EXAMINATION CHRONICLE OFFICE, 64, OFFORD-ROAD, BARNSBURY, N. (WHERE ALL ORDERS AND COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE SENT.) Post-Office Orders to be payable at Chancery-lane Post Office to John Lane, of No. 64, Offord-road, Barnsbury, London, N. Printed by TAYLOR and GREENING, Graystoke-place, Fetter-lane London. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. H. T.-We did not answer the book-keeping questions in Hilary Term, 1864. The book you refer to did not, we understand, contain the questions to which you alluded. C. The last edition of "Hunter's Suit in Equity" appeared in 1862. We are told by the publishers that there will be a third edition ready in about a fortnight. : PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS.-The preliminary examination in general knowledge will take place on the 11th and 12th July, 1865, and will comprise-1. Reading aloud a passage from some English author. 2. Writing from dictation. 3. English grammar. 4. Writing a short English composition. 5. Arithmetic: A competent knowledge of the first four rules, simple and compound. 6. Geography of Europe and of the British isles. 7. History: Questions on English history. 8. Latin: Elementary knowledge of Latin. 9. (1) Latin; (2) Greek, modern or ancient; (3) French; (4) German; (5) Spanish; (6) Italian. The special examiners have selected the following books, in which candidates will be examined in the subjects numbered 9 at the examination on the 11th and 12th July, 1865:-In Latin: Cicero, De Amicitia: or, Horace, Odes, books 1 and 4. In Greek: Xenophon, Anabasis, book 1. In modern Greek Bekkariou peri Adikematon kai Poinon metaphrasmenon apo ten Italiken Glossan, 1-7, both inclusive; or, Bentotes Istoria tes Amerikes, bk. 7. In French: Voltaire, La Mort de Cesar, acts 1, 2, and 3; or, A. de Lamartine, Christophe Colomb, part 1. In German Schiller's Jungfrau von Orleans, acts 1 and 2; or, Goethe's Aus meinem Leben, vol. i., books 4 and 5. In Spanish : Cervantes' Don Quixote, capit. 1-15, both inclusive; or, Leandro Fernandez de Moratin, El Sí de las Ninas. In Italian Manzoni's Promessi Sposi, cap. 1-8, both inclusive; or, Torquato Tasso's La Gerusalemme, 4, 5, and 6 cantos. With reference to the subjects numbered 9, each candidate will be examined in one language only according to his selection. Candidates will have the choice of either of the above-mentioned works. Candidates are required by the Judges' orders to give one calendar month's notice to the Incorporated Law Society, before the day appointed for the Examination, of the language in which they propose to be examined, the place at which they wish to be examined, and their age and place of education. All notices should be addressed to the Secretary of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, London, W.C. : CORRESPONDENCE. A SUBSCRIBER.-For Equity principles, read "Smith's Manual," and "Adams' Doctrine of Equity"; for practice, read "Hunter's Suit in Equity," a third edition of which will shortly appear, and “Ayckbourn's Practice." For Common Law, read the whole of "Chitty on Contracts," and "Broom's Commentaries," which, with Smith and Gray, will suffice. For Bankruptcy, read Deacon, Shelford, or Doria; it does not matter which one you take up. We are assuming you will find one of them in the library. For Criminal Law, read the "Consolidation Acts," by Greaves; with vol. iv. of "Stephen's Commentaries." These works will be ample, if properly read and discussed. You should urge your brother articled clerk to be more argumentative; it would be as great a gain to him as to you. It is not so much the actual knowledge possessed by a disputant, as the opportunity which it gives him of ascertaining what he does and what he does not know-that is the important point. It frequently enables a party to discover what he did not know, or at least seemed not to know, before. Press him further. C. D.-Mr. Gray's book on Costs is confined to costs at Common Law; the very recent work of Messrs. Morgan and Davey is confined to costs in Chancery; Mr. Stoke's name has been withdrawn, on account of objections made by his superiors, he being a clerk in the Taxing office in Chancery. It is a very good work, and almost indispensable to practitioners, and parts of it may be useful to articled clerks. MOOT POINTS. No. 19.-Die without issue.-A. made his will in 1856 in the following words: "I give and bequeath all my real estate to B. for her life, and after her decease I give and bequeath the same to C. for her life, and if she shall die and leave no issue, then I give and bequeath the same real estate to D., to be divided equally among his children." It is scarcely necessary to add that the will was drawn up by an unprofessional man, a schoolmaster having taken upon himself that duty. B. is now dead; C. is a married woman, and has issue living. What estate does C. take?-R. MASON, Bridgestreet, Louth, Lincolnshire. No. 20.-Solicitor mortgagee.-Is a solicitor mortgagee who acts for himself in a redemption suit entitled to costs beyond those out of pocket?-GEO. CRUMBIE, 31, High Petergate, York. MOOT POINTS. No. 21.-Construction of bequest.—Pianoforte.-A. gave and bequeathed his grand pianoforte to his niece B. At the time of making his will he had no pianoforte, although from this bequest it must have been his intention to buy one. He, however, died without purchasing one. Can B. compel the executors of A.'s will to buy a grand pianoforte for her?-GEO. CRUMBIE, 31, High Petergate, York. No 22.-Joint tenancy, or tenancy in common.—A testator, by his will, gave a house to his sister's children in these words: "I will and bequeath my house, No., to the seven children of my late sister, the proceeds to be jointly divided, and to be shared by them in equal portions." Will these children take as joint tenants, or tenants in common?-GEO CRUMBIE, 31, High Petergate, York. No. 23.-Surrender of lease by deed.—Is it necessary to the validity of the surrender of a lease that it should be executed as a deed? (See 29 Car. II. c. 3, s. 3, and 8 & 9 Vict. c. 106, s. 3.)—GEO. CRUMBIE, 31, High Petergate, York. No. 24.-Chargeable to the parish-Legacies.-In 1861 A. became chargeable to the parish of B. C., by his will, bequeathed certain pecuniary legacies to A., to the amount of £1,000, which he became possessed of in October, 1864. Can the overseer compel A. to reimburse the parish to the amount of relief he has obtained ?—JOHN H. TATTERSALL, 5, Francis-street, Blackburn. No. 25.-Priority of specialty debt.-A. B. owes C. D. £200, and gives him a bond, in which he also binds his heirs for that amount. A. B. afterwards makes a will charging the whole of his real estate with the payment of his just debts. On his death the trustees named in the will sell the real estate, which, however, only realises £250. The simple contract debts amount to much more than £50, and there is no fund to pay them with. Can C. D. enforce payment of the £200 owing to him on the bond in full, or have all the creditors, in consequence of the charge of debts in the will, a right to have the £250 realised by such sale apportioned amongst them, according to the amount of their respective debts? (See Chitty on, Contracts, 7th ed., p. 7; and Williams on the Law of Real Property 6th. ed., p. 75.)-GEO. CRUMBIE, 31, High Petergate, York. No. 26.-Bill of sale-Act of bankruptcy.-Is a bill of sale assigning the whole available property of the mortgagor void on the ground that it amounts to an act of bankruptcy?-GEO. CRUMBIE, 31, High Petergate, York. EXAMINATION CHRONICLE OFFICE, 64, OFFORD-ROAD, BARNSBURY, N. (WHERE ALL ORDERS AND COMMUNICATIONS MUST RE SENT.) Post-Office Orders to be payable at Chancery-lane Post Office to John Lane, of No. 64, Offord-road, Barnsbury, London, N. Printed by TAYLOR and GREENING, Graystoke-place, Fetter-lane, London. |