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Th^t the only Mtnittaaces or payments made by the said Defendant on accouat of
his uid indebtedaras, are one Bill or Draft on Sheffield in England ^r Sixty-nine
pounds nineteen shillings and eight pence Sterling, and another Draft or Bill on Messra
CroM & Sons England, for One hundred and Eighty-six pounds, fourteen shillings and a?e
pence Sterling. ; ^nd after giving credit for these amounts the said Defendant is pre-
■ently indebted 'tb the Plaintiff for the causes aforesaid, and for balance of interest on
such sales aforesaid after doe, in the sum of Two hundred and nineteen pounds, five shil-
■ lings Mid nio* pence Sterling, and interest thereon since the first day of March instant,
aa dMwn more fully by the account current herewith fyled, which said amount last
BMsntioDed, at the current rate of exchange between this city and England aforesaid, «
(which the Plaintiff avers, to have averaged and to be prewntly one per cent premium
or advafKw) is equivalent to Two hundred and Sixty-eight pounds and four pence
oarrenqr."

Then followed the general iMbAkatuM attim^u Coanti.
The following is the Plea set up by the Re^ndent : —

" Thfl Defendant fpr plea to the :^laintift's action, saith, that under and by virtue
of ao agreemM ntede at Li^ge in Plamtiff*s Declaratiao mentioned on the ninth March
.. Eighteen hundred and and fiftyseven, between the Defendant and the Plaintiff, it wiis
undeiatood and agreed that the Plaintiff was to consign to the Defenduit all the guns
kc. for the Canada Market or tnde, the De^nchuit agreeing to render as account sales
monthly of the guns sold, and also if the amount shohld \ie suifioiently lai^e, to send
the Plaintiff a Bill or Draft for the amount payable at a Banker's in London ; that in
erafonnity with the aud i^preement th» Plaintiff consigned at divers times, subsequent
to that d«i)B, to the Defendant large quantities of guns and pistols for sale for the Plain-
tiff on ct^naignmeat in. Canada, upon which the Defendant pud and disbaned large sums
of money for dutiw payable -and other charges, to wit tiie sum of Two hundred pounds
currency; that by the uid agreement the said Defendant was to receive a reasonable
commission for ihe sale of the sud goo^ and for all incidental trouble, and was and is
ratified thereto, to wit the sum of Sixty pounds, but the said Defemlant with that £he
aaid agreement did not contemplate nor did the Defendant at any time agree to warrant
file aales, nor ^tas such commission a guarantee commission, and the Defendant saith
that tiie aaid Defendant sold certain of the sud goods and furnished account sales there--
0^ aod remitted laiige sums of money, to wit the various sums credited in the exhibits of
tiM saM Pkuntifffyied in this caoaet that the Pluntiff'aothibitB one (1) two (8) three (3) and
foot (4) OMtun the s^ aeeomt aalea, that aiba aaid sales divers of said guns and goods
wWB retonted and thrown back into the ponenon of the said Defendant which were
not pMd for and wan moreover ^i bad oonditiorn uid qrder, and never have been rea-
llied for by the aaid Dafeaduit, and the tame m« still on hand unsold, and unsaleable,
anoantiBg in M to the value and sum of One hundred and Kinety-aeveo pounds, thlr-
ta«n ahilHngs and one penny Sterling, the whole as per list, herewith fyled, which said .
goods the Defendant hath offered to return to the Plaintiff, and hath always been and s^l
it ready to return and give up the same and hereby offers to deliver the same to the
Plaintiff or to his agent in that behalf, that in fact the said Drfeodant rendered the said
•eoouot mimto the Plaintiff and rraiitted him the full value of the goods sold and rw.
liMd kf Ddbndant. and tiie said Dafendao^ ia not now indebted to him tibe said Plain-
ttfin thamm of mosey dmruMded by thia action, or any part thereof, but has tite Mud
gooda, ready to be cMivered to his ordst, of all which the Pbuntiff was duly notified ;
tbat wve and exeq^t aa heroiajMore mentiomd, ^1, each and every tin all^tioiH, mat-
tM and things in the Plaintifi'a Declaration set fotit tmi eonttiaed an ontrao.

Whenfim the la^ Defondant prays »ct» t>f hh raadiBeaa and ofiaw to deliver and
reatora the hM good^ bo on hand to the Platntiff or his agent, and ]^ya the diamhMil
of Pkontiff*! action with costs of which iistraiu to the underrigned Attwaeys."

The Appellant answered, " that true it is (as irtatod in wM pka) tiiat the Defendant
■p«ed to rMder w amwunt sales monthly <rf' the guns sold, and abo, if tiie amount
would be sufficiently large, to tend the Pbdntiff a Bill or Draft for the anioant ^tftMe
at a Bankers in London, but, with that ntvptioa, and except iriso in w &r aa tiie alle-
^ioaa of the said plea exactly oom^^d wHh tin allegiMoM in the Pkiotirs
DMte«tion-ee«(tlitted, all m^ every Oie alkfattoos. msttotturf tfainga in the said plea
aat forth and contained, are false, untrue «ad unfottaded in fiust, and the said Plaintiff
hof^y oxpnariy daoiei the iwne and *meh and orary thereof, and the same are more-
larafloieitt bi kw."

