The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

EVEIVINGr, APRIL 29, 1848.

Prohibition to stay the proceedings in the suit. The
question now for the Court to decide was whether tilt.
A et, recently passed, establishing the County Courts,
would allow the splitting up of the total amount due by
the defendant into so many separate actions, and whether
each cmv- item a distinct right of action or nut.
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The 58th sec, of the County Courts Act gave jurisdiction
to the Court in all plaints where the deot and damage
..iclAtitied Was. not: more thau,.201., wliether. balance of
tc.49u4t or otherwise. 'By the 63rd :see., the whole
question turned upon the of the words "cause
:°t•aPtion." The Court were of opinion that the true
meaning of the words were, that the cause of action
should be one separate cause of action, and not a cause
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upon one separate contract.; Assuming this interpret,
Lion to be the correct• one, the Court were !clearly o,

a
1 opinion that she 63d sec. applied to the case of tradesman's bill, in which one item was connected with
other dealings, and was not intended to terminate with
one Contract, but to be a continuous contract,
so that an item not paid should be united with
smother not paid, and so form but one Re-
"nn t, and givo but one cause of action.
Should such an account so made up of separate items
exceed the sum of 201., it would not come within the
jurisdiction of the County Courts Act. In the esent
case the total amount
greatly exec eded tha t sum, and
the Court was therefore of opinion that it should not
have beet made the , subject of different suits in '
County Courts, but should have been sued for in one o,
the, superior Courts, the County Courts having no juris-
diction in the matter, and that the prohibition sought
by the defendant should be granted.
Crown
Court rose at one o'clock to sit in error upon the
causes' reserved upon the circuits.

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1 CLERKEIq WELL.—(THIS DAY:)
1 Leonard Alderson, a journeyman in the service of Mr.
Robert Poole, of Yatei's-reuts, Clerkenwell, was charged
with embezzling 1/.-45., the property of his employer.
The prosecutor stated that on Saturday evening last
he sent the prisoner to Mr. Dewslip, a shopkeeper' it
Oxford-street, with three dozen of, knives and a bill for
the price, which Mr. Dew It paid. Prisoner did not
return with the money.
The policeman who took him into custody stated that
the prisoner acknowledged having received the money and spent it.
The case was remanded. I
till Tuesday.

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RAILWAY RETURNS
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The folloWing are the Total Receipts of gall-
respectiveways for the past week—that is to say, up to
'the date to which the
are made. 'together 'with the receipts of the mune
return
week in the previoussar

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COCIIINEAL.—This afternoon a public sale of 75 bags
of Mexican were only in part sold at 4s 6d to 4s 10d for
middling and good black, and 4 bags of Honduras silvers
4s Id to 4s 2d per lb 100 bags are declared for Tuesday.
:TALLOW.—'Phis afternoon a further decline was appa.
rent in the value of 'Fallow. At auction 561 pkgs of
South American were near') all sold at 41* to 45s ; 195
casks of Australian 453 to 495; 68,casks of Belgium 48,
to 49s ; 26 casks of French 49* to 49s 6d ; 50 casks of
Ode.sa were withdrawn ; 235 casks of Russian sold,
Etc. st og to 495, and Soap Tallow 40s.
Pita,s-Tbis afternoon at public sale, 50. tans Belize.
eround Nut Oil, of fine quality, sold at 381. lOs to 39/:
100 tuns Southern are declared for Friday next.