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THE
NEW-YORK LEGAL OBSERVER,
CONTAINING
REPORTS OF CASES
DECIDED IN
THE COURTS OF EQUITY AND COMMON LAW,
AND
IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN THE ENGLISH COURTS:
ALSO,
ARTICLES ON LEGAL SUBJECTS,
PRACTICAL POINTS OF GENERAL INTEREST, REMARKABLE TRIALS, SKETCHES OF THE BENCH AND THE BAR, ANECDOTES, &c. &c.
ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846,
BY SAMUEL OWEN,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.
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ELDON ANECDOTES-
The writ adhæsit pavimento, 308.
Lord Thurlows s remark to Mr. Scott, ib.
Judges of assize, ib.
Billy the dog, 332.
Lord Thurlow and the attorney, 408.
Lord Eldon during the riots in London, ib.
Lord Thurlow's gift of a living, 428.
Indictment for making a long, dull speech, 448.
ARTICLES-
On contracts of infants, 1.
On grant of letters of administration having rela-
tion back to the death of the intestate, 49, 150.
On circumstantial evidence.-Judge Edmond's
charge in the case of Polly Bodine, 89.
On operation of mortgages and bills of sale on
after acquired property, 129.
On restraint of trade, 169. (See practical points.)
On Landlord and Tenant, quitting for want of
repair, 249.
On assignment by husband of the wife's equita-
ble reversionary interest in personalty, or her
equitable choses in action, 287.
On the law of vendor and purchaser, 289.
On the sale of expectancies at an inadequate
price, 291.
On compromise of indictment, 329.
On Property in chattels--when it passes,
On trustees neglecting to invest, 309.
On contempt, 371.
On jeopardy of life or limb, 409.
On particulars of demand, 427.
On acts of infants on coming of age, 449.
BURKE'S description of Charles II, 113.
LANDLORD AND TENANT-
Act to abolish distress for rent.
LAW APPOINTMENTS-
Vice Chancellor Sanford, 228.
Assistance Vice Chancellor Robertson, ib.
MEDICAL MEN, evidence of, 388.
OBITUARY-
Lord Chief Justice Tindal, 368.
ODDITIES of great men, 23.
ON DIT-
Westminster Hall, 54.
PRACTICAL POINTS-
Copyright in foreigners, 2.
Tenant for life, ib.
Vendor and purchaser-Alien, 3.
Profert and inspection of documents, ib.
Liability of trustees, 51.
Patent, first inventor, 72.
Post nuptial settlement, ib.
Libel against a copartnership, 88.
Liability of husband for wife's debts, 95.
BILL OF EXCHANGE-Identity of defendant, 96.
Notice of dishonor, 197, 208, 248.
Judgment non obstante veredicto, 373.
Pledger and pledgee, ib.
Promissory note-notice of dishonor, 128.
Trade marks-injunction, 131
Restraint of trade, 132, 450.
Infant-necessaries, 133.
Broker-contract-negligence-damages, 170.
Arrest-sheriff-illegal entry, 171.
Promise to pay made by bankrupt before certifi
cate-effect of, ib
Sale-vesting-execution, 208.
Bankrupt-certificates, ib.