The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-27 00:00:00

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE►

Fix 25.
(Mon W Judge Ordinary.)
CATIMILL V. JIM= AND ILIDDLZ.

A considerable body of more or lees confirmatory evident's
was given io this case on Saturday after our report left.
For the defence great stress was laid upon several suspi-
cious circumstances that were connected with the plaintiff's
story. For example, the attesting witnesses were described
in the will, the mess of Wych.strest, and the other aa an
innkeeper ; whereas it was contended that neither addition
was true until a few weeks after the date of the instrument.
It was argued that the iniadescriptiosi could not possibly
have occurred in a genuine document, but was exactly the
sort of blunder that person. concoctiog a spurious will some
years after would be liable to fall into. It was also curious
both that the barriater's clerk should not be forthcoming,
and that the letter, said to have been written by the plain-
tiffs eon in Australia for the purpose of explaining wheys he
had put the will, should not have been sent through the
post-office but should have been forwarded by a casual
acquaintance named 3faclntyre, who could not be found—
the whereabouts of the writer himself being now also
unknown.

-At tiOcloso of Mr. Oolaridgea speech the court adjourned.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—Fu. 25.
(Bake* Kr. Coratniasionior Kerr.)
TB! KITROPOLITAB COAL COMMIES& COMPANT (LIVISZDj

V. =WARD& -ACCIPTANCE OP IHAILIPI.'

This was as lotion baonglit by the compaay against In
slimed sbaraholdar tor main.

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the Honour remarked that he bad had this very owe
before him on a previous occasioe, and thought that he had
decided it.

The secretary to the company said that he had been
nonsuited in the first trial, but the matter was really so im-
portant to shareholders in joint-stock companies, that be
ventured to bring the case again before the court. He was
now prepared to show by the act of 1862 that the defendant
was • shareholder in the company. It we. a fact that be bad
applied for shares, and those shares were duly allotted to
him, his name being entered on the register in conformity
with the statute. H. would beg to refer the court to section
11 of the act.

His Hastier woe of opinion that before defendant could be
made n shareholder he must have given a written accept-
sees for the shares.
The secretary raid a clause as to the names of shares
holders being entered in the register, and said that would be
His Honour was quite sure that there wee a special clause
as to the acceptance of shares being in writing. Where
were the articles of 'escalation? One clause in the articles
supremely laid down that the acceptance of shares must be in
writing. Now, where was that writing?
The secretary produced the proposal of the defendant,
in which were the words--" I agree to accept such shares.*
His Honour—How could that be an acceptance, when
he bad not received the shares? Acceptance means clearly
after the shares are allotted to the ebeeekelders, and then
to be in writing. I must find a verdict foe the defendant
with °oats.

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