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Excerpt from Curiosities of the Law Reporters, 1871 In the great case, Bartonshill Coal Company v. Reid and McGuire, who were both killed in the working of a mine by the negligence of a fellow-servant, employed in the same common work, the reporter quaintly observes: "Reid and McGuire were both victims of the same accident, which, though melancholy, has settled the law." Year book, 50 Edw. III. fol. G, pi. 12. This was a case in which a question arose upon a lady's age; her counsel pressed the court to have her before them, and judge by inspection whether she was within age or not. But "Candish, Justice," showing great knowledge of female character, says: "Ill n'ad mil home en Engleterre que puy adjudge a droit deins age 011 de plein age; car ascun femes que sont de age de XXX ans voilent apperer d'age de XVI11 ans." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.