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APPELLANT'S CASE. tr.fln.g. yet the case aSes consid^Cle imLtant i W "^f ''j*""'^^. "O'^P'*'""! of is J ho Declaration is drawn up in the usual form r^'^^^.i'?^^^^ fora y.r land in issue for upwards of thirJj-five y^Z^^ ^ *""* ^'^ '**" '"'''''«'' °f the cBt.^ni?tirf:a""lL1;LK± ■• \"^ "««"J-^geof such t„,,p.,a acta alleged in thrDecla„.ttn Ltt^SSlyi^^^^^^ """" ''' "^^ ''^"'^ ^"'^ -mmiSTe opposit^lo ;C4^oS^"tTffi? ^f yZV'^ J'o P-chased apiece of l„nd Parish of 4ntn3al. u> tES de rf tL it f.^.^^f, '^""" "•« J^"'C« h-g^^, „ ,^ that since then he hath hcKid fi as Xprietor ^"'""' * ^^^ York'llailf,;^ and ^theJtfSteiS^J^^ in this cause, his that Si: S^tte RTvi^!;: Sr&1&-S tr ^'^'^ •"■"V"-'' '-^ ^^ '^efence- called the river was only a ditch 3 fw ^„ /^o properties, but that what the Plai^ acres farther South, '^nl llyTCl^ £ oX'Lni °H^ rVfollowe,! four oTfi ! In support of this pretension ho Dr^uc J ♦!;.'• '^^ ''"" '''" ^^o Railroad, proof, but the «niaindor,\ith rrprfsi^runi^^^ ^['tnesses, three of whom made no ..aemWance in the onler of their 2Ji::::r:S^^r:iSZ^. '-«-«^' ^^ ^ orks. to carr, o# the l?akage^ from the Sine Kl"'' ""'''' ""^ »'^'"'^ "^ ^^0 bS^' butted. "J' "^ "^°"''' t''" Appollant conceives he has completely re DEPOSITION OF MR SOMERVILLE "I>eliam^b.randCill'"w*''i'*"*'\? '^""^ '''« pioce of land deicribed in the PlaintifT, " ye<^ aT I th„„ ti*^ !:!i°! "^u^^^^ T '^"u^md eight J^dred and M«e,-neiihr fifJ " SsZn ftl fL "^"^.'"t.?'''.**.'^ ''f t*"* P^n' P'-i^tiff. "id continued in K "CmU^rtf^^r. ^L^l^Hv^'^'^l ""^''^ "^"^ '-^ the yekr one thouS eight " 3 of hklK^P :ir 'i-**''?.!*' •* «""«'»»« the poBsesBion of the Plaintiff by the " Z h nnSu^™ '}*^'^' V"^ l* "till remains in the p«4»e«sion of thoPlaintift I W "hndU^A^c^„TM^^!S^'\^^t''i ?'"* *•'■ *''« P««Wor boundanrof the said loHf '^tiTi^Hor I^Sf ^f * f '- st%it^1h?',„r.!lir^|iTsl'^^ « w*?h thcTeftor^" F " ia^l ? K?f ""■'^ '" "^'.SP.V.*" '" *'»'" «»«~' •"'^ *« ^Joining lot marked " R vS.ilor L^%f P- »»««'»«"'g fc' William McNown, of l^hine^ The said Petite " the saTd Ri^i i/^'T'' ""^"r*^ "?« f^o 'of of land marked " E. F.» The po^tbn of " with hettercoL by down It^'l ^^'"t'' ^°- "^'" *^ '"''' '''*'^" ''^ >"« Sn^oJ " marked StheTte« «Tb o T''^tC tT"""' *^'^ \^-^f,f-^t,.nd therein " I have known it for «.»^ fZ',^' ' . *?'^'" ?*»""» '■ '*»« ""^"^ '''^''''erc «'• Kerrc. " a!^Ia^.£l'^ "■' '*' •*^'^'*«' "'^ -^ew K>rA Bailwad. More than tMr^vZ^ " examined the J!i^^!ur,i^^ u'^^^i 0/ Terr^xmiK, when we carefuOy anddotdu " aboTtTl„th'%*"\ltS/r^„Z^^^ f ^: ; r^' °^«'- Jhe said la^l in dispute! by the said D^foSknL TKeT.^5, ^ • "*.u* '•»'. of *"«»»' which he said had been cut " k^te« "E. F G»isLt7hX^ T%."' '•'« '^'•^ Defendant's plan marked with the " wate/nafJ^'thWlnl t?.i„ ^r^V^'^ f '• ^"^' "o' » reg"'*' creek, but a slight overflow of >' rnTLKnt tofhe leTter "P^t^*"'""^ on the said plan f»m the letter «H to 0" " Wor)f« M !..™r .1 , , ^ .'^'^ ««'»vated about the year 1840, by the Board of « Se Stte?" p^ Th7± "^"f^ r** ''**^'' {':»'" »^« ^^"'^•'rt ^"^^ i-^ the sadnk^ with ::^£s^^^«^^'&Ss:«^ natural bXf this rW None ^.^.l^"' v!!,"'?*''' '^ P^^' °"* ^''^"'^y ^^ch was tl^ witnesses mSou^ ofT and ^In* . ^°^i *> ^ '*^*'^ *» '*• ^ost of the Plaintiff's Icnged to Ais riv^ ItfrRfrJi^^-.""' .'''"''' "^ *•>" ***» watercourses therein marked be- 8taS Sat a I he knew waf fZ ;h« '! ™'' T' '"•'""•"^ ''^ 1''° ^»«' '^^'^o"' ""^ he twelve months sin.^ C M^f" i„?^ J"£™'**'"V f ^•'" *»'" *''«» •>« •>««* t'*" ?>«"» abo«>t veved the lim, „f t^I M I "f ^'K'"?*' ^J^'^'ncml Surveyor, who about ten years since sur- tl^^cou^t? the 1 fono?Jl7lf/"^^°* l!