The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-08 00:00:00

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be did not appear, and the Jury accordingly found
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a verdict for the Plaintiff.

THOMAS HICKEY V. MARGARET DONOVAN'.

This was. an .ataion for work and labour, and for
goods sold and deliveitd, amounting to i 21. ;14s. '7d.
to which the Defehdanfhad placi6d a'set, off, and
loded 31. 3s. in Court.

Sir.•GARRow,-,for the Plaintiff, stated, that-his
client Was a „mason and Stone-Cutter, .and, in the
course of his tfade, had eretaed a marble mantle•
piece in the house'-of the Defendant, vho followed
the trade and occapation of a milk-woman, in the
neighbourhbod of \Vhitechapel, and having'gained
a considehble property by her milk, she. Wished to
beceme' genteel; and accordingly eMploYed the
Plaintiff to deCorate and.modernize the interior of
her state ehatiiber',-bti ereCting tlie mantle piece in
question. Howeve-r, like other fashionable folk,
when the work was completed, .she did not choose
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to pay for it. •
Thomas: Carrington proved the Clrrg-es tq be
reasonable, and said, the materials
wirch O la •

Sir, VICARY Gipßs, for. the D4?nlant,.s'aid, that
these parties had hitherto been.hponextremely.inti-
mate terms of fiietidAtip; 'afid'wereOitce retry 'likely •
to become, mach treaty of marrine
had, been on foot ;between Ahem, and the banns. of
matrimony aaitilly published 5 )itatii after this 4rd-
lteartecfmtin of Marble had hewn adeep imwession
upon 4 the milk 4.)f huMan kindness 'Of Mrs, Donovan,
a certain coOlness came suddenly.over Sid, 'and he
t found 'another objea for his afli-dions in his attorney, ,
an attachment which, on iniiiTy occasions, took a
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most violent and absolnte pdSsesioifof Objed,—
The defence he had to setup was, that this "mantle-
• had ,origi 'been:intended as a htidal gift
to .Mrs. DpilQV3ll, the, haintiff having declared he
only intended to 'Charge her for setting it up ; bur,
as be had thus eltbs'en- td natter,
site was also ,at, 4erty to sec. upiher craimi and there-
fore Charged seVen. Week;shoird, rate
of one guinea per week-, which,Wascopsideredarea-
sonable allowance;, besideS 31._1 Is, whichiltattbeen
,paid on account of th'pnantle-piecs;:.anktrllrtie g.pi-
neas paid
_into Court.
'proVed the boarding She knew
they love together, but could not speak
the banits.
Lord ELLENhottoucia observed, that most". •
cer-
taiitly, if the 'Plaintiff chose 'to bring his anion;
the befendanthad,an equal right, to retaliate.
. The Jury found,a Verdi& for the Defendant.,
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:MOODY V. DOVE AND ANOTIVR..

This was an atlion for work and labour,: and for
goods sold and delivered, amounting to 161..,broughi
by, a tailor against the Defendants; attornies :of
this Court.
Mr. GARROW, in stating the Plaintiff's case,
pressed great surprise that Mr. Dove, the,Attorney',
had so soon set his feathers, to rights, a!_-to come
again into Court, after.what had passed a• few days ago
alluding to the case of Tyers v. Vernon,_ then
stated, that a Clerk of the Defendant's (John Smith)
being in want of clothes, applied to the Plaintiff,
who furniShed him with thetnfo the amountof 161.
Not being able to pay for them himself, the De-
fendants. entered into an 'agreement .todethe.r.with
Smith, by which. they stipulated to •pay the-demand
at the rate of sixteen
,shillings per monthl and :in
case of the thilure of payment of •any of ale instal-
ments:the whole was to become due,
This case being proved, • • •
Sir VICART GIBBS, for the Dar-Wants, objeaed
to the agreement, as it had been statadsto-have
been made jointly,and severally, but upon the face
of it this did not appear.
The Court :acquiescing ,in the objeCtion, • •
Mr. GARROW, u 4 prevent 23 non-suit,..consenfed
to a verdi& to betaken, for the'Defendants t. which
was accordingly done.