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'have soecktbeDitectors, who had the lola manegemeat
of the concern.
The Loan Canat► lomat said the law was •ery
clear. Those who furnished goods to a Joint Stock
Company had a right to sue every one who was a mem.
ber of that Company. It was most unfortunate, he said,l
when persons exposed themselves to such perils, but
he coold not help them. His Lordship lett the Jury
to decide upon their belief, whether the goods were
supplied on the credit of the Company, or that of
Mr. Griffiths?
The Jury, without the least hesitation, found a ver-
dict for the Plaintiffs—Damages 4,1321.65.

_COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Arm 27.
OTATI.2III, 241ND114 AND CO. v. LOVORWAN, o'sauir.

. . AND Co.
,
• This was an action for the recovery of two bills of
exchange-22,7301. The facts of the case, as stated by
Mr. Sergeant BoSANQURT, fer the plaintiffs, appeared
to be these :—ln the beginning of the year 1825, when
the rage fee speculation and joinestock companies Was
so pirevalent among the mercantile and other classes,
the defendants, Messrs. Loughnan, O'Brien' and Co.
respietabinmerchants, of London, sent out Mr. Alex.
Multitude, in the character of agent, to Mexico, for the
ipurposes of obtaining, by contract, the richest mines of
old and silver, copper and qoicklilver, vihich be could
nd in the Republics of Mexico ind Guatimala, and the
States of central America--of negotiating loans of
Mooney to any of the aforesaid States, for obtaining chit-
eignmetas 16 their house (Loughnan, O'Brien, and Ce.)
of metals, itarsaparilla, cochineal, and ether valuable
eommoditiesind, lastly, for opening a navigable
canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
For the accomplishment of these important objects,
they supplied him (Mr. Mackenzie) with thirty pounds-
cash. a copy of instructions, and a power of attorney,
to draw on them by bills. for such sums of money
as may be subsequently necessary for the undertaking.
Mr. Mackenzie set out on his speculative mission in
February, 1825 ; arrived in the city of Mexico the
following April; examined several mines, and entered
into contracts for the possession of three or four of
them, some of which were situated in the district of
Real del Monte. In the course of his negotiations
and subsequent management of the mines, he. found
it convenient to raise money, by bills, from the plain-
tiffs, Messrs. Staples and Co. a mercantile house in
Mexico, on the credit of his instructions and power
of attorney. These bills the plaintiffs transmitted for
payment to Messrs. Loughnan and Co. London, but
the value of mining
,and other joint stock specula-
tion, property having fallen very low in the interval
between the mission of Mr. Mackenzie ppd the arri-
val of the bills in England,' the defendants disclaimed
all responsibility, and refused to pay the bills. The
plaintiffs, of course, brought the present action.
The material part of these facts were proved by the
agent, Mr. Mackenzie. The copy of instructions and
power of attorney granted to him, were put in and read
before the Conn.
Mr. Sergeant Wm's, for the defendants, contended
that the agent, Mr. Mackenzie, who drew these bids on
the defendants, had exceeded the limits of the authority
conferred oa hint—that the plaintiffs ought to have as-
certained his observance of the instructions before they
advanced money to him, and that as they had neglected
to do so, they tad no claim on the defendants; and
finally, that Mr. Mackenzie, having deviated from his
instructions, was alone responsible for the repayment of
' it to the plaintiffs.
In support of ;hese a:legations, the Learned Sergeant
produced several letters trom Mr. Mackenzie to the
defendants, in which he acknowledged that he had
passed the bounds of the powers granted' to him.
-The LOAD CHM/ JUSTICI briefly repeated the facts
of the case, and declared his opinion that the plaintiffs
were justified in advancing money to Mr. Mackenzie,
on examining his copy of instructions and power of
attorney, and on their ascertaining, by personal obser-
vation, that he was employed :mad employing others in
the execution of the objects specified in the instructions
given to him by the defendants. Verdictfor plaintiffs—
Damages, 2,7301. •
This closed the Nisi Prins Sittings at Guildhall.

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