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M& §M»..Jij^^ ^..^i^dij .«t^&k .,..^ ^jt& ii^ ^ i^^ J^ mB BB 1 - i-4'-k 5-4. ?^« •i* \r»SoTl Court of Appeals, Jf 5 In a ease between JAMES BLACK, JPPELLANT, * CHARLES GRAY STEWART, RESPOflDBNT. THE APPELLANT'S CASE. a'h,S was an hypo.>.eca'y -ion bro.>gb. by -b'^ APP;\'-: n,ent«nd=red in His Majesty's Court ° K'^|' °-"j. dan agamst trict of Quebec, in ''T'"' °f '''V"'. „f Z renckrii.g orite one William Hams. »l>o at •''-""= °'^ „f ,,7 ground. y""4t\{:rc'; in the case is principally written evidence. 1 Sejudgrn. in question w.,s rend.Ted on the twentieth day lion to one Janet Brydon. Tanuarv one thousand eight hundferar eteTjlreX'aorSSe sa.d house and >ot - Vh^t^-nf re"t:%«s ,0 th^. said la. ^e— ^t.,*. •,ri;;d?na''n,rrl^orAn'ir;!aT^ t.,. h,ea.^ue.c. wiihout leaving any heirs m .hi> i^'O^'"^^* ^ ^er vacant B:;^::rtrx;tVC^r;^^Cte:ra,.d e,. hu. 'tplttheTo've lacts. an abstract qutstion of Law a...es. . tc •■• A 147933 -^ rn ( I' n >.aav. Coll. dp Jur. V V . Dcthe- rtnce Blval va* cut. Tlau>> Toll, do Jur. V. Curatelle Does the prescription often year Entre prcims ages et non-pru viU'gie's franchemcnt et paisiblement sans inquidation d'aucune hypo- t%(^ established by the 114th Article of the Custom ot Pans run against a vacant Estate. , , j r , • By the Law of Canada, the goods and lands ot persons dying within this Province, and not leaving apparent heirs, are originally and solel>r vested in the Crown, without any transfer or derivative assignment, either by deed or law, from the former Proprietor, and this under that ancient branch of the Royal prerogative which is known by the name o< Ihoit de JDesheren^c. The King's Courts accordingly may, and in France flid appoint. Curators to Estates of such persons, without taking the advice ot the friends of the deceased. ..,,.. As the prescription of If nyears