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FARQUIIARMcRAE, (DiJ't)idant in the Court btlow,) Appellant ; AND ROBERT MASON, (PluintiJI' in the Court below,) Respondent. RESPONDENJ'S CASE, ON tho 10th of .Tanuavy, 1820, at Montreal, Farqiiliar McRae, th,^ atove named Ap- pellant, and one Uobcit Kt-rr, they beinjrihtMi Carpenters uiul Joiners, anil Copartners, word- ing and triidini; tofTither, at Montreal, nnder the name or tinnof Kerr & McRae, made there a ceilain Nd' , wlieiehy, three inontiis alter dale, tliey jointly and severally promised to pay the Respondent the Mim of i'JO, for value received, aiitl severally signed the same. On the '^'Al of February, 1820, Robert Kerr absconded. On the y.'Jd the Respondent tnade aflidavit that these, his debtors, worn about to leave the Province, and (hat, without the benefit ofa Capias ad Respoiideiuluin, he might be deprived of his remeily against ihem. The rrz/JiV/,? accordingly issueil. Tlie Sheriff returned service of the proces- on V!cl{ne, and wo?M's/ i(ww«/ws as to Kerr. Tiie Respondent's declaration contains an averment similar to the affirmation contained in his aflidavit. I 'pun tlie trial of the cause, the Copartnership which had subsisted between Kerr & McRae, was iirovetl bv several ^vitnes^es. The absconding of Kerr, one of the t)artiiors, was also proved by s( V, lal wiineshcs. The intention of McRae to fijilow the example of his partner is also prevail by ti'siiiiionv in the cause. And the Coert below, coupling these fnis with the posi- tivi aflirmaiion of the lUspondent, did not hesitate in pionoiincing judgmeni against the Ap- peili;Ml f()r the i-um (Liiianded. 'I'he oniv (piesiion, offering any dil'iculty, was the term of payment, which had not expired at the period of the insiiiuiion ofiiie suit. Hut it was found, on reference to authorities, fund aiiiurgsi others Ferr. (Jr. Cout. ) that, the debtor, r.icililiuing flight, was deprived of the benefit of any term of which the creditor niig''t have granted hiin. It is from this judgment that the pri-eut appeal is brought. Quebec, Ikh Nov. 1820. m\ ^ % r 11 I ^i I M I "ii: if f,i' ■ isi r1 ^ IW ^