Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce, Vol. 4 of 7: Together With a Selection From Those of the Court of Chancery and Irish Courts; From 1756 to 1883 Inclusive; Founded on Fisher's Digest; Husband and Wife-Lunatic Law Times Rephrts, 6nd Series f Law Times Reports, New Series Leach's Crown Cases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.