Nichols v. Pitman

This is a case in which the question raised is perhaps a little different from that in the case of Abernethy v. Hutchinson, 2 L. J. Ch., 209; 1 H. & T. 28, before Lord Eldon. It seems that the plaintiff is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and of the Geological Society, and the author of several scientific works. He is also accustomed to deliver lectures, and amongst the subjects upon which he lectures, he has chosen one which he calls “The dog as the friend of man.” I must take it from his affidavit that, before he delivered the lecture, he had written it in a manuscript, which…