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 A Century of English Judicature. be a nuisance.'' Tod-Heatlv r. Bcnham, 40 Ch. D. 611. For Lord Bowen's substantial contri butions to English law the following cases may be cited: Maxim-Nordenfelt Gun & Ammunition Co. v. Nordenfeit (1893), I Ch. 631, which settled the law as to contracts in restraint of trade; Mogul Steamship Co. v. McGregor, 23 Q. B. D. 598, on the limits of trade selfish ness by way of combination to exclude rivals; Thomas v. Quartermaine, 18 Q. B. D. 685. on the duty of owners of premises, and the doctrine volenti non fit injuria; Le Lièvre v. Gould (1893), i Q. В. 491, on the limits of the law of negligence; Ratcliffe г1. Evans (1892), 2 Q. B. 524, on the evidence ad missible to sustain an action for defamation; Finlay т1. Chirney, 20 Q. B. D. 494, and Phillips v. Homfray, 24 Ch. D. 453, on the maxim adió pcrsonalis moritur cum per sona; Dalton v. Angus, 6 App. Cas. 779, on the right to subjacent support; Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. (181)3), i Q. B. 256, on the essential requisites to the formation of a contract; Cochrane î1. Moore, 25 Q. B. D. 57, on the vexed question of the passing of property by voluntary gift; Smith •;'. Land & House Property Corporation, 28 Ch. D. 7, on actionable misrepresentation; Re Hodg son, 31 Ch. D. 177, on the rights in equity of creditors of joint debtors; Quartz Hill Gold Mining Co. v. Eyre, n Q. B. D. 674, on malicious prosecution as a cause of action; Brunsden Î-. Humphrey, 14 Q. B. D. 141, and Mitchell r. Darley Main Colliery Co., 14 Q. B. D. 125, on the doctrine of res judicatce; Jacobs v. Crédit Lyonnaise, 12 О. B. D. 598, on the lex loci contractos and vis major; Johnstone v. Milling, 16 Q. B. D. 460, on the limits of repudiation as a breach of contract; Merivale v, Carson, 20 Q. B. D. 275, on the distinction between fair public comment and privileged communications in the law for libel; Newbigging v. Adam, 34 Ch. D. 582, on relief in equity in cases of fraud and misrepresentation; Angus v. Clifford (1891), 2 Ch. 449, on actionable misrepre

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sentation; Allcard v. Skinner, 36 Ch. D. 145, on undue influence; Speight v. Gaunt, 22 Ch. D. 727, on the duties of trustees; Ham mond v. Bussey, 20 O. B. D. 93, applying the doctrine of Hadley v. Baxendale, 9 Ex. 341; Castellian v. Preston, II Q. B. D. 397, on the recovery under fire insurance policies; Steinman Í-. Angier Line (1891), i O. B. 619, on recovery under a bill of lading for loss by theft; Svensden v. Wallace, 13 Q. B. D. 69, on the scope of general average contribution; Abrath v. Northeastern Ry. Co., 11 Q. B. D. 440, on the nature of the burden of proof; Hutton v. West Cork Ry. Co., 23 Ch. D. 654, on the corporate power to remunerate directors for past services; Baroness Wenlock ï'. River Dee Co., 36 Ch. D. 684, on the limits of the corporate capacity to contract; Re Portuguese Consolidated Copper Mines, 45 Ch. D. 16, on the doctrine of ratification; British Mutual Banking Co. v. Charnwood Forest Ry. Co., 18 Q. B. D. 714, on the liability for fraudulent acts of an agent. The Maxim-Nordenfelt case and the Mogul Steamship case are probably his greatest efforts, illustrating as they do all his peculiar powers. But whatever the form of the argument may be—whether pure de velopment of principle without the citation of a single authority (Allcard v. Skinner), or elaborate analysis and review of a mass of conflicting cases (Phillips v. Homfray, Mitchell i Darley Main Colliery Co.); a per fect example of systematic logic (Ratcliffe îf. Evans, Quartz Hill Gold Mining Co. v. Eyre), or a series of detailed answers to specific points urged in argument (Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.); statutory con struction (Hewlett v. Allen, Thomas г1. Quar termaine), or argument on the facts (Mcdawar i'. Grand Hotel Co., Abrath v. Northeastern Ry., Co.)—we invariably find the same characteristic precision, sense of porportion, force and completeness of logic. Whatever the form may be, the result was well described by him in the course of his opinion in Re Portuguese, etc., Mines, 45 Ch. D. 60: "As soon as one applies one's mind to dissect