The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

CLAIM TOR PLI..IIAL IXTVRT IT Tll TALL OP • WALL.

Mors Shaw,. stoker In the ingley of the Lemke end
North Wader Railway Company, burgh* so soar.
spina Yr. Thsters Jolinstro, tram asnhast, ho
recovery of compensation for injure, surshisd by Ms wile
through the retrace of the defendant. TM rand in
consequence of which Mrs. Show was injured has bar mar
the suNect of several other actions of • shadier cha-
racter. The ddendant'e premises ititaated in London-road,
or of the dreamt thoroughfares in Liverpool. and extend •
considerable dram* into Norton-street. In Norton • street a
largo quantity of timber was stored against the well, which
was in a very dilepidatad cocdition. The decay snd weak-
lier of the wall was attributed to the renter attrition of the
limber piled *gator it. On the 20th November Isar ths pira-
tes att., who reside, at Edge Hill, was hi Liverpool lleelod
her doctor, and at the time go had a baby at b.f. Murk In
the reetuag she we, rrunikur home by wayalNortaratests,
when dmendant'e suddenly fell mid buried her, another
woman. and two children in the mina. One of the children
was killed on this spot, and Mre. Shaw was severely injured.
This was the plaiund'e run. The defendant pleaded that
plaintiff hod accepted 30/. as compensation, and that for this
*um be bad signed a receipt in full of all domande. To
this the plaintiff replied that dr money wee aeorpted add Ur
receipt wrpetn on the We, representation of the dehedant,
whose want add him that another sufferer had sot suc-
ceeded la anbstantirlng his claim, sad that it yes ea atter
Impossibility that be (plaintiff) would do so. Hs also tree
told by Mr. Johnson's clerk, that if he would only rigs the
receipt Mr. Johnson would remain his firm friend fir life.
On these rnierepresentatioas plaintiff signed the receipt, and
being as iliittratti man bad no clear apprehension of tin man-
mg Ha qabserquent I y ascertained the gal remits of previous
trials in commies with the &oddest, and found they were
directly the tram of the etatetnesto lora to him in Mr.
Johascia inenemit, the claimants having received °oust-
darabkr =ma oseestion.
Tr jury rower • verdict for the pleintiff--damages
1761., exclasivs of the 301. previously paid, thus irking In
the sengregate 2064
/1. I CLAIM AOAIPIST TOO racism LIPS ASSURAMCO COMPANY.

This wee es antics for the recovery of 9,3131. Os. 44.,
alleged to Se due to the plaintiff by the Meals Am-
man Cempeay.
Hr. Lea, • romark•hly deslnening tam, conducted him own
cm with very othaiderable ability. From hie opening state-
ment It appeared that the ',sainted', Mr. John Lea, reoides at
Hermitage, Nenh•ead, Salaam, Middlesex, and that he ham
been engiged foe may yews is promoting the interens of
life theurance companies He had bees particularly successfal
in hi. undertaking., sad in corroboration be staled that I.
1863 he lied collected in Cheltenham ekee, la three swaths,
no Isr. then 130 propossle," the majority of which were
demajle Venue:ids. and while reeking es Southport be had
contend 7,001 ii. worth o f immune in the county of Lae-
caner. to 1861 he seorpted the once of chairman of the
Aarkelstral Cattle insurance Commay for three years, at •
eatery of 1,0001. • year, with contingencies alto amonnting to
about 1,000/. At the end of that 'sir hie greet exertion. in
connexion with this society brought oath Ulnae' which DOOM-
sit ste4 Nit restemont from the board. la 1863 be resumed his
insurance buskins, and with therms uniform suceers which
had hitherto attended bg efforts. On the 16112 November,
1i53, the plaintiff wee eppointed Hudnall of the Phenol:
Life Assurance Company for five yeers, at a solsry of 1,0001.
a year. with two guineas • day for travelling expense., 6 po
cent. re all sew buainr.., and half the surplus 1110400ernthe
from new pnreinnts in each year over and stove the expenee*
of the said year ; the amass of the company alone to he liable
for there payments. Subeequent tothie agreement the pina-
tff woe wroenfolly disabled from the service, and now
sought commission for the lose he bad cociegoently sus
Mine 1. The defendants denied the agreement, and Weeded
that as they were a Joint Stock Company, and the agreement
having been male by the director amongst themselves, it
wea illegal and invalid. and not binding open the company.
The plaintiff end that when he took the directorship,
the affairs of the company were in a very len-
raid and depreeeed state, and that they were
2.0001. in debt to their hangs and solicitor.
his debt the plaintiff was la • few month. the
indirect means of Squid.tiag. As main wee wasted, he
espalated that so diroetor should cantina* in °Moe mikes he
brought 5001. By this WOWS the old director. were got rid
of. sod • sew beard was orgeniesd, the business improved,
but not long eller the pleistire joining the company. re-
al were eiradated at Cheltenham injurious to hi.
Soo, and tt wee waged that he should reside there to live
down the calumay. He subsequently travelled about, pro-
-1 swiss the integre. of the company on the continent as
well se in England, up to the period of his discuisal.
His Lordship directed the jury that the plaintiff had no
ems, as the agreement would not hold is othoeguacce of Its
bemuse base made ex, Itsively by the director.. without the
enactments of the general body of the itharsholdets.