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London, England, 1801-07-11 00:00:00

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C11150:T against JZY ES, AN ATTORNRY, LAT! TCIVN
CLEkr. OF NORTHAMPTON, '

Tars was a Cause of great imporf.ince to the
rublic, and occupied the whole of the first,-and tale
greatest part of the seCond day,- in this Court.
It appeared in evil:knee, that Mrs•. Kerby,-of
Northampton, -an old lady aged 7;, harhemployed
the Defendant (-Mr. Jeyes)
.as an Attorney ;. that
the -was‘.exPree-iely infirm in :health and mind, and
h-id had-two paralytic strokes ; that, the Defendant
(Mr. Jeyes} having understood Mrs. Kerby wanted
- • to. increase her income, offered her an annuity of
•
Sole a year- for 4001. ; that the opinions of two
mivaries for • Insurance-Offices were taken, viz.
?vie. Morgan,and--Mr. Fairtnan—that of Mr. Mar.
gan by, the friends of Plaintiff,. and ascertained
that 6.4.'35, a year, should be givers for 4001. for
. of Mrs. Kerby--tha tof Mr. Fairma allowed
_only so. a year ; that Fairman's opinion was taken
by. .I\4r. jeyes, and that he concluded his bargain
upon this opinion ; bht it appeared, that Mr.' Fair..
man had required the life- .should. he -a good life,
which was not the case ; that -Mrs. Kerby appeared
ife extremely ill,, and utterly. imbecile in mind ;
that she' was utterly iecapable managing her
household concerns; that she frequently mistook th;
• day of the week, and fancied' het-Self personalbr
-kited ; that: she had
,been: robbed,- wilco_ rtoe such
thing*. had . happened; . eeuld not veriee her jtarrte,
without Mr. jeyes's spne..,tellitig her,
,ee9/_:lettee.
and how to plate it on the,paper ; that after she luta
received a bond for paymnt" of the annuity, it ay_
Reared she• had 'fancied, that instead,-of ti?e_aiuity
fterprineipal money was secured; and could not for
some time be convinced to ..the contrary, and it
afforded her-g teat
,unea-siness ; that. Mr. Gibson, the
father of the • Plain tiff, was desirous of pre e( ntingea
steatrger froth ieterferin.gein the concerns of the
truly improperly, and as be-fount} that Mfrs. KerLy
had been prevailed upon to,purChaSe
.an annuity, he
very honourably, offered i 01.. n 3-ear More thaneould
be obtained of any Office or of any person e but_ihe
Defendant, Mr. jeyes, granted the Tilts
was the substance of the evidence as to the-eimtraA:
The LORD CHANCELLOR declared this Cause to
be of the- utmost importance to the Public. His
Lordship grounded his deterrnination upon. three
principal points : . ,
The Ist, was the imbecility of wind of the Pur.
chaser. of the annuity-; •
The zd,- The inadeqeacy-ofprieei, and" - :
The 34, The undue -advantage imptited, ite- Mr.
Jeyes, as an. Attorney-and• Solicitor. . •
His L.ords-hie, on the Ist point, inclined to think
the Purchaser incompetent at the-lime the' con.'
trael, to make any such purchase.
On the.zd,. he thought -the opinions of. the -Mu..
aries• regal red ferther 'examination.
But his Lord ;hip wisely rested so much upon the
.principles which nitght to' govern the conath of an
Attorney, that he was extremely desirous Of con-
fining his
.decisiOe to. the,evidetice that bore upon
this part of the case. His Lordship conceived that
, Mr. Jeyes, who had fer hpW".ards of 7o year's main.
"tamed his credit; had not condufied- himself pro-
perly in this part -of the'case ; that he should have
•.taken the same sort of care in. this affair, on The be-
half of his clic:lr.-Mts. Kerby, is if he had been
treating for her as Grantor ?of the annuity; that he
did not think this had been proved to.'be Pee case
by Jeyes; that he had only inquired for and
obtained one opinion, whereas Fe should have em.
ployed better . diligence ; that as an Attorney, he
was bound to'do so by her More partitularly, con-
sidering her situation ; that from the evidence-it
appeared, that his bond as i.pOint of security; was
by no'means equal to the landed'security offered by.
Gibson ; and that the security of the Defendant, -by-
his-bond, was RIO greatly inferior to the security
of the Public Asserance*Offiees; add MO: Gibson,
the father of the Plaintiff, Offered 'fol. a year more
than any Office or any person would give ; that he
conceivetleit to be the duty of an Attorney, .whendealing for his Client, .to cpnsicier that confidence,
was reposed in him, and that in this case the De-
fendant- (Mr. Jeyes) -should have evinced that he
had made a diligent use of..that confidence; and as,
this was not suffidiently Made out by,the Deiendane,
the annuity must be cleeretad to be set aside, and the.

