THE

NOVA SCOTIA REPORTS,

VOLUME XXXIV.

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,

AND A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

REPORTED BY

JOHN M. GELDERT, LL. B.,

AND

FRANK W. RUSSELL, LL. M.,

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

LELAND STANFORD JJUNION
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1902.

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA,

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE :

THE HONORABLE JAMES MCDONALD,
(Appointed May 20th, 1881.)

ASSISTANT JUDGES:

THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. WEATHERBE,
(Appointed October 7th, 1878.)

THE HONORABLE J. NORMAN RITCHIE,
(Appointed September 26th, 1885.)

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.)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL :

THE HONORABLE J. WILBERFORCE LONGLEY,

(Appointed May 25th, 1886.)