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London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT Or MINOI BENCH, SATOIMITI Pgc•

• ifAM V. C &OTTE
Tligi was so ociioss to recover 100/. money lent
by the Plaintir to lh•fendaiit's wife °melon. to her
marriage. The facts of the case detailed in eine
dence were es follow :
Mrs. Nledhurst, such was the mere of the Lady
previous to li.r interinarryin%; with Mr. Oohs. had
fallen tutu soinF link pecuniary tidficultim, and
erring no prnhshility of a speedy end to them. she
deteriaistrti to set herself free from mimeo!, in the
faidiilisable way, namely, by taking the benefit of
the In.olsent Act. ..The Pluitatar, (1.-sgrous
sisting her, advanced her 100/. to repurchase ber
furniture. which. by the provisions of this salutary
Act, were of coarse to be dispased of for the be-
nefit of her creditors. elm 111eillitir.t giving her

witrAnt or attorney as veentity, matters were soon
arranged; but Mrs. Mrdhurst could not keep her-
self out of difficulties, for, as soon as she was re-
'treed from the importunities of her creditors, she
sithmitted herself to those of Mr. Crofts. and hay-
in; got rid of her pecuniary Inuids, she took oil
herself. the bonds of last y. The Plaiotiff
1.4.011 after applied for payment of his Mt.; but
Mr. Croft., who thought to enjoy all the sweets of
ri matmony wiliout its hitters, demurred to pay,
and the Phi •ff resit under the necessity of sidmi-
nistering to him the present unpalatable dose of
law. It appeared that the Defendant knew of the
tool. having been lent, and of the W4l rout or attor-
ney hiving been given, and the Jury found a ver-
, diet fur the Plinnutf.—Damages tool. ; costs 40s.

DIMMER AND MORRIS e. WILLIAMS. I I
The i'lvintitir in this case were glass-cotters, in I
Thames.strret, the Defendant a geodesist' of for-
tune, residing in the on ighbourhood of Greenwich.
The pre-ent action wars brought to recover 361. the i
price of a lustre, made. as it was contended, to the
order of the Defendant. 'Fltc evidence on the pert of
lie Plaintiff. was, that the Defendant went to Omaha')
of the Plaintiffs, owl de►ired to look at a 'mute.—
Sonic were shrwn in I , but he did not approve of
any of them. The Plaintiffs offered to put up one
,r the Defendant to see this was accordingly
door, and notice was given to Defendant, who
cone and looked at it, accompanied by his soil.
The soil objected to it, as being too long, such de-
sir, to have one made shorter; thoi was dour,
soul notice was given to the Defendant that
this new one was pot no. Mr. %Valium, then
erne and looked at it, and said, t. Well. I like
this very well, and Mrs. %Volition's shall come
and look at it." Mrs. Williams dill not come,
hot the soils did ; and one of them expressed a
desire to have a few more drops put to it. This
was accorditigly done, and the lustre sac rent
home ; but Defendant returned it, with a note writ-
ten oil the back of the bill, saying, she article
you sent is not what I intended or agreed for." The
Plaintiffs now brought their action ; and the defence
set up was, that no order whatever was gives ; that
the logic in questimi, as well as the two former,
were only put up for Defend sat to look to. Toe
Plaintiff* proved that they had paid 291. for the
saigking the lustre in question. The Defendant
otfrred 3UI. for it. on account, as he said, of the
trouble he had given the Plaintiffs. but would give
no more.
The Jury, contrary to the direction of the Chief
Justice, found a verdict fur the Plaintiffs—da-
wagrs 361.—costa 40a.
The Court, at its rising, adjourned to %Vedne►-
day the 10th of January. Ilis Lordship intimated,
that on the Wednesday and Thursday lie would
take the remaining Common Juries, and on Friday
r suuld commence with the Speei3l Juries.