REPORTS OF CASES

'ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

English Courts of Common Law.

WITH

TABLES OF THE CASES ARGUED AND CITED, AND THE PRINCIPAL
MATTERS.

EDITED BY

HON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD.

VOL. LXXXIV.

CONTAINING

THE CASES DETERMINED IN TRINITY AND MICHAELMAS TERMS, 1855, AND
HILARY TERM AND VACATION, 1856.

PHILADELPHIA:

T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS,

NO. 197 CHESTNUT STREET.

1856.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

STEREOTYPED BY E. B. MEARS.

REPORTS.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

AND

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER,

IN

TRINITY AND MICHAELMAS TERMS, 1855, AND HILARY TERM
AND VACATION, 1856.

BY

JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. XVII.

PHILADELPHIA:

T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS,

NO. 197 CHESTNUT STREET.

1856.