A PRACTICAL AN
AND ELEMENTARY

ABRIDGMENT OF THE CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE COURTS OF

Brout

KING'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS, EXCHEQUER, AND AT NISI PRIUS:

AND OF

THE RULES OF COURT,

FROM THE RESTORATION IN 1660, TO MICHAELMAS TERM, 4 GEORGE IV.
WITH IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT CASES,

ALPHABETICALLY, CHRONOLOGICALLY, AND SYSTEMATICALLY
ARRANGED AND TRANSLATED;

WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND REFERENCES TO
THE YEAR BOOKS, ANALOGOUS ADJUDICATIONS,
TEXT WRITERS, AND STATUTES,

SPECIFYING WHAT DECISIONS HAVE BEEN

AFFIRMED, RECOGNIZED, QUALIFIED, OR OVERRULED.

COMPRISING, UNDER THE SEVERAL TITLES,

A PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE

COMMON LAW.

BY CHARLES PETERSDORFF, ESQ.

OF THE INNER TEMPLE.

VOL. XII.

New-Pork:

PUBLISHED BY W. R. H. TREADWAY,

AND

GOULD & BANKS.

1831.