y Reporter 28 THE WEEKLY REPORTER, 1898-99 (FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR), CONTAINING CASES DECIDED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE WITH APPEALS TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE PRIVY COUNCIL, FROM THE 24TH OF OCTOBER, 1898, TO THE 12TH OF AUGUST, 1899. TOGETHER ALSO WITH SOME CASES DECIDED PREVIOUSLY TO THAT PERIOD. 1 Oct. 28, 1899. PREFACE. In the forty-seventh volume of the WEEKLY REPORTER the characteristics of the publication will be found unaltered. Every endeavour has been made to render the reports succinct and accurate, and they have been published as soon as possible after the decisions have been pronounced. It is believed that the cases in this volume may be cited with the confidence which the Profession has always placed in the WEEKLY REPORTER. The Annual Digest contains a summary of the cases published from the 24th of October, 1898, to the end of August, 1899, in the WEEKLY REPORTER, and in the Law Reports, the Law Journal Reports, and the Law Times Reports. Oct. 28, 1899. JUDGES AND LAW OFFICERS FROM THE 24TH OF OCTOBER, 1898, TO THE 12TH OF AUGUST, 1899. SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE-COURT OF APPEAL. SIR NATHANIEL LINDLEY, MASTER OF Reporter Mr. Justice Byrne REPORTERS. CHARLES HARDMAN GRAFTON, Barrister-at-Law. CHARLES HARDMAN GRAFTON, Barrister-at-Law. WILLIAM FREDERICK BARRY, FREDERICK GEORGE ROBERT CUNNINGHAM MACKENZIE, JAMES IRVINE RICHARD SILLEM, JOHN HUMPHREYS DAVIES, and PAUL STRICKLAND, WARWICK H. DRAPER, WILLIAM Barristers-at-Law. CHARLES CARRINGTON HENSLEY and ROBERT J. A. JOHN FELIX WALEY and RALEGH B. PHILLPOTTS, J. ARTHUR PRICE, RALEGH B. PHILLPOTTS, and NEVILLE TEBBUTT, Barristers-at-Law. Mr. Justice Cozens-Hardy............ NEVILLE TEBBUTT and JOHN FELIX WALEY, Barristers |