The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-30 00:00:00

LAW INTELLICIENCE
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
mislay atx
relas fa Middlacc-4116.0 iwk.
ILAssilag sad Omahas Jury.) '

01120171113 o. oorirmwaLm.
Thus wee an adios to recover damages for luring by
Ins over sod mime* Waxed by • cab.
Mr. pewee appeared for the plaiatiff ; and Hr. gooftt
Bellastine sad Kr. Woe llolsvesin for the defeadast.
The plaintiff wes s baildsr's formes, and haves, ciee
5 ip the afternoon of the 4th of April last he yr nil;
way to Messrs. Jackson sad Graham's, intending kee
to call at the Langhans•plaoe Hotel to nos a clek,72.
When opposite the Duke of Portland's,
Kw" Ise stepped off the pavement to area Ole ire
ge sew only s VIII, Sad when maga( fre,
hind that van s Munn nab, combs is the emarn:
tio% Insoeirsd hire down said ran over him. He wo
es mim
to Middlesex Hospitl, when it was %mad that 15 hp,
broken is two pleas. The plaintiff's am di
injury had been caned by the negligence of the digeeests
driver.
The defendant's case was that the cub wse high
earsdislly, at the rate of five or sir mils* as ham, egg is..
tbe Satatiff, who was Us* won for drink, shipeigirt
behind the nor and in frost of the cab, sad Handl sied
the sonideut. It was also said that at the homy%
plaintiff showed signs of having had drink, awl visie.e.,
the next day what he had had to drink, be raider
brandy.
The plaintiff, in reply, denied that be was the
driek ; and as to the brandy it appeared that a messieft
who wee passing at the time of the secant save the oil,
tiff some of that liquid from • flask.
Another circumstance is the me was that the &yew
had at the hospital offered the plaintiff la
The Jury found for the plaintiff. Damps 201,

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
!Imlay la a..eo.—(BSkt Lard Oldit Banc Polk* ill
Buosj Martin, Branzw•ll, sad Obamia)
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Bowes ate aeon= O. LLPICASIMUI AND Tote
lumwsl 001IPANT.
The plaintiffs, wool-brokers at Liverpool, padred le
bales of wool, whisk had been brought from Need
to West Hartlepool, wed they hastructed Mak hi
at the latter plies to mod them b 7 railway le lei,
pool. Acoordiogly the wool was delivered to the do
Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company, chow h
runs as far ea Stocktoe, where goods destined for di*
pool are pared co to the liele of the Lancashire and Toted
Company, with whom they bare a mutual arrangemach
interchange of trend. Whoa the wool reachadlishz
it wu found that 17 bales were damaged, sod the d
bevies denied their liability the present action was tmaak
The trial took plane at Liverpool before Mr. Jodie
when a wordlist was entered f r the
ploaiatiffs on the and.
studio; that the point GI law should be left for Meg*
of this court.
Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Yr. Thu Jose isi
allowed team !against a rule which had bees ebtende
the part of the decedents to set aside the verdict, mks,
tared a verdict for them. The question was, whelkete
West Hartlepool Company, to whom the goods TM UM
Ant instaeos delivered, or the def outdate were Wk.
The Court, wittiest eallieg npoa Mr. Serjeatil Sinim.
Kr. J. Rama. who appeared on the other*
said they had no doubt that the coated wi
with the West Hartlepool Company, aedes
with the defendants. The point was decided 20 ma ta
is Westminster Hall, end afterwards by the HMO el Lek
and only last term it was again determined by Al ant st
a case against the Great Western Railway Coop" Yu
law wee, therefore, dear and undoubted, sad the etie
should have been rough
sit the liempg
Company, who were alone liable.
Hula to ester a millet for the defendants ahrehla .

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. ,J II
(Belong Kr. Registrar Window, as Comottnicau.)
DN un mum ulximow AID SONS.
The bankrupts were fanoy-drees manufacturers, et is,
PauVe-bulldinga, Little Carter-lane, sad of Glasgow. Ric
aggregate liabilities are 25.0351.; smite about i2OOl.
Ste
ease had bees taken out of court by a resolution of avian
under the 110th seation, sad the bankrupts sow enrol ir I
their order of discharge under that swam . I
Kr. IIIWT•led opposed for the mimeos, sad cskeithd •
the order of discharge should be wholly refund. Tin
grounds of opposition were that the bankrupts MI on.
Meted debts without probable means of payment solid
traded with fictitious capital. There was no Moshe te
the haokropest.puidog their eisatiou.
Mr. Reed, for the bankrupts, xamtook the objeetios thailbt
ease haviag bees taken out of court under the 1100ieselks,
the basks's* mild not be dealt with under the UM
section as in as ordinary bankruptcy, but that having, kiln
words of the 110th witioo, made affil discovery sato
closure of their estate, they were satitied. as a mar sf
GOWN. to their orders of discharge. Whet) • ease en
taken out of bankruptcy the court had ao inertness
except under the 110th sectioo, and this misciph
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bees (operated by a decision of the Lord Chancellor. flie
migems, by showing the bankrupts to peas their sugar
tioo, admitted that they bad made a full discovery mil chi
closure,
closure, and this being so, the court mild not Merles
further opposition.
After hearing Kr. Lawrence,
Hie Bomar took time to consider the Met. which
observed had sever been fully argued before, sod whounsil
the ease for that purpose.
IX It C. LIGET?.
i The baakrupt wee the widow of an oftloer in the him
army. It appearing that she was in the receipt of *.
rear se pommel to herself and sons, an all
me
ordered for inquiry.