THE

NOVA SCOTIA REPORTS

VOLUME XXXVII

CONTAINING

REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

WITH A TABLE OF THE NAMES OF CASES ARGUED,

A TABLE OF THE CASES CITED,

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA,

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

CHIEF JUSTICES :

THE HONORABLE JAMES MCDONALD,

(Appointed May 20th, 1881. Resignation accepted January 13th, 1905.)

THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. WEATHERBE,
(Appointed January 13th, 1905).

ASSISTANT JUDGES:

THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. WEATHERBE,

(Appointed October 7th, 1878. Appointed Chief Justice January 13th, 1905).

THE HONORABLE J. NORMAN RITCHIE,
(Appointed September 26th, 1885. Died June 5th, 1904).

THE HONORABLE CHARLES J. TOWNSHEND,
(Appointed March 4th, 1887.)

THE HONORABLE WALLACE GRAHAM,

Appointed September 29th, 1889. Appointed Judge in Equity at same time.

THE HONORABLE NICHOLAS H. MEAGHER,
(Appointed April 23rd, 1890.)

THE HONORABLE HUGH McD. HENRY,
(Appointed February 20th. 1893.)

(Resignation accepted Feb. 10th, 1904.

THE HONORABLE DUNCAN C. FRASER,
(Appointed February 10th, 1904),

THE HONORALE BENJAMIN RUSSELL,
(Appointed October 3rd, 1904).

ATTORNEY-GENERAL :

THE HONORABLE J. WILBERFORCE LONGLEY,

(Appointed May 25th, 1886)