ADJUDGED IN THE

HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY,

BEFORE THE

RIGHT HON. SIR LANCELOT SHADWELL,

I VICE-CHANCELLOR.

BY NICHOLAS SIMONS,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ., BARRISTER AT LAW.

WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES
TO ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DECISIONS,

BY E. FITCH SMITH,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

VOL. XI.

CONTAINING CASES IN 1840 & 1841, WITH A FEW IN 1842 & 1843.

NEW YORK:

BANKS, GOULD & CO., 144 NASSAU STREET.

ALBANY :

GOULD, BANKS & CO., 475 BROADWAY.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, by

BANKS, GOULD & CO.,

in the Clerk's Office, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

L 1366

APR 7 1930

BANKS, GOULD & Co, Law Printers, 144 Nassau street.

THOS. B. SMITH, Stereotyper, 216 William street.

LORD COTTENHAM, Lord Chancellor.

LORD LANGDALE, Master of the Rolls.

SIR LANCELOT SHADWELL, Vice-Chancellor of England.

SIR JOHN CAMPBELL, Attorney-General.

SIR THOMAS WILDE, Solicitor-General.