OF THE COUNTY COURTS, WITH THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS, AND TABLES OF FEES AND COSTS: ALSO AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ALL THE STATUTES, RULES OF PRACTICE, AND FORMS. The Seventh Edition, BY CHARLES EDWARD POLLOCK, ESQ., AND HENRY NICOL, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW. LONDON: H. SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE, FLEET STREET, Law Bookseller and Publisher. PREFACE. ANOTHER Edition of this Work having been called for, the Editors have inserted all the cases relating to the subject-matter. Since the last Edition was published, the only Act increasing the jurisdiction of the Courts treated of in this Work, viz., the Common Law and Equitable jurisdictions, is "The Partition Act, 1868." On the other hand, the jurisdiction over absconding debtors has been taken away by "The Debtors Act" and "Bankruptcy Repeal Act, 1869." In May last, after the whole of the text of this Work, except the last Chapter, was in print, some rules of practice were issued: they could, therefore, only be noticed in the Appendix, where they will be found at pp. 828 to 852. The Chapter on Judgment-Summonses shows the alterations which have been made in the Law by the "Debtors Act, 1869," so far as regards its practice in the Courts. The Rules of January and May, 1870, under this Act will be found in the Appendix, pp. 837 to 852. By an order in Council, dated the 18th of May last, certain provisions of "The Common Law Procedure Act, 1860," have been extended to the County Courts. The Order will be found at page 832 of the Appendix. At the suggestion of some of the Judges of the Courts, the Editors in their last Edition interpolated between the sections of the original County Courts Act of 1846 the different sections of the subsequent County Court Acts (with the exception of the Act of 1865 conferring an Equitable Jurisdiction on the Courts which is printed by itself, with the sections of the Act of 1867 relating to the same subject), so that the whole may read as if the Acts had been consolidated. To enable a section of any Act to be readily found there is at p. 361 an Index or list of the sections of each Act in numerical order, with their side notes and the page on which each section is printed. In the General Index reference is given in a tabular form to the page in which the matter is noticed, together with the section and rule bearing upon it. These Acts are printed in the Appendix in a large type. Portions of certain other Acts giving special jurisdiction to the Courts are also printed in the Appendix, in smaller type. Cross references from the Acts, Rules and Forms have been added. The jurisdiction given to the Courts by "The Customs Act, 1853," "The Succession Duty Act, 1853,” “The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 and 1862," "The Metropolitan Building Act, 1855," "The Nuisances Removal Act, 1855," and "The Copyright of Designs Act, 1858," it is probable, will be but rarely resorted to; these have, therefore, been noticed in the Introduction only. The Editors are largely indebted to Mr. Arthur Wilson, of the Home Circuit, for much valuable aid which he has rendered to them in collecting and arranging the more recent decisions, and also for the Chapter on Equitable Jurisdiction. 2, Paper Buildings, Temple, July, 1870. |