REPORTS OF CASES

606

UNDER THE

BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1883,

DECIDED IN THE

High Court of Justice & The Court of Appeal.

REPORTED BY

CHARLES FRANCIS MORRELL,

Of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

VOL. III.

COMPRISING CASES DECIDED DURING THE YEAR 1886,

TOGETHER WITH

A Complete Digest and Index.

LONDON:

H. SWEET & SONS, 3, CHANCERY LANE,

Law Publishers.

DIBRARY OF THE

LELND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY

LAW DEPARTMENT.

a.56096

JUL 15 1901

LONDON:

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS.

CASES REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME.

In re Armstrong, Ex parte Armstrong (Married Woman-Separate
Trading-Liability to Bankruptcy Laws)

In re Badcock, Ex parte Badcock (Discharge—Absolute Refusal of
-Discretion of Court)

In re Barlow, Ex parte Thornber (Composition or Scheme of
Arrangement-Refusal to Approve-Discretion of Registrar—
Rash and Hazardous Spècilations Gambling, Betting, and
Stock Exchange Transactions)

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193

138

304

In re Barne, Ex parte Barne (Domicil of Debtor-Onus of Froof) 33

In re Bear, Ex parte The Chief Official Receiver (Fraudulent Pre-

ference Assignment-Payment to Surety)

In re Brooks (Application for Injunction-Duty of Registrar)

Butler. Wearing (Attachment-Payment into Court to abide

further Order" Receipt of Debt")

129

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228

In re Chase, Ex parte Cooper (Discharge—Discretion of Registrar
-Appeal by Creditor on ground of Leniency)

In re Clement, Ex parte Goas (Construction of Document-Deed of

Arrangement-Failure of Debtor to comply with Terms of

Deed-Bankruptcy Petition)

Colonial Bank . Whinney (Order and Disposition-Reputed

Ownership-Shares in Railway Company-Chose in Action). 207

In re Dashwood, Ex parte Kirk (Discovery of Documents-Friendly

Creditor-Abuse of Process of the Court)

In re Davis, Ex parte The Trustees of Pollen's Estate (Execution

-Sale by Sheriff-Goods left on Premises-Rights of Land-

lord).

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