HEARD AND DECIDED IN THE

HOUSE OF LORDS

ON

APPEALS AND WRITS OF ERROR,
AND CLAIMS OF PEERAGE,

DURING THE SESSIONS

1837 AND 1838.

BY C. CLARK AND W. FINNELLY, ESQRS.,

BARRISTERS AT LAW.

EDITED,

WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO AMERICAN LAW,

AND SUBSEQUENT ENGLISH DECISIONS,

BY

J. C. PERKINS.

VOL. V.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1873.

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