The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. J. K. akin.)
Mn. J. R. JEFFERY AND THE BRAHMIN BULL.--Mr..
Y. R. Jeffery, of Compton-house, brought an action!
against Thomas Laurence Turner, saddler, 6, St. John's-
lane, for the recovery of £lO 10s. 2d., expense incurred:
in decorating a shed erected in June last, in Lime-street,.
for the exhibition of the "Brahmin Ball." Mr. Sid-
greaves appeared for the defendant. From the evidence
of Mr. Cooper, employed at Compton-house, it seemed
that he was desired by some person to attend a newly-
erected shed in Lime-street, and attend upon some
gentlemen interested in the exhibition of the bull. He
did so, and found in the shed three or four gentlemen,
all of whom acted as spokesman in his turn, and by
their -combined desire he prepared and gave them, on
,the spot,' an estimate for decorating the shed. The
defendant, however, gave him his card, and intimated
that he would be responsible for the amount of the
, estimate, in case they should ultimately determine on
' giving the order to him, as the representative of
Mr. Jeffery. Next day the defendant, accompanied
by a gentleman in court, called at the shop,
and gave the order for the decortions. Some
weeks afterwards, when the bill was sent in for payment,
defendant again called at Mr. Jeffery's premises, and
for the first time denied his liability, stating that he had
not, but his brother, who was the exhibitor, given
the order; and desiring that the bill should be sent for
payment accordingly to his brother, who had, he said,
already "bolted" with the profits of the exhibition, leav-
ing him " minus " some £7O. Mr. James Allsopproyed
having been asked, to act as the manager of the exhibition,
the defendant being responsible for his remuneraton.
Mr. Sidgreavcs, in his defence, represented the exhibi-
tion as the "speculation " of the delinquent brother,. whoa
was the only responsible party for any debts connectedl
therewith and called upon the defendant who, having:
been sworn,' admitted thathehad
ha?dwvaenyceer,dhtihsermesponoen_yi
for preliminary expenses, denying,
sibility by affirming that he never did give Mr. Cooper
any order for the decorations:—Another person affirmed
that he accompanied the defendant's brother to Compton
House when the order for the decorations was given.—
His Honour, in giving a verdict for the plaintiff, stated
that it mattered little who had really given the order,
inasmuch as the defendant had admitted having ad-
vanced money to pay expenses, and seemed to take' an
active interestnotHave
cip
in the
exhibition,
the profits.ion,whether he might o 5
might
HOLGATE AND SON r. T. J. Ousneux.—Mr. Gray
appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. Thornley for the
defendant. In this case Messrs. Thomas. Holgate and
Son, ironmongers and brass-founders 65, Great Char-
lotte-street, sought to recover £9 9s'. sd. from Mr. T.
J. Ouseley, editor and proprietor of the Herald news-
paper. The facts of the case were short, and of no
public interest. It appeared that a few days previous
to the 3rd of, September, 1868, the plaintiff's received
an order to execute some repairs to the engine with
which the Herald is printed. In a month or less
afterwards, the newspaper was leased to Messrs.
Cooper and Logan, and the point at issue seemed'
to be who was responsible, Mr. Ouseley or the
firm of Cooper and Logan. Mr. Logan deposed that
the order was given by Mr. Ouseley to Mr. Cooper, who,
conveyed it to witness, who ultimately carried it to the
plgritifr.- Taking this view of the question his Honour
gave judgment for the plaintiff, a month being allowed
for appealing or payment.