The Herald of Wales. — 1887-08-13 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

LOCAL LAW CASES.  In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on Saturday—before Mr. Justice Grove and Mr. Baron Huddleaton, sitting as a Divisional Court—Mr. Manisty made an application cr pude in the case of Lewis v. Lewis. The leaned counsel said this was an appeal from an order made by Mr. Baron Pollock, at clintub2re, and his application to the cenrt was that the appeal might be advanced under these cirmmotancett. The action wee brought fry the outgoing tenant of an estate against his landlord for the value of Improvements, the tenant claiming £220. A counterolaim was also set tip for £2O) for rent. A summons was taken out before the master, under Section 26 of the County' Courts Acts of 1846, to order ,that the action should he remitted to the Glamorgan:shire Comity Court for trial. The Master adjourned the summons for the couldduration of the ju .ge at chambers. Baron Pollock came to the conclusion that, on the pleadings, there were only £2O in dispute. and, therefore, ordered the ease to be remitted to the Glamorgunshire C3unty Court. His 'Mr. Maniety'e) 2ontentioe was that the case did not come within the section.—Mr. Baron Huddleston: That is going into the meri.e.Wby do you say we should +ideate:6 the appeal? Mr. Manisty paid his reason for arguing that the sppeal ,hould b 3 advanced was that the action had been sent down to the county court, and unless the appeal woe advanced, it would be heard before the county court judge —Mr Justice Grove : Then your point is that because ore party is dissatisfied with a judge at chambers you have a right to come here and ask for urgency.—Mr Baron Huddleaton : What I dissent from is this—that every case now ie said to be urgent. Of course it ui urgent to the parties, but that is not the true meaning of the urgency.—Mr Maniety asked that the court nould stay the execution of the order of the ju Igo at chambers until he coold give notice to the other side to show WI% why execution should trot be stao ed until the hearing of the appeal.—Mr Justice Greve road he SOW 00 reason for aqvanciug the case.—Application refused with costs.  On Saturday, in the Chancery Diviaian. a petition for tin c reduction of capital in the acti,:n of the English Cr'., n Speltor Compact C 41119 before Mr J,,-tiee iy. Mr Phipeon Beale, who appeared in eapport of the petition, stated that the capital of the company WaP originally £105,00e, in 24000 shares of C 5. The company wan formed for the purpene of ace uiring certaw npelter o eh. at Swansea, and certain alining rightis i.,1; • ly. 0 wing to lon-cs in carrying on th, busiueas and great depreciation a the work.' at Swanwa, the vendors guaranteed that up to 1885 the profits to eharenolders should not be less than le per cent., and they made good that , pledge, though the evital out of which it Wilf, paid had not been made good, so that there wan both lora on the trading account and deprecation of eapital. The comp tiny had held a meeting, and resolved to reduce the capital by reducing the sharen from £5 to Li, and it was to thin arrangement that the sanction of the court was requested. —His lordship genet ioned the proposed reduction, and directed the use of the words "and reduced " for a period of two months.  The police at Bilston believe they have got a clue to the murderers of their brother officer, William Henry Brown, at Penderford, near Wolverhampton. Early on Tuesday morning detective Mortono prceeded to a low house in Wigton, and arrested in bed a young fellow named William Moe. He admitted he was sway from home in the company of two other 111,02 all Saturday night, and that they were netting for eels in the vicinity of the very spot where the murder was committed. A live eel was found ia the road where :the struggle, took pla3e.  A Central News Dumfermline correspondent telegraphs —"A: temble fire has broken out in the Francis Pit, Dysart Colliery, Fiteshire, putting a complete stoppage to all work.' The men in the adjoining pit, Lave been driven trout the workings, escaping narrowly.