OF THE REPORTED DECISIONS OF THE COURTS OF COMMON LAW, BANKRUPTCY, PROBATE, TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION FROM THOSE OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY From 1756 to 1883 inclusive. FOUNDED ON FISHER'S DIGEST. BY JOHN MEWS, ASSISTED BY C. M. CHAPMAN, HARRY H. W. SPARHAM, AND A. H. TODD, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW. IN SEVEN VOLUMES. VOL. I. ABANDONMENT-CARRIERS. LONDON: H. SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE; STEVENS AND SONS, 119, CHANCERY LANE; W. MAXWELL AND SON, 8, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR. 1884. LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY LAW DEPARTMENT. 58,111 LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & Co., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS ADVERTISEMENT. THE present work is a consolidation of Fisher's Harrison's Digest published in 1870, the Digest of the cases from 1870 to 1880 published in 1880, and the annual Digests published since that date including that for the year 1883. In arranging the work the editors have endeavoured to collect the cases under comprehensive general titles. By this means all the cases bearing on any given subject will be found close to one another. The general titles are subdivided into sub-titles arranged in what appeared to be the most natural order, and the cases themselves are distinguished by numerous catch-words, so that the practitioner may find as quickly as possible the point for which he happens to be in search. At the same time numerous cross references are added referring to the general titles, in order that the work may fulfil the purposes of an index to the cases as well as a Digest. Cases relating to matters exclusively assigned to the Chancery Division, including the whole subject of Administration Actions, have been omitted, and great changes have been made in the treatment of Settlements, Trusts and Wills. It has been found necessary to retain many cases which are to some extent obsolete, because they are still valuable to persons practising in the Colonies and other places where English Law has been adopted or retained, and are also of importance for collateral purposes, upon the ground that new principles are often best explained by reference to old cases. Statutes have generally been omitted, as it was found impossible to incorporate them in a complete manner without largely increasing the bulk of the work; readers are therefore referred to the Chronological Index of Statutes published by her Majesty's Stationery Office. The proofs of the whole work have been read by Mr. R. A. Roberts, of the Inner Temple. |