" This must have reference to
the form of the action, as the judges who decided Southcote's
Case took part in the decision. See, further, Evans v. Yeoman,
Clayton, 33.
186/1 See Symons v. Darknoll, and the second count in Morse v.
Slue infra. (The latter case shows the averment of negligence to
have been mere form.) Cf. I Salk. 18, top.
187/1 Supra, p. 179.
187/2 Boson v. Sandford, Shower, 101; Coggs v. Bernard, infra.
187/3 Symons v. Darknoll, infra.
188/1 Reg. Brev. 92b, 95a, 98a, 100b, 104a; cf. Y.B. 19 Ed. II.
624; 30 Ed. III. 25, 26; 2 Hen. IV. 18, pl. 6; 22 Hen. VI. 21,
pl. 38; 32 & 33 Ed. I., Int., xxxiii.; Brunner, Schwurgerichte,
177; id. Franzosische, Inhaberpapier, 9, n. 1.
188/2 12 Co. Rep. 64.
188/3 See, besides the following cases, the declaration in
Chamberlain v. Cooke, 2 Ventris, 75 (1 W. & M.), and note
especially the variations of statement in Morse v. Slue, set
forth below, in the text.
189/1 Hobart, 17; Cro. Jac. 330. See also George v. Wiburn, 1
Roll. Abr. 6, pl. 4 (A.D. 1638).
190/1 The use which has been made of this case in later times
shows the extreme difficulty in distinguishing between principles
of substantive law and rules relating only to procedure, in the
older books.
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