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Les diagrammes suivants iliustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 %i6iS */ .^ ^CtirCCU ll'''i'y <'• If- l'«felici;ni,l Ami.' (i. .Maclx'th, Verschoyle Croiiyn and Williiiiii I*. K. Street, Kxee\itii.\, and MxefiitDrs of the last Will and TeHtiiim'iit ol (ieoiue Miiclietli, deceased, atiil tlie said lleniy < ', \l lieelier, !,a\vren(;c l.awiasuii and Ueurf^e I'ereival Kidont. Kxeeiiinrs of tlie last Will and Testament of I-ionel Hidont, deceased, . - . . Pluiiitiffa A N IJ William McKnielil and Matilda MeKni-lit, liis wife, KiHibeii Short. Klizalieth .lane McKniyht, iicnhen (Jeoioe M. Knioht, Fanny Louise .M( l\ni,nht, William (ieorye .M( Kni;.;ht, .lames McKnight, and Aunes .\[.'Kiiiglit. the last >iv named heinu infants under the age of •![ years, - - -..---_ Defendants. CITY OF LONDON: ■/'o tlie Nonoi'ahlc the •/i<f liondon. and (leorge I'ercival Kidout, of the City of Toronto, in the said I'roxinee of (Jntario, Fsijuiii ■ hJxeeiitors uinler the last Will and Testament of Lionel Lnioiit. deceased, the aliove named I'laintitfs. SHLWETH : 1. That under and l>v viitueof an Indenture of lli.i'iain and Sale, l»v way of Mortiiaue, hearing ilate the tirst day of -Inly, in the year ol imr Lord, Is."):!, and made lietween the said iJefendant, William .McKnight of the lii'si ]iart, your Com[ilainant, Henry C. It. IJeeher ami (Jeorge .Maelieth .ind Lionel Kidout, hoth since di'ceased. of the secoml [lart, and the Defendant, .Matilda McKnight, wile of the .said William .McKniiihl. who joined therein for the puiposi- of liarriiig her dower, as she thereby did, of the ihinl [lart, your Con\[ilainant. lleni'y C. It. lieeher and the said (Jeorge .Maci)etli and iiionel Kidout. liecanie, and were .Mortgagees ol certain freehold [)ro- perty therein comprised, being all anil singular that eertain jiareel or tract of land and {iremi.se.s situ- ate. King and being in I lie township ot Wesi minster, in the County of .Middlesex, m the i'rovince of X < >iitario, eonlainiiii; by admeasurement oiie-titth ol an aire, be the same more or le.ss, and being ^ coin[tosed of a [tart of Lot number (i. east of the WharneliH'e Highway, in the said Township of / Westminster, and known as ami lieing lot number (><». according to a i)lan and survey of jiarl ^of the said lot number (i. Last of rhe Wliariielitfe Highway, made by Samuel Peters, IOsi|uire. I'ioviiicimI Land Surveyor for tin' said Henry C. It. Lecher, (b'orge .\laebeth aiul Lionel Kidout, which plan !i,i^ b/e.u r.'gistuivd in the Registry Oiii.-e of the ('ounty of .\li(hlle,sex, and ^ which Lot number (in. aceuiiling to said plan, fronts on Lecher Street, for securing payment of the. f -um of 8:!7(i.il(i, with interest thereon, on tin' days and limes following, that is to say : one-tenth , down, and the ivm.iiiiiler in nine e(jual aiiiiiial instaliiieii'>. with interest on the princi[)al money from time to time remaining unpaid, to be p.iid on the first day of July in each year till paid, the * tirst of suili p,i\nieni> in be made on the iii-t da\ of .lul\ iie.xt after the day of the date of said ■ .Mortgage. li. That the .Nud Lionel Kidout died on or alMnit tlieninllida\ of November, in the year of Our Lord. |s.")!i, having first duly made and [uiblished his last will and testaiui'iit in writing, executed ill manner and form suffieieiil according to law to pass real and personal estate by devi.se and beoui'si , ami liii'icliN he a|i|ioiiile. Heiir\ C, Iv. jiecher. Lawn^hee 1 .aui.isoii and (ieor; I'erci\,i| Itidoiit. Lxeiailois of his said Will. .