Court Of Chancery, Wednes...
The Times, 1824-11-11T00:00:00

LAW REPORT. lur. ltOUI'ELL state, etnat tills was apetltiOn from the mother of the defendant, a yoRng vdy, a ward of Court, who htd departed for Grenaw-green in company with a young gentleman of the nase of (rA upton, without the k-nowledge or privity of the Plaintiffl or of either of the guardiats. It was not that any forrmidable objeciion ofas taker fgaist this aUihanc& 'Ehe younl, IVoWr one third of an estate, as tenant in common, which proui upwards of 9501. a year. The gentleman has about 56L a year in real este,te, and E i01. in ready money. The petition there5cre prayed thaft the later should be directed to report separately-irst, if the partden-were Yaw. fuRly marritd, and, in that event, of a sufficient settlement of the vard1s property. The gentleman had, by letters writtenlipon thie North road, s5gnifed his entire readiness to comply with the wishes of the Court. The LotnD CHAwCELLOK observed, that the parties ought to; h ae known that this was a gross contempt of the (CourL He wished thepetitioner to state what she knew of the matter of CturtYtip pre- viously to tke marriage. Air. ROUwIELL said, that sheadmitted the intimacy of the young gentleman with the fanily of the ward; and it wasgeneralllowed that he was of sufficient respectability to have satisfied the Cotrt, as the guardians; had ihey been regularly applied to, would not have thoughlt of refusing their consent. TheLoLD' CflANCELLORt said, that the consent of the Canrt ought not to have been overlooked, the jurisdiction being more deeply concerned than sny of the parties secemed to suppose. The readiness of guardians to dispose of their wsrds did not always satisfy the Conrt, because it was found that a young lady's for- tune would often hare the effect of softening their opposition to a marriage of wards to their own sons. Nsy, there were cases in which gaardians found no objection to a martiaFe of their wards with themselves,-one instance of whicth, aa his lrdship well remembered, had caused a guardian toappearin the pilibry. The husband must have a subpcena served upon him on his arr;val, to a pear before the Chancpllor, and give a more satisfactory auoatrnt o his conduct.-Ordered to attend the Court on Monday next. ITALE V. ItALE. Tllhis was a zquestion affecting the right to the reversion of a fee simple depending from a deed executed by the cotamon ancestor, the justly-famed Sir Matthew Hale. The pleadings now before the Court were in demurrertoa bill filed for the discovery of the deeds against the tenant in tail in possession. Mr. SuGDEnx supported the demurrer, on the ground that the plaintiff had not shown his pedigree, and that lie had prayed dis- covery and entire relief-two objects which could not, according to the practice of the Court, be comprised in ome and the s,me bill. Another objection was, that the defendant had enjoyed 2&' es5' ad- verse poFsession, with receipt of renws, without opposition frim the plaintiff. Mlr. HEALD supported the bill and observed, tha. the objection could only ouat the bill in case tle pretitioner could ke shown to have no title to any portion of the relief prayel. It wag no objec- tien to say that lie asked for full and final relief, or that he was not entitled to all the relief asked. That the claim wag sound irt some degree, might be more safely inferred from the unasnwered a1lcga- tions on the file, that the defendant had offered the petitioner 5 cm siderable sum of mroney to surrender up all his right and intereg in! the property. The bar of 20 years' atlverse possessionr was removede by the pecudiar circumstances of the ease, and the refuses of any in- sDection of the deeds which were in the possession of the defendant. The LoaD CIIANCELLOR affirmned the judgment of the Vice- Chanceller giving, hiowever, leave to the plaintiff to move fez leave to amend his bill, for which a month was allowed. Fromo the indisposition and absence sf Mr. HART, who was found to be engaged in other causes upon the paper, the Court was n4wQed *o rise at a little after one o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERYRs Wrn-A.m%v rn 1i. WVLLLIL V. WLLLE:R.