BANSTEAD COMMONS. 211 
reaffirmed the law, which had been almost forgotten, 
that the Courts will interfere on behalf of the Com- 
moners, not merely to protect a Common from inclosure, 
but also to restrain the lord from destroying its utility 
and beauty by reckless defacement of its surface. The 
case ranks in importance with those of Berkhamsted 
Common and Epping Forest, and these three cases, 
together with the others referred to, have been a 
complete vindication of the policy of the Commons 
Society in resisting in every case, to the very end, and 
at all costs, the inclosure of a Common, otherwise than 
by the special sanction of Parliament. 
