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, 1870, TO MICHAELMAS TERM, 1871.

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 COURT AND THE DIVORCE AND
MATRIMONIAL CAUSES COURT, THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, AND THE
HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, 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.

CHANCERY.

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BY WHOM THE CASES ARE REPORTED.

In the House of Lords,
EDMUND STORY MASKELYNE, Esq.

In the Priby Council,

EDWARD BULLOCK, Esq.

In the Lord Chancellor's Court, and the Lords Justices' Court,
CHARLES EDWARD HAWKINS, Esq.

EDWARD ALFRED HADLEY, Esq. and ROBERT D. DALBY, Esq.
Exchequer Chamber,

The Decisions in Error and on Appeal in the Court of Exchequer Chamber are reported by the Barristers who report the Cases in the respective Courts from which the Errors and Appeals come.

Rolls Court,

EDWARD GILBERT HERBERT, Esq.,

JOHN B. GUNNING MOORE, Esq., and AMHERST DANIEL TYSSEN, Esq. Court of the First Vice Chancellor,

HENRY ROBERT YOUNG, Esq. and WILLIAM WORSLEY KNOX, Esq. Court of the Second Vice Chancellor,

THOMAS L. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq. and CHALONER W. CHUTE, Esq Court of the Third Vice Chancellor,

EDWARD THURSTAN HOLLAND, Esq. and DAVID PITCAIRN, Esq. Court of Bankruptcy,

EDWARD THURSTAN HOLLAND, Esq. and DAVID PITCAIRN, Esq.
Court of Queen's Bench, and the Bail Court,

ROBERT SAWYER, Esq., ARTHUR PAUL STONE, Esq.
And (in the BAIL COURT) THOMAS SIRRELL PRITCHARD, Esq.
Court of Common Pleas,

WILLIAM PATERSON, Esq. and GILMORE EVANS, Esq.
Court of Exchequer,

HUGH COWIE, Esq., LUMLEY SMITH, Esq., and JAMES M. MOORSOM, Esq.
Court for Crown Cases Reserved,

THOMAS SIRRELL PRITCHARD, Esq.

Courts of Prodate, and Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, GEORGE HENRY COOPER, Esq. and GEORGE CALLAGHAN, Esq. High Court of Admiralty,

ROBERT ALBION PRITCHARD, Esq., D.C.L.

Ecclesiastical Cases,

GEORGE CALLAGHAN, Esq.

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1870, TO MICHAELMAS TERM, 1871.

IN THE COURTS OF CHANCERY.

The Right Hon. LORD HATHERLEY, Lord High Chancellor.
The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM MILBOURNE JAMES, Knt., Lord Justice.
The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE MELLISH, Knt., Lord Justice.
The Right Hon. LORD ROMILLY, Master of the Rolls.
The Hon. Sir JOHN STUART, Knt., Vice Chancellor.
The Hon. Sir RICHARD MALINS, Knt., Vice Chancellor.
The Hon. Sir JAMES BACON, Knt., Vice Chancellor.
The Hon. Sir JOHN WECKENS, Knt., Vice Chancellor.

IN THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
The Hon. Sir JAMES BACON, Knt., Chief Judge.

IN THE COURTS OF PROBATE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. The Right Hon. LORD PENZANCE.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY,

The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT JOSEPH PHILLIMORE, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER J. E. COCKBURN, Bart., Lord Chief Justice. The Hon. Sir COLIN BLACKBURN, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN MELLOR, Knt.

The Hon. Sir ROBERT LUSH, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JAMES HANNEN, Knt,

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM BOVILL, Knt., Lord Chief Justice.

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES SHAW WILLES, Knt.

The Hon. Sir JOHN BARNARD BYLES, Knt.

The Hon. Sir HENRY SINGER KEATING, Knt.
The Hon. Sir MONTAGUE EDWARD SMITH, Knt.

The Hon. Sir W. BALIOL BRETT, Knt.

IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

The Right Hon. Sir FITZROY KELLY, Knt., Lord Chief Baron.
The Hon. Sir SAMUEL MARTIN, Knt.

The Hon. Sir GEORGE WILLIAM WILSHERE BRAMWELL, Knt.

The Hon. Sir WILLIAM FRY CHANNELL, Knt.

The Hon. Sir GILLERY PIGOTT, Knt.

The Hon. Sir ANTHONY CLEASBY, Knt.

Sir ROBERT PORRETT COLLIER, Knt., Attorney General.
Sir JOHN DUKE Coleridge, Knt., Solicitor General.
Sir TRAVERS TWIss, Knt., D.C.L., Queen's Advocate.