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IN A CAUSE BK'ilVr.EN PIIILE:,:0N WRKUIT, Uio Eider, PHILEMON ^^UIGIIT, llio Younger, TIBERIUS WUIiarr, and RUGGLES \\ RIGHT, (Dej^judants in the Court helow,') Appellants ; AND JONATHAN ALGER, (JHainliff in the Court below,) Respondent CASE OF THE APPELLANTS, To ihis iictioti tho Apprllantfl ploacleil— First, tlirit all and singular ilie alli'fr.uions con- tained were fiilsu, id t!u- san-.e fo'u •h:- yai,! day ■nilil the ihll end and term of one vear next « pay ; and we further ifWgtigM to give said Jonathan Alger the Uie and benefit " ofthe gardens he originally hud during ih*- aforesaid term of one year. Given under our ♦• hands and seals, ut flull, the 13th day of February, 1818. (Signed) " PHILn. WRIGHT & SONS, L. S. " WiTNESSKS PRESENT, (Signed) « SAMl. DOWNES, "JOSEPH RICE." Secondly — Of a Protest by a Bailiff and two Witnesses, dated at Hull, in the District of Montreal, the 24tli Soi)tember, 1818, wherein the Respondent referring to and reciting the above memorandum, denmntls from the Appellants, six tons of "Russiiior Sweeds" iron, one box of steel and 1 6,000 bushels of coals, iind tipon one ofthe Appellants answering " I never jiromised any such thing, " the Uaililf and Witnesses protest lor all damages, itc. &c. Thirdly — Of a letter, purporting to be a letterTrnm the Respondent to the Appellants, dated at Hull, 8th August, 1818, wherein the Respondent makes a demand similar to that in tl'.e above mentioned protest. Fomihly— Of a release bv the Appellants to tha Respondent from his proportion " of all costs, chiirges and demands incurred in building, &'c. the Trip Hammer and Blacksmith's shop situnte.l and being on the Chaiidiere Fall, in said Township of Hull," he relinquishing all right, title or interest to the same, &c. &c. Fifthly — Of seven plans of the said Trip Hanuner and Blacksmith's shop. Seven Witnesses were produced and examined on the part of the Respondent, and two witnesses on the part ofthe Appellants. From the examinations of these v/i messes it would appear that the j)rincipal difficulty between those parties reined to the coal, and it is manifest that the Appeilauts had no intention of'binding tlioiiiSfives to sup|)ly the Iti'spondent with ail the coiil which might be required f )r the esta'oiishmeni, but Iwrely to fix tlie price at which any coal which might te furnished by theai should be charged at. Tile evidence being too volumino\)s to admit of an abstract of moderate length, the Appel- lants wi'l sati-fy themselves with referring to the Record. From the above faits it appears that the claim of the Respondent has no foundation in equity --And even lo one who has not yet got beyond the prima Uguin incunnhuia it will be apparent that it has none at Law.— For, Ist.'Tiie p^per writing upon which the Res- pondent's action rests is not a contract or agreement, it not being signed by the parties thereto Secondly— If it b° any agreement whatever, it is an inchoate one from which no action arisi-'s until it be iierfecled. Thirdly— In as much as there can be f.o lease without res, pre/«Mm ^ con.?fnius, and in this case' there was no consent as to the pretiuni or rent, the agreement would be void by reason of its uncertainty. And it cannot be intended, that the Respondent should hold the Land and premises with- out paying rent; for the term " Lease," used in the memorandum, implies the payment of Rent— And if that term had not been used, still rent would have been payable lor nemopre- sumilur donate. But even if it were conceded to the Respondent that the ngvooment between the parties had in truth been that no rent should be paid, still the Ret^pondeiit cannot recover ; for, Fourthly — The contract would in that case be a contract of donation of the use ofthe Land — Now Mich a contract ought by Law to be executed before Notaries— to contain words of gi fi—to contain an express acceptation of the gift, and to be signed by both the parlies thereto. Fifthly — There is no, consideration for the promises of the Appellants, and those promises are therefore not binding, being made sine causa. These grounds ii))p(-iir so conclusive, that it is hardly necessary to advert the minor defi' ciencies in the Respondent's case, such as ilure being no evidence ofthe partnership. The Court below, idler hearing " Coiinst/s" condemned the Appellants without any spe- cific evidence of liauuig.'s, to pay lotlie Resiiondeiu the large sum of Two Hundred Pounds. The reasons of Ajiijcid are gcr.cral as also the answers. Quebec, 20tb July, 1820. I: 1»>I ) .1 '. I. •■; r,l .5;?-H.'-* :'V.i; ■,• 1 I' I