^"T'^^"^ 5*'"'*'«'' *» LachL,;S,^t " A, B, C, D." ^ *'"' "'"'' ""''«* ''y *« «*id betters in Mr. Regiiult's plan, of the "thine^Can^c^tS^^rl' *'"'* '^t T^'J: '»fP«t'^" "P^J the late Commissioners and whSa^ dStol w hlh . plT ''^ f^^*!" ^"^'^ ^«'""*' "^ ^**«' Canada, of this riverlX^ Cthf A^Xr^ft^IslJ^' '"" ^°'^' ''' '"'" ""^ ""^ °' of the L^hiu^ Saf Thf ' 1 ^ T Cannichael, a few yean aao, to drain the le^s belipf Thi. ?. u , ■ y ^™.P'y "'*''« *'8 MSOTtion. They ^v» no cronnds for Ae itcLld'^J^ftSit'XLl'''^- ^i" ^-"^iffhasfyled^a^'i^^te^TwsKl whose relatlshb to the ^if' FTi^t'^ " '^"'^'^ ^ ^^« ^» William MoNown, the men who woSod i?thi"ttf» i PT^"' pJ^'"" testimony fn,m being given. But four of Dofonce,*Sre addi hv h-Pfe^ ?'ff'?' * '*''«''• ""•^ej Cannichael. at t&e time stoteilby the no d teJlZuheTm^P n/Z^^^ abuttal, and they all swear positively, that it was aUuvkldeZi4Sh^^.„^'**'^^?";' bot simply „^oved from the water course the Ha imnorteKtu«^ of ttf ^?- '''""'^/''fo U by the Canal ! This unequivocal dis-proof of »VortC?tW cSmluSLl r?/ "^ :$• " ^J""**- "'.•* \^^io.^, ^om sufficient, apart witness^ swL thTthT^' t»'«>\.<>'8«wd't ufwn it. In fine. /en of the Defend.it'8 St. IW, .^"^^ tt cSS^^A.tTT "'^f **"* Appellantalloges, is the channel of the Rivien, Land, IMt &,mer lie sweT™ l^lL^t'lf-T ""T *'^" -^'^^ y^*" "««• <>" ^ «'»'«^ than Wr/y y^ ;^ hlmSe alws V^f*? "S""" ^'!?*'T ^"^^"'^ '"''"• *•"" '°°«' the spot t^^JenZ.: wSe^X^A^ltof m^eX'';;^^^^^^ '''' by all his witn^^SrS^ftLTlriSri't^eSiL'"' ''' '""^ '^^ """"'''«^ » ''»««^ sufficfonaT^^n^Tnffl!.*^-'^'''^*''*''''''".*'"'*'^"*^ '» insufficient it is at all event.,, the tw;,*;^t:!reoir srdupt;;; ECL*:f 'rr- '^ '^'"'^^"' -''^-' '^'"''•' '>^ described in the Plaiatiff'g him the laid Plaintiff. I (i onti three,— nenlj fifty atiff, and continued in hia year one thonsand eight )n of the Plaintiff by the of the Plaintiff iWe- oundary of the said lot of ^"A." The boundaries is the said river or creek •t marked " F" is the said the adjoining lot marked ftchine. The said Petite ' E, F.» The position of down by me, is identical ho Defendant, and therein said Kivierc St Pierre. )d I have been over it re- '' the Lachine Catud, and Mure than thirty yeart e Riviere St. Pierre, in we carefviUy and dotdy the said land in dispute, ioh he said had been cut s plan marked with the , but a slight overflow of »m thelettei"HtoG" r 1840, by the Hoard of 3d in the said plan with 1 said Parish of Lachine. inits of the said Psrisli yor. The water-course ; the Defendant calls the witnesses of the Plain- the Defendant carefully thereby which was the Most of the Plaintiff's rses therein marked be- Defenco thereon, and he he drew the plan about >ut ten years since sur- to Lachine, proved, that n Mr. Regnault's plan, the late Commissioners leral of Jiower Ganada, lay down the coarse of ippellant calls a port of 0, to dnun the leakages ve no grounds for the artificato of his burial, «en William MoNown, ng given. But four of the time stateu by the positively, that it was m the water course the nequivocal dis-proof of , alone sufficient, apart ten of the Defendant's 9 channel of the Riviere irs ago. On the oUier >bonkte him, that more St. Pierre flowing over years ago. to lie in the Pkirish of committed is alleged t it is at all events, ot tho dismissal of his ont evidence, which of At the same time, he would urge, that ttie weiKht of testimony adduco.1 i'?P««JW to observe, that Mr. Justice Day, though he did not formallv dis- sent, did not concur in the judgment ronden^d in the Court below ^ lfl-T*''.ST,?" ^P5«»?n' »»'i«»?-'' the record will disclose the foUowinjr facts • tresp^sl^JJCj^^t"^*''"' ^-^'^-^ I"--- - c'-'y made'Sreilasthe bounSrSTh^ivt" ly^K ** ""' K«'P?"'l'»" to "?»ke the case turn upon titles, upon the nellanYk^o^inj^ ^ff'^T *" *^ ?Pt"""' l"^^"*"'' interesting not merely to the Ap- ^Ip^JiHk P^Pnetors along both sides of the Kiviere St. Pierre, u t» whetherX Montreal^ 1st December, 1857. JOHN POPUAM, Appellant't Attorney. e nivcr St. Pierre, identical enddnt.