THE

AUSTRALASIAN

ANNUAL DIGEST

BEING A DIGEST OF CASES DECIDED BY THE HIGH COURT
OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SUPREME COURTS OF NEW
SOUTH WALES, NEW ZEALAND, QUEENSLAND, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, VICTORIA AND WEST AUS-
TRALIA, AND BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL ON APPEAL
THEREFROM, AND CASES REPORTED IN THE
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (QUEENSLAND), THE
INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION REPORTS (N.S.W.
AND COMMONWEALTH), CROWN LAND LAW
REPORTS (QUEENSLAND), LAND APPEAL
COURT CASES, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REPORTS (NEW SOUTH WALES), AND
MAGISTRATES' COURTS REPORTS

(NEW ZEALAND),

AND REPORTED DURING THE YEAR

1921.

WITH

TABLE OF STATUTES JUDICIALLY CONSIDERED

AND

TABLE OF CASES FOLLOWED, OVERRULED, &c.

TABLE OF CASES FOLLOWED, NOT FOLLOWED, OVERRULED,

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

The Publishers desire to thank the proprietors of the undermentioned reports for their courteous permission to use the headnotes of the cases digested :

THE ARGUS LAW REPORTS.

THE COMMONWEALTH ARBITRATION REPORTS.
THE CROWN LANDS LAW REPORTS (QUEENSLAND).

THE LAND APPEAL COURT CASES (N.S.W.).

THE NEW SOUTH WALES INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION.
REPORTS.

THE NEW ZEALAND LAW REPORTS.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE LAW REPORTS.

THE NEW ZEALAND MAGISTRATES' COURTS
REPORTS.

THE STATE REPORTS (QUEENSLAND).

THE VICTORIAN LAW REPORTS.

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN LAW REPORTS.