J. WALTON, ESQ., B.A.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW.

LONDON-HENRY SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE.
LIVERPOOL-SWINDEN & SON, 11, HARRINGTON STREET.
MANCHESTER-MEREDITH & RAY.

PRESTON-LAWRENCE CLARKE & SON.

1870.

LIVERPOOL:

PRINTED BY DAVID MARPLES,

LORD STREET.

PREFACE.

THIS Volume is presented to the profession in Lancashire, and to all who are interested in the practice of the Common Pleas at Lancaster, as a supplement to the well-known treatises on the practice of the superior courts at Westminster.

The Editor takes this opportunity of acknowledging the assistance which he has received from many friends; he is specially indebted to the Liverpool Incorporated Law Society for the use of their Library, and to the late President of that Society, from whom, and through whom, he has received many valuable suggestions in the preparation of this Volume.

TEMPLE, March, 1870.

J. W.

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS.

PART I.

The Constitution and Jurisdiction of the Common Pleas at

Lancaster

PART II.

The Common Pleas at Lancaster Amendment Act, 1869

The General Rules and Orders, 1869

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vii.

APPENDIX A.

Statutes relating to the Practice and Procedure of the Com-

mon Pleas at Lancaster

APPENDIX B.

Directions to the Masters of the Courts, Scales of Costs

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ERRATA.

Page 52, line 15 from bottom, for "concurrent," read "coextensive."

Page 59, marginal note, line 7 from bottom, for "shall have," read "shall
not have."