• •
. • EVESHAM,. WORCESTERSHIRE. •
•TO.BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
-By Mr.-SIVITTI-l)
At ..Garrawa's, on Friday: the asst of July,- at Twelve
sa'Clock,.in Lots, unless acceptable offers are made in the
mean tiine.by Private Conti-aft,
A, Large and Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE;.CA. :TY:I E-F RE E, ,within .the Borough of Evesharn,
advantageously .situate- on -the Navigable -River Avon,' ad-
joining' theruinPike Road from London to Worcester, com-
prising boo Acies, more or less, of Rich. Garden Ground,.
Arabic, pasture, and Meadsow 'Land, conveniently subdivided
into Several Farms, with. suitable Dwelling-houseS, Barns,
Stabling, /ncl Out-buildings, lett to c;S3. Watkvns„ Head-
ly, Phillips,. Pratt,- Preedv, Taylor, Humphreys, Matthews,
Bapley, Clark, Davis, Field, Knight, Ikluinford, Miller,
Benton, and Slater, at -Rents amounting- to upwards of 9001.
per ann. capable of -considerable imp:overnent. May be
viewed with leaveofthe.TenantS, and particulars had twenty
days previous to the Sale, of Messrs. Bullock and Arnold,
Solicitors, Bedford-row, London; of Mr. Ilugh Jackson,
Stamford,. Lincolnshire ; at the Star In 9, Oxford ;_ Irop-
poles, .Worcester ; Crown, Evesham ; White lLtrt,
Bakarr ay ; at Carraway's ; and of Mr. Smith, No.' 6;
Broad-street, near the Royal Exchange, London.

• DEVONSHIRE.
TO BN SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT
.1.,13 that Neat COTTAGE and Compact and
.(1.- Desirable FREEHOLD ESTAfE; called STOKE-
LAK E, situate in. the 'Parish of Hennock, the Residence of
Richard Harpur; Esq.• The House
_is- delightfully situated
on an einineW.:e,- cominanding, a .beautiftil Prospect over'a
-most fertile Country,' and is neatly fitted up with suitable
Otlices' - Coach-house,- Stables, - and convenient
Pleasure-grounds, and Shrubbery-walks,- with a large'
Garden: In front of the House is a Lawn of Eight Acres, at
the bottom of which rums the lrautiful River Teing, abound-
,ing- With excellent Trout,-and forming' from its adjacent
Banks, and from the House, a most delightful Scene.
, The whole contains-. Thirty Acres, nearly five thereof is
prime Orchard, and in high cultiVatimr; and in point of Si-
tuation, truly. desirable.for.the residence'oCa genteel Farnily.
The Premises are'situatt near the. Great Western Road,
leading from Lxeter to Plymouth, where three Coaches pass
and re-pass every day, and distant ten miles froM Exeter,
thirty- from Plymouth, five from Newton Bushell, twelve
from Torbay, one from-Chudleigh, and six from the faShion-
able and, much-frequented Watering-places of Dawlish and
Teingmouth. There are
,seNeral Packs
.of -Harriers kept, in
the neighbOurhood. . .
For Particulars, application must he made personally, or
by Letters, pest-paid,. to Messrs. Hellyer and.- Batt; Attor-•
law' s Chudleigh, Devon. -
Dated 3d July, 180 r.

•
FREEHOLD ESTATE, HANTS.
TO BE SOLD BY•AUCTION,
.B.f.Mr. HARRY PHILLIPS,
. .
At the George Inn, Odiliarn, on Saturday the 2.5 th of July,
. . at-Twelve o'Clock, in One Lpt, ". .
COMPACT and ".Improvable FREEHOLD
• FARM, Called.Readon Farm,' situate at °Wham, in
pleasantfuroe..l,)iairers,°,Leg-one-dfiisvte3Atcire°sinot.L.Landbre
Land and young CoN)icc, or:Wciodland Ground ; let to Mr.,
Leach ottLease,•at a Net. Annual Rent of Sevent y-s ix Pon rids.
ThiS,Favnt is entitled to. a Yainabie -Right of Common, on
theWiste and Common, Grotinds of the -Manor of Odiham.
May he viewed by leave of the Tenant, and printed Pii`rti-culars. had at the George' urn, .oditratu ,• Nlaidealiead, nosing--
stoke;
.• Red LiOn, Bagghot ; Croiva, Reading; Win ie.lia rt i _
Guildt-ord; Bush,. Staines,; Red Lion, Egliam; of Messrs.
Jennings, Shire-lan, Co:roy-street; 'arid at I 1 r..
New Bpnd-street. ' ' - - • •. - . •
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