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'hich was collected in the book, plaintiff

-and even necessary to him to enable
y situation of the higher kind in the
ind the fact of that information

vas an injury to him in his
There were very few companies—but four or
-carrying on that branch of business in Great
Britain. Mr. Wilge, Q.C., who, with Mr. Jones, conducted
the case for the defence, addressed the jury, contending that
merely nominal damages were justifiable in the case, and
stated that the reason which induced the defendant to
believe himself warranted in taking possession of the
book in question was, that it contained memoranda of

mmunicated to others

business.
five in all

measurements, aimensions, &c., of articles supplied to the
customers of the company, and which it would have
materially injured their business to have had communicated
to any other parties. Mr. Comer, the principal defendant,
deposed that when plaintiff applied for increase of wages, it
was not refused, but defendant told himthe company would
put him on piece-work through which he could earn as
much as he possibly could anywhere else. Defendant stated
that the reason plaintiff assigned for giving notice to
terminate his services was because he said he was suspected
of taking measurements to communicate to other parties,
and that if complaints of that kind were made against him,
he would not stay in the company's employment. The
defendant's evidence as to the taking of the book, did not
materially vary from that of the plaintiff. He deposed that
the book contained memoranda as to the size, speed, con-
struction, &c., of the company's machines Of the
measurements of rollers, mandriles, &c., supplied to
ich it was highly

customers, and other pa,
important to them not to have made known to other partie
The jury retired to consP

ler their verdi

After an absence

ne into court with a

verdict for the plaintiff with t'lso damages, and

HAMPSHIRE V. THE MEDICAL INVALID INSURANCE COM-
PANY.—Mr. Millward opened the pleadings in this case.
It was an action brought by Eliza Hampshire, executrix of
Joseph Hampshire, deceased, upon a policy of insurance,
dated January, 1855, entered into with the office of the
lefendants, a company carrying on business in London, and
.4g agencies in Manchester, and other towns. The
ionnt of the policy was £l,OOO, which the defendants
-nd to pay. The defendants pleaded that the policy

contained statements which were not true, that deceased
had been subject to a kind of fits, that he had not uniformly
been sober and temperate, &c. Mr. Atherton stated the
case, from which it appeared that the deceased had been
living in Manchester, and had the office of manager of dis-
tribution of gas to that city under the Corporation of Man-
chester. Up to very nearly the time of his death, he had
healthy, strong, and robust man. His
I a great deal of open air exercise, and

)een a yen,

he lead, from

comparatwely early hour every morning up
to five or six o'clock in the evening

to traverse a great por-

tion of

he streets of Manchester

With a very trifling

me two or three days, the deceased liad never
been prevented from attending to his duties by ill-health,
and had given entire satisfaction to the committee of
the Town Council, to whom the business of the gas
distribution was delegated. In the later period of 1854
the deceased, through the adv.

exception,

of a friend whc

,ffected an insurance with the
which was finally concluded

~llowin

y, in which.

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on of th