The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

1.011. JUDGMENT.

/Ms-Honour, the -Master of. the lions, in delivering judg-
nWnt, said—l have taken time to consider this ease, and on
reading. over carefully the evidence-laid before ate, lUM of
opinion that the value of the park taken by the company
must be taken as property in possession. I fully admit the
inineiple of those eases referred to in the arguments,—that
where there is a reversion taken by a company the person
entitled 'to take the reversion would only be entitled to take
so much as would fairly correspond to the value given.
They would lie entitled to receive that as full
compensation of the value of the property taken
at the time. It would be the full and absolute
value of the property taken, but this is not a ease of that
description. I have now looked the evidence

and examined the aLree►utv►t tl►at was entere►l into, and I
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and•that the Dean and Chapter of Westminster is entitled
to the dividends or value of the property taken as parties in
possession. I have looked into all the eases on the subject,
and I do not think they are of a different description from
the case I have stated.

Judgment in favour of the Dean and Chapter of West-
minster.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

EN RE THE PLURSTEAD, &C., PURE WATER COMPANY.

To-day was appointed for hearing a petition to wind up
the affairs of this company, but the solicitor to the petition
said he was not in a position to proceed, as there was an-
other petition in Chancery, and it was therefore desirable
that the hearing should be adjourned without a day, with
liberty to apply when prepared.
The application was granted.
The petition was very lengthy, but, as the merits were
not gone into, publication of the charge's would be prema-
ture.

THE NATIONAL DEODORISING COMPANY.

An audit meeting was held in this case. The assets were
only £l7O, and the costs of the official liquidation £3O.
• His Ifonour remarked on the expenses of so small an
estate, but ultimately the accounts were passed.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.
THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPAi4Y-COVINGTON

V. 31ACNAMA1:A AND OTHERS,

Mr. Beard appeared for the defendants. The action was
brought to recover' damages for an injury done to plaintiff's
'bus in the Kingsland-road, on the 21st of October ultimo.

To prove his case plaintiff called his coachman, con-
ductor, and a passenger and police-constable, who deposed
that on the day in question plaintiff's and defendants'
'busses were travelling the same way. Defendants' coach-
man drew to the off side, and upon plaintiff trying tq,pass
in the rear defendant pulled across it with his wheel,' cut
plaintiff's horse's shoulder, and injured the 'bus.
Mr. Beard said this was a case peculiarly calling for both
sides to be heard. In the present action he was able to call
most respectable witnesses, who would prove, beyond a
doubt, that the entire fault lay with plaintiff's coachman,
who endeavoured to pass' defendants'. bus at a gallop on the
near side when there was not room. To rebut the evidence
adduced for plaintiff, Mr. Beard called two passengers, who
said that the injury occurred entirely from plaintiff a coach-
man endeavouring to pass when there was no room.
His Honour said, on the face of the evidence he should
find for defendant, whose witnesses had given their evi-
dence with a truthful demeanour, not to be questioned. He
could not doubt their evidence. He could not say he was
satisfied with that of plaintiff's coachman..
Judgment for defendants, with costs.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (This Day.)

• OLD COURT.
(Before Baron Bramwell and Justice 11111.)
THE CASE OF OLIVER.

William Lemon Oliver, stockbroker, was placed at the
bar and pleaded Guilty. The indictment charged that he
being a broker, and entrusted with security for the sum of
£5,000, with certain directions to apply the same, did un-
laWfully convert to his own use part thereof, to wit, the
sutra of £1,610 ; and that he did urdwfully transfer and con-
vert to his own•use certain valuable securities entrusted to
him for safe custody ; also that he feloniously uttered a
forged cheque purporting to be a transfei of 100 £5 shares
in the stock of the Crystal Palace Company.