 :

Y:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

IN

The House of Lords and in the Privy Council,

IN

The Court of Appeal and the Court for Crown Cases Reserved

AND IN

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

VIZ,

Chancery; Queen's Bench ; and Probate, Divorce, and

Admiralty, Divisions.

MICHAELMAS 1894 TO MICHAELMAS 1895.

The Appellate Cases, in the House of Lords and in the Court of Appeal, are with the Reports of Cases
in the respective Divisions and Courts from which the Appeals come. These Cases form five distinct
Volumes, having separate Indexes of Subjects and Tables of Cases: viz., the Privy Council YoRints:
the Chancery Volume; the Queen's Bench or Common Law Volume, including Bankruptcy Casesgo de
Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Volume; and the Magistrates' Cases.

TO

OTHER

SUBJECTS

THE CASES RELATING THE POOR LAW, THE CRIMINAL LAW, AND

CHIYYLY
CONNECTED WITH THE DUTIES AND OFFICE OF MagisTRATES, ARE SEPARATELY ARRANGED,

AND FORM A DISTINCT VOLUME OF REPORTS, viz. THE MAGISTRATES' Cases...

The PRIVY COUNCIL CASES, INCLUDING SCOTCH AND IRISH APPEALS in the House of Lorps,

HAVE THEIR OWN INDEX AND TABLE OF CASES, AND FORM A Distinct VOLUME OF Repor.rs.

IBRARY

THE REPORTS ARE EDITED BY
JOHN GEORGE WITT, Q.C.,

AND

FREDERICK HOARE COLT, Esq., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

CHANCERY DIVISION, VOL. LXIV.
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1895.

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NAMES OF THE BARRISTERS

BY WHOM THE CASES ARE REPORTED.

In the House of Lords,
JAMES EYRE THOMPSON.

In the Príby Council
(INCLUDING SCOTCH AND IRISH APPEALS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS),
EDWARD BULLOCK and JAMES EYRE THOMPSON.

In Her Majesty's Court of Appeal, LIONEL LANCELOT SHADWELL, WILLIAM EDWARD GORDON, GEORGE HUMPHREYS, HARRY BAIRD HEMMING, JOSEPH SMITH, FRANCIS BOOKER FITZROY COW PER, AMYAND JOHN HALL,

and HENRY CHARLES ROPER.

IN

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

Chancery Division,

ARTHUR CORDERY, JAMES E. HORNE, REGINALD BRODRICK SCHOMBERG, JOHN FRANCIS WAGGETT, HENRY FREDERICK AMEDROZ, AMYAND JOHN HALL, AUBREY JOHN SPENCER, FRANCIS GOULD,

and HENRY CHARLES ROPER.

Queen's Bench Division

(INCLUDING BANKRUPTCY), GILBERT METCALFE, JOSEPH SMITH,

FRANCIS BOOKER FITZROY COWPER, SPENCER LANGTON HOLLAND, and JAMES EDWARD ALDOUS.

Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division,
HENRY STOKES and LOUIS DISTON POWLES.

MICHAELMAS 1894 TO MICHAELMAS 1895.

HER MAJESTY'S COURT OF APPEAL.
The Right Hon. Baron HERSCHELL, Lord High Chancellor, President.
The Right Hon. Baron HALSBURY, Lord High Chancellor, President.
The Right Hon. Baron RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN, Lord Chief Justice of England.
The Right Hon. Baron Esher, Master of the Rolls.
The Right Hon. Sir Francis HENRY JEUNE, President of the Probate,

Divorce, and Admiralty Division.
The Right Hon. Sir NATHANIEL LINDLEY, Lord Justice of Appeal.
The Right Hon. Sir HENRY CHARLES LOPES, Lord Justice of Appeal.
The Right Hon. Sir EDWARD EBENEZER Kay, Lord Justice of Appeal.
The Right Hon. Sir ARCHIBALD LEVIN SMITH, Lord Justice of Appeal.
The Right Hon. Sir John Rigby, Lord Justice of Appeal.

HER MAJESTY'S HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

CHANCERY DIVISION.
The Right Hon. Baron HERSCHELL, Lord High Chancellor, President.
The Right Hon. Baron HALSBURY, Lord High Chancellor, President.
The Hon. Sir JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY.
The Hon. Sir Ford NORTH.
The Hon. Sir JAMES STIRLING.
The Hon. Sir ARTHUR KEKEWICH.
The Hon. Sir ROBERT ROMER.

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION.
The Right Hon. Baron RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN, Lord Chief Justice of

England, President.
The Hon. Sir CHARLES EDWARD POLLOCK.
The Hon. Sir HENRY HAWKINS.
The Hon. Sir JAMES CHARLES MATHEW.
The Hon. Sir LEWIS WILLIAM CAVE.
The Hon. Sir John CHARLES DAY.
The Hon. Sir ALFRED WILLS.
The Hon. Sir WILLIAM GRANTHAM.
The Hon. Sir ARTHUR CHARLES.
The Hon. Sir ROLAND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.
The Hon. Sir John COMPTON LAWRANCE.
The Hon. Sir ROBERT SAMUEL WRIGHT.
The Hon. Sir RICHARD HENN COLLINS.
The Hon. Sir GAINSFORD BRUCE.
The Hon. Sir WILLIAM RANN KENNEDY.

PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY DIVISION
The Right Hon. Sir FRANCIS HENRY JEUNE, President.
The Hon. Sir John GORELL BARNES.

Sir ROBERT THRESHIE REID, Attorney-General.
Sir FRANK LOCKWOOD, Solicitor-General.
Sir RICHARD EVERARD WEBSTER, Attorney-General.
Sir ROBERT BANNATYNE FINLAY, Solicitor-General.