The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-15 00:00:00

Before the Master of the Eons.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF DUCHY OF CORNWALL C.
LAMBS.—PRODUCTION OF DOLOR—The Muter of the
Rolls gave judgment in this ease, and decided that the defen-
dant was bound to produce the conveyance of Feb., 1829,
under which he claimed to be en•itled to the interest of Mr.
Trevanion in the tract of land which was the subject of the
suit.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL 0. GAINS —TENANT-RIGHT.—Thie
was a petition by the Attorney-General that the Master
might review his report. It appeared that the suit was in-
stituted for the better adinimstration of a charity at

Loughborough, and the Master was directed to grant leases
of the land belonging to the charity, and for that purpose to
have them valued. A portion of land,containing about 32 acres,
had been many years in the occupation of a. Mr. Lacey, who
was stated to be a very skilful farmer, and to have laid out
larva sums in improving the property. For this piece of
land Mr. Lacey bad paid 671. ayt ar rent, and it was valued
under the Master's direction at 861. There were two other
plots of land adjoining Mr. Lacey's land, consietiog of about
20 acres more, and Mr. Lacey was anxious to have a Imre as
well of this additional land u of his old farm : and the whole
together being valued at 1481. a year, he offered that rent.
But it having been arranged, with the Master's approbation,
that the tenant should have the right of shooting thereon.
Mr. Parke, M.P., who was the squire of the place, and
was anxious to get the property, which was in the midst
of his preserves, offered 1881. a-year for it. Mr. Lacey
thereupon offered the Name rent and then Mr. Parke
advanced his offer to 2201.; which the Master accepted and
reported him as • proper person to be tenant —The Attor-
ney-Cleneral, who thought Mr. Lacey had been hardly used,
therefore presented this petition with a view to have Mr.
Lacey continued as tenant at the rent of 1881., or to procure
him an allowance as compensation for monies expended by
him in improvements. The Attorney-General being of
opinion that if Mr. Lacey was turned out it would deter
tenants from improving their land, and that the charity pro-
perty ought to be managed on the same principle u a pru-
-11 dent landlord would manage his. Messrs. Kindersly and
Blunt eupported the petition ; Willcock oontrit.—The Master
of the Hulls expressed his opinion that charity property could
not be treated in the someway as that of a private individual,
who might afford to be generous, but the court, acting for a
charity, could not. Both parties in this case attached a parti-
cular value to the land, and the reasons which actuated them
did not signify. It was a strong thing to say that she cha-
rity should not have the benefit of the larger rent when
there was no evidence to show that the party offering it
would not be as good a tenant as Lacey. Lacey might be
entitled to compensation, and it might be that the amount
awarded to hint on that account would be equal to the be-
nefits to be derived to the charity from the increased rent
offered by Parke, though, looking at the party, he did not
think that would be so. The Master might inquire what
compensation was due to Lacey, and review his report,
taking such compensation into consideration.

Before the

of England.

THE BIEHOP OF HEREFORD O. GUIPIIN.—COPYRIORT.
—Mr. Bethel and Mr. Fleming moved in this case, on behall
of the plaintiff, who was the author of an article published
in the Encyclopedia Metropolitans, upon the life of Thomas
Aquinas, for an injunction ex pane to restrain the defendants,
Mesars.Griffin. wbo were the proprietors of the Encyclopmdia,
from publishing or selliog the said article in a separate form.
The article in question was written in the year 1833 for the
booksellers who were then the proprietors of the Eneylo
media upon the express understanding that it was to be pub-
lished only in the Encyclopaedia. It had lately been inti-
mated to the plaintiff by the defendants that they intended
publishing the article upon the life of Thomas Aquinas
in a separate form. This the plaintiff objected to,
but the Messrs. Griffin having persisted in their inten-
tion, the present application was rendered necessary.
On behalf of the plaintiff it was alleged that the copyright
still remained in him, and was not effected by the sth and
6th of Vic., cap. 45, and that the proprietors of the Encyclo-
piedia had on right to repiiblish the article in a separate
form.—The Vice-Chancellor granted the injunction.

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