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London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

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EQUITY COURTS.—JoLy 21.
(Wore Oia•C6eaoellor Kindersley.)

!RYON I. Til ItiIrIOPOLITAN SALOON UMNIBUS COY-

PANT (mmersD).

Mr. Glues, Kr. Wordsworth (of the common law=
end Mr. Purcell apposed ie support of a motion by
shareholders ha the above company, to nasals the defend-
ants, the directome of the company, from isolate debentures
upon the security of the stocks and assets of the company,
end from borrowing any moseys for the use of the said com-
pmay. The company wee • limited aneociallon under the
Joint-stock Companies Act 11156, bat without say
uncles of easociadon. The nominal capita was ai),oriti
WOO shares of 11. each, but only 14,000 shares bid bows
'sheathed tor. The bangr Esbo, at ea=
meselag of the slearebold°=Ll Mare Inn the
were empowered to revs 6,00 W. by Ace ire al debentures
(the plaintifh opponag), end et a meellne asbassimpllybald
Ws power was catertued. The Maim possisielb loss
debentures pursuant to Ws ssawsky, sad the sew
skswid to swasta %se, en the pawl SA see la set was
ultra elven

The V ios-Chaasellor mid that ler
estgleloas of the
an of ead their sick of the directors
were empowered to lamer* the amdrod ot the ciose-
neettaviag list obentood the soma of Mareholdors fa
rafts enonmal. It was morimed by the plaintiffs
the denednele bilmtled to haw as Memo bt their
myna for impreper Mt time al ail mast to be I
say pond he that no amine penned to
rune the additional espied for 11:4C:f Om* date ;
am as we* h to any Is dm elpiale of the
tompeny. Tin of MO lo the parr
estroynti ea et dr IMINIFINI we pirmllled to
union meliblari by an el padienont the=see=s:
idea IS moo esolenitil tied lbw wee no distinction hr
Mem Yi emepay and $ mimeo peolsereltip, sad that the
dkooloon hod as to borrow money wittiest the ammt
old the but it was fropomible to say *ti
seeds. ewY be dam the dheenes vale= * etneent of
Me whole amabor et Wins the KIN lbw= was
first oblied. velar *Mika the maation of
the ohmasidoes at • mestlag duly ccammak Ma Honour
all et *aim eat they Were not predated front rasa(
, the fa the
whit mein sharer proposed ; and the motion must be

OOURT OF PROBATE.—JULY 21.
Obi= air O. CnisnreU.)
_._ W. SINS.

This Is • Min* eiftly Inetiltnied for the purpose of led*.
the validity of • wil whisk bed been made by Major Jac*,
late of the Madras Haft* laintry. In 1856 the deosasd
err to Bashed en deb leave, and west to reeds with
Major Weems, at Jersey; but afterwards *Wag into intem-
perate habits, the pat his under some restraint. This
the droned end ha left Jersey. He afterward.
lied with a femme be Caraareue, named Co& He bad
nude •TM by whisk be left all hie property (*oat 8,0001.
or 9,0001) te a Mile Elms, with the euception of • Itira7 of
WOOL whisk be bequeathed to • Yule girl, the niece of
Major Weems. Mee Elms was • lady to whom he was
Meshed, end lima he woad have married but for the inter-
ims* of her ?AWL One evening he told Mr. Cox, to
whom he had given the will, to bring it to him, end he be-
gan to tsar It In two ; but Mr. Con and the sister-in-law of
his wife, who was pries*, said, " Don't do that, or
Miss Elea will not get a psany, whereas she will
now have the greatest part of your property." The deoeesed
then let it fall, the document bet* not quite tors through.
Mr. Cox picked it up, and said, " If you want to destroy It
you had better burn it." The deceased said, " No, I won't
do that." Mr. Con observed, " Then I had better take it
upstairs," and the deceased made no objection to his doing
so, On the following day, the deceased looked through hie
papers, but though he buret several of them he did not
destroy the will He had several times said that be would
make • new will, but there was no proof that he bad ever
done so. On the 18th of August he paid a farewell visit to
Mir Elms, end offered to give her • document, which he
said was his will made in her favour ; but she declined to re-
ceive it. The mid day he embarked at Southampton, and
he died five day, afterwards. Mr. Coe, Miss Elmo, and
other witnesses, were szaleined In proof of these fact. ; and
it appeared arab that the thosemd Intended to leave his
property to Mir Mr.
The asn'it Advocate, Dr. Sdnka, and Mr. Webby ap-
w9pont of the will ; Dr. Phillimare, Q.C., and
anotherlrrnd giadems fie the next of kin.
The mut nerved its jimont on the point raised,
=miewbother the deemed had torn the will snimo