UPON

APPEALS AND WRITS OF ERROR

IN THE

HOUSE OF LOR D S,

AND DECIDED

DURING THE SESSIONS

1831-1832.

BY P. DOW AND C. CLARK, ESQRS.

BARRISTERS AT LAW.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

J. & W. T. CLARKE,

LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,

PORTUGAL-STREET, LINCOLN'S-INN.

1832.

LONDON:

Printed by James & Luke G. Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's Inn Fields.

TABLE OF CASES

REPORTED.

VOL. II.

ENGLISH, IRISH AND SCOTCH.

Page.

1

AMICABLE SOCIETY v. Bolland (Life Insuranee-Po-
licy avoided by the Execution of Assured for Felony)
Attorney-General v. Mill (Will-Charity-Mortmain) - 393
Attorney-General v. Winstanley (Bankrupt's Real
Estates-Auction Duty)

Bloomfield Peerage Case (Act of Union with Ireland-
Construction of, with respect to the power of the Crown
to create Irish Peers)

Cooke v. the Bishop of Elphin (Vicarage-Curacy—
Admission and Institution-Evidence)

Deare v. the Attorney General (Army Agent, Liability of, to account to the Crown)

302

344

247

Devon's (Earl of) case (Descent of Honours-Construction 377 of Words in a Patent of Nobility)

Douglas v. Brown Bankruptcy-Partnership-Foreign
Law-Evidence)

Dundas v. Dundas (Election-Heir at Law-Statute of
Frauds)

Ewen v. Bannerman (Marriage Contract-Trust Deed-
Fraud- Uncertainty)

200

171

349

74

Fausset v. Carpenter (Deed, Construction of — Purchaser-Disseisin- Statute of Limitations-Exceptions) 232 Harris v. Kemble (Agreement-Fraud-Specific Performance)

Hicks v. Morant (Land Tax Redemption-Laches-
Acquiescence) -
Honeyman v. Campbell (Marriage Promises-Evidence) 265
Humphreys v. Pratt (Sheriff-Misrepresentation-Exe-
cution)

Lysaght v. Walker (Pleading-Agreement-Statute of
Frauds--Principal and Agent--Surety)

288

211

Maccabe v. Hussey (Undue Influence-Fraud--Practice) 440

Macdougall v. Purrier (London Tithes-Presumption of
Law-Evidence)

Mackenzie v. Anderson (Heir at Law-Price of Real

Page.

135

60

121

Estate) Maclellan v. Macleod (Award) Macneil v. Jolly (Interest, Simple and Compound) 454 Montgomery v. Bridge (Bills of Exchange—Debt—Interest)

Mullins v. Townsend (Limitation of Suits-Practice-
Tenants for Life, in Tail and Remainder)

- 297

430

Napier v. Lady Gordon (Interest, Simple and Compound) 461, n. Netherville Peerage Case (Wills, Evidence of-Peerage -Practice)

Nicholl v. Vaughan (Bond-Exception-Practice)
O'Reilly v. Featherston (Tenantry Acts-Landlord and
Tenant-Mortgagee)

Pearson v. Stephen (Construction of Will)

342

420

39

- 328

Pluck v. Digges (Landlord and Tenant-Distress)
Rex v. Westwood (Charter-Bye Laws-Election of
Burgesses)

Rothschild v. Brookman (Principal and Agent-Fraud
-Stock Transfers)

Sea Insurance Company v. Gavin (Insurance-Deviation)

Scott v. Allnutt (Annuity-Interest, Assignment of—
Heir of Entail) -

Stephenson v. Rowand (Deed-Principal and Interest
-Responsibility) -

Warburton v. Loveland (Registration Deeds)
Willson v. Carmichael (Costs-Executor)

180

21

- 312

188

129

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104 - 480