ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE

HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY,

DURING THE TIME OF

LORD CHANCELLOR THURLOW,

AND OF

THE SEVERAL LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE GREAT SEAL,

AND

LORD CHANCELLOR LOUGHBOROUGH,

FROM 1778 TO 1794.

BY WILLIAM BROWN, ESQ.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE FIFTH LONDON, EDITION;

WITH IMPORTANT CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS, FROM THE REGISTRAR'S BOOKS;
FROM THE AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPT NOTES IN HIS OWN COPY, INTENDED for
A FURTHER EDITION; FROM VARIOUS MANUSCRIPT NOTES OF THE
HIGHEST AUTHORITY, BY EMINENT CONTEMPORARY
DIGNIFIED MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION.

TOGETHER WITH ALL THE NOTES AND REFERENCES,

BY ROBERT BELT, ESQ.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW;

AND MANY VALUABLE NOTES
BY THE

HON. ROBERT HENLEY EDEN,

OF LINCOLN'S-INN, BARRISTER AT LAW;

AND

TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED COPIOUS NOTES AND REFERENCES TO AMERICAN AND
LATER ENGLISH CASES.

By J. C. PERKINS, ESQ.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.

1844.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1844,

BY CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

SINCE the publication of the preceding volumes, Sir JoHN SIMEON has favored the Editor with some valuable additional contemporary Manuscript Notes, which he trusts will add to the value of the work. For these, the Editor begs leave, thus, to return his public acknowledgments.