JOHN M. GELDERT, Jr., LL. B.,
Barrister, Assistant Reporter to Supreme Court,

AND

JAMES M. OXLEY, LL. B., B. A.,
Barrister-at-Law.

VOLUME I.

DECEMBER TERM, 1866-67. JULY TERM, 1869.

HALIFAX, N. S.:

PUBLISHED BY A. & W. MACKINLAY,

1880.

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BODLEIAN

1 E JAN 1960

LIBRARY

JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT

DURING THE

PERIOD OF THE DECISIONS PUBLISHED IN THIS VOLUME.

Chief Justice.

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM YOUNG.

(Appointed 3rd August, 1860.)

Judge in Equity and Senior Assistant Justice.

THE HONORABLE JAMES W. JOHNSTON.

(Appointed 11th May, 1864.)

Other Assistant Justices.

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM BLOWERS BLISS.
(Appointed 9th April, 1834.)

THE HONORABLE EDMUND MURRAY DODD.

(Appointed 19th February, 1848.)

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM FREDERICK DESBARRES.
(Appointed 14th November, 1848.)

THE HONORABLE LEWIS MORRIS WILKINS.
(Appointed 14th August, 1856.)

Crown Officers-Attorneys General.

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM A. HENRY.
(Appointed 11th May, 1864.)

THE HONORABLE HIRAM BLANCHARD.
(Appointed July 4th, 1867.)

THE HONORABLE MARTIN I. WILKINS.
(Appointed November 7th, 1867.)

PREFACE.

THE Series of Law Reports entitled "Decisions of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia," of which this is the first volume, is intended to furnish the Judgments of that Court from the time at which the second volume of Oldright's Reports terminates to the time when the series of Russell and Chesley begins. As the Reporting was not continued during that period, nothing but the Judgments delivered can be furnished, but these are to be made as nearly complete as they can be with the manuscripts that are still available.

The series is published by direction of the Government of Nova Scotia, under the supervision of John M. Geldert, Jr. and James M. Oxley, Esquires, as editors.

JNO. S. D. THOMPSON,

July 9th, 1880.

Attorney General.