*]. Siilisrijiiciitly viiiii- ('iiiii|iliiiii:ints, lliiuy V. H. I'mtIut, liinvivncc l,;iwnis.)ii ainl (irornc Pdvivul iJidniit, Hxfciittiis MS atorcsaiil, duly j. roved tlic said Will in thi- pinpcf Cuiirt, in tin- Proviiu-i! ot' Ontario, in tliat lii-iialt and jnoliatc of tliu .sani<', was liy llic said Conit onmlcd to tlit-ni, and voiir ('onuilaiiianls. Hmrv (' I!. IScidu'i'. LawTfiicf l.awiason and (iforifc iVrcival Ridout, ar.' now the pcrxiual ii'|irrsciitalivcs nl' llif said Lionrl |{idoul, dcrcasid. t. The said ( iroi'nr Maclpi'tli died on ci|- aliout llic third day of Juin', in tlic vrar of Our liHd I S70, liavin^' lirsi duly niadi' and |)ultlislicd his last Will and 'I'lstanicnt in writing, fxccuti-d in manner ami foim sullicient according to law to jiass real ami personal estate iiy devise and lpe(pieHt, and tliii'eiiy he ap]iointed your I'oniplainaiils. Anni' (J. Marlietli, \ ersehoyle ('innyn and William V. II. Stit'ct, iixecutrix and IvKtcntors of his said last Will ami 'rotanient. .'). Sull^e(|uently your Conip'.ainants, Anne 0. Maehelh. \ ersi hoyje ( 'ronyn and William I'. li. Street, as Ivxeeutrix iind Ivxecutors, as aforesaid, duly proved ilic said Will in the projier Court. .11 the said I'roviiiee ot Ontario, in that hehidf and | roiialr in the same \v,-is hy the said Court ' eiiiiiird i(, them, and your sai liccii paid on accuiint of the inteicst thereon. iS. 'I'here is n iw ju>llv due and owin^ to your ( 'ciniplainants, umhrand by \ irtne of the said Mortgage .securitv tor principal money, ilie .^uni ol .-^:J-J.").(Mi, and for six years interest thereon the sum of !?Sl.::8. !). Neither vonr Complaiiiaiits nor the said r.iom'l Ridmit or (ieorge .Macbeth, in their respictive lifetimes, iKir anv person on their behalf or the b'hill'ofany or either of them, has or ha\i' been in the occupation of the saiil Mortgageil premises or any part theivoi' nor in the reivipi- of the rents and prolits thereof or any part iheivof. i(i. The said hefendaiil. William .Mtdvnight. iiegleeteil i,p and i s.aid lands, for the- sums paid for taxes thereon. a> afori'said. and inlere>l thereon. {•J. I'lV a deed bearing;- dale on iheci-hlh ilay ol' ( >ci:)brr. in the year o|' mir Lord l.s.")7. th<>. Oefeiidanl. William .\l(d\i;i:. lit. convevcd ihe.-aid hiiid-;iiid picmi-c- luihe Oefeiidant, Reuben Shmi, in I ru.-t for the use and bcuetii of the helendini, .Matilda \\r\-' light, wife of the said hefendaiil. William .\l(d\iiiL;hl. and for ilie n-e and bruelit . .-ind one Lmma McKniglit, a dauuhter of ih,' said William .McKnighl . iiid any other or others children of the sai.l William .M( Knight and .Matilda McKni-hl. his wile. I:!. The said Lnmia .McKnighl died subsr.|Uent ly I • 1 he execution of the deed in the twelfth paragraph meiitiiincd. inlc-iale ;nid without i>-ue. II The Defendants, Reuben Oeorge M.d\niglit, l^iniiy Louise .McKniuhl. Williaiu Oeorge .\1, Kuiuht. .I.iiiies \bd\niiihl and .V'jnes McKniuhl are children of llie said Defendants, William McKnighl and .Malild.a MeKiuLihl and are iiifanis lunler the a;;e of :2 1 yeais. cut 15. The Hiiid Ri'uIm'Ii Slinrt,as inistfi' hh iifuri'siiid is, ami tln' (IcIiiidiiiilH MiifiMii MrKni"lit hlizanoth^McKiiijTlit. Kciilicii (rcorjfc McKniL-lit-.Taini's McKiiijrht a'tid Al'IH's M