dence of three competent witnessess examined by himself, and by the cross examinatipn of
Mr. Leeming who was examined by the'-Eespondenf, to be a guarantee or del creden
commiasion, as trndierBtood by the trade in Montreal, and as authorized and recognized
by the Tariff of the Montreal Board of Trade, in the absence of any agreement to
the contrary. In addition to which, according to the Reroondent's own showing, he
w« bound to make monthly remittances of his sales to fee Appellant, by " Bill or
Draft for the amount payable at a Bankers in London," if the amounts of the^le* should
be sufficiently large, no reservatiou or restriction whatever being stipulated for by Res-
poiident, in case of non-collection of his sales. Moreover the account sales were ren-
dered unreservedly, and in all cases brought down the ml amount of sales as- an amWnt
(itt« to tite Appellant, at the dates therein indicated. The liability of the Respondent
is alip clwriy admitted by him in his letter of the 13th September 1868— (Paper 89 of
the R«5orf.^Bemde» all which there is no sutBcient proof that the Respondent has on
hand the guns and pistols referred to, ranch less that they were wef sold and returned
to him for the causes in his said plea stated!.

Under the eircumstanoes, the Appellant was clearly entitled to a simple condem-
nation against th? Riapondent, for the full amount of his dennand, but instead thereof
the learned Judge who heard the case in the Court below rendered the following
judgment !—

" The Court having heard the parties by their counsel upon the merits of this cauie,
having exatnined the proceedings, proof of Ketiord and the admissions made and given
by the Defenda^it, and having deliberated, considering that the Defendant is liable and
accountable to the Plaintiff for the balance of the said consignments of goods made by
the Plaintiff to the Defendant for sale on Plaintiff's account, and by the Defendant
thei«for wceived, and consjdering that the Defendant is not liable to the Plaintiff to
guarwttee hit srid sales of the mi Goods imd that no such guarantee was agreed be-
^ tween them or has been established against Defendant, considering that previous to the
institution of this action, to wit, on the nxteenth of December, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-eight, the Defendant held to the order of the Plaintiff, a quantity of
the said goods amounting to the sum of Two hundred'and Sixty-one pounds^ three shil-
lings and one penny icurrency as set out in Defendant's statement by him filed in this
osuae as his exhibit number four, (No. 4) as follows, to wit :

Montreal, Iflth Deer. 18*8.

Statement of Guns and Pistdls held to the order of Mewrs. Renkin Frferes, Liege
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8»*d •«rerai BUBMs, from the fiftli day of March One thousand eight hum
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the service of this Judginent upou 'unu, ticuver tiy tu mv fiaiutui the uatttttue «i tin>
said goods in tiie said stateoieot mentumed, Ibm those for which, tl»e «wd sum of Forty
pounds tiave bewi by Mm recoired, whwsupoa the said Detoidant shall only be lrel<5
to pay to the Fbintifftht^ »md Rrini of If^iffbtv nounds eighteen s^!!^!'"'*!'* »«'1 three penct:
with mterest M aforesaid to ^ taxed as 1 action of

finrt dass."

On the whole, tJio AppeUmit rion8il«rtth- i-ifuma n ravi'r«i%\ of the jud^ucnt so reii-
dered by the Hos. Mb. Jph! on&BibaSon ajplost the

B^Mndent, according to tiie coacluaiona of the Appellant's DcMslsration.

MoBtrtai, vm August J ^

for Jpptttimt.

' Depomtions of wHQMses «aunined in Coart Wow by Appellant.

Jamks Huttom :-— I am now, and during the last Seyent«*n years have been, a
GommlHion Herehwnt owrying on buutiess ss such in this City, My bttuoess Im been en-
tirely coitfioed to that of hwdwre. During the whole of the above period, the uniform
rate of ConiiniMdoQ far selliof Membaodtie without guarantae, haa b^n Fiv« per cent.,
and with guaran^ «n additional Coinmi»lon of two and a half per cent These rates
cover evwy des<aiption of trouble, inoludiiig that of i«mitting. I am a member of, the
Montreal Board of Trade, and I now produce a printed copy of the rates of OomnittsiOn,
»mctioDed.l}y that body.

Cr«M'Emmmtd,

All coiwigned too*i sn subject to be fBtamed as « matter of course if unsold or
unaAl«able.

Shodd an aeconnt si4ea be rondered of ooiuigned goodb and the eharao of seven
and a h^ p« coat be Bi«4e, ^ d*bt is of «oun» guaranteed.

JoHir Q. DiitfiNa :.*--" I iaa now and duririg the last four or live years have been
8«0i%tary of the Montresl Board of Tnwle. For many years previously, I was onf^ed
In the Q«Bo«ri Getnmiasioa business in this City. The uniform rate of CommiaaioB for
selling MwehaBdixe in this City without gu«routee,haa been during my experience Five
per oeat. and with g4tHttiit«(» an additionid commisaion of two and a half gs* ^nt.
These elMifee isMstode ev«ry <tercnption of trouble, including that of remitting. The
paper pradu«d by Jait)«e Button, is a true copy of the rales of Commkilon saaotioned
by m B«»r4 of Trade, to Ar as the CoiBoiiarfoiis o( the above ehaiaotet are eooeeraed.
jD^fmlmit ietsHma Crmi'Emmmir

fntmAH WoKK^^ :--I am now m't '^mng the last iwrtiij-five years have uoen
espged in tin HardwAre biteiaees in i During that time I have frequently

told goodi on QftiaigHtoii. When Mtbing ia speeiiJly agreed to the eontrwy, seven
and a half per cent OoBimierten Imn l»««>i» n^w&vn considered at a guarantee or dd cndtre

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