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PROVINCE OF LOWER-CANADA 
 
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 COUMT OF ^JPFE^ LS. 
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 named .Ippclldnis; Jo'iil 
 
 HESI'ONUEN'l'S CAKE. 
 
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 . ,- , . .'\ iV';v",'..Vll'v''l»-ld-uul ilnnlv boimiliinlo the said .\rihibaUl 
 
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 '• the lon'th day of Apil last, ho .sauou ''•'■" ,^;;v;,";>:-j,^,,V^-.,„,i convov unti 
 
 :: Mir Arsto;i;^^!:;n^i'M;:^=". '^- ro.capt.ea ana .nt 
 
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into Halifax l.v TI.-M. =^Wr Maul.., the ,^<i Mi^ ic^^^^o(^\<^. \-iC^^^^v.^.^■, 
 
 '"'Sv tl.tMvloiv, t\u< above Ix.umUMi .lol.n Mure ami Robnt Moivogli, o.M. .^ 
 1-or uiul m.ll.e name of the o-uHioiu-eH of Uk turfro in thcsai.l ...ii) 1 k .n. '• 
 hereby Hevrrally a.ul respcctivcU cove.»anl, u.o.n.se ami agree to aminbuto h iv 
 -luuv nn.l ,m.,.onion of" said salv;.!r. acc.r.hnfr to the .lecroe .. iIm- .-. d Com,. 
 '. Now ihe e.mdliion of the above svntlen ob, m,„on i-^ siuh. that it the ab -. • 
 -H.uiule,, luTsoM.. shall and will, a.lin- as aH.>e.aii\, w.b and In. y pay the .u„:.n.,i 
 
 ■ ofc.mtribulionor ^-^neval a^rrair. . ,., .s her.in.before sot lorlh, and under un. 
 a.re.-u,ent or arrangement made a, HalUax rJ.lamc ,o tluM.»y.nen thevol, t . •.> 
 
 ■ thi^obh.ratimMo be null and void, oiherwiv- lu be a.ul .ema.n n, lul lorce and 
 
 ■ m.e>rh«s done and i,as..od in .h.. Ci^y ul' Qm-b.v aKmva.d, tho day, n.on b 
 ' und yenrabove written, in iheoflieeof .VrehibaUK'a.ni.lH.li, one ol the undcM^i - 
 
 ' "'in whm^s whereof the said .John Mure and ih. said Robert Mmwfr\i h,u. 
 hereuHto set ihuir han.l* in the ,)re,-.enee of ns ihesai.l Nola. ,. ., who have i;v 
 hereunto set our names in' lai.V an.l Tesii,nony ol the ,.ro,ms..s N.ned ..n 
 the orifjinal, John Mure, Woberi Morm-rb, \i |-a..bauh, N<.tary I'nb he, Archibald 
 CampWl, Notary Public, as appears by lb.- .am.., r.;n;unmKol Kveoul- ,>. iny 
 Office. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 (I.. S.) 
 
 ARCHIBALD ( VMPBELL, 
 
 Xolarv Pul)lic 
 
 and lioh'M-L 
 
 to be liur.le 
 
 -a'd ijiiii.', 
 ;■ eonirii. :- 
 
 The d.vlaration in iho Conrt of Kin-'s Bench,. ibr the dl-tnct of Quebec, dated .i(h 
 • OctoU S 5 stu.e. that theretotbre, vi/-. Jd August, IM , the d...lendar..s, • ;'hn • J 
 and Robert Morrogh, by u certain o\,liijati..nnuule and na sedbelore Ca.npbj-ll and »'" ^ •' '5 
 Notaries Public, Lvcm, e jointly and severally held a,u( hnnly bound m the s.m ol L MM) 
 currencv, to be pafd to the said PlainlilV or his certam A't""'>'.v, \c. tor whica !'. v.ue , 
 .bJvvellandtrnlv made, ibev the said John Mure a.ul ilobert ^f;»•'•"?\ ^^''-"1 ';,''' ;',^;. 
 ioiutlv and -sev-erallv, their" heirs, executors, .a.lnen.strators, etui as.igne (or «''»'-■ 
 whole' by the said obligation or writing obligatory yet the^.:--ui .lobu Mu..: audRob-.t 
 MorrogU (Hat sirniii^ rn,iihili, Sfc. ) had not paid the same, .. .;. 
 
 The second count is I., the same, .fleet as the brst, only .-tai.n- tho pay;,.-,,.- 
 bv the Defendants, " when thereunto afterwards reepieste.i. 
 
 • The third count sets tbrih the condition, and av. rs tha. aiior the makmg ol uv 
 ,a certain arrangement nnus made at llalilLx, relative to tlu- said genera av-rug. > 
 ?ion and the pavmrni (brr.of: by which sai.l arrangcnu-nt it was sell .hI i.n.l ar.ange.l i!:, 
 IZxZ^umX^^cs vi/,. V\9h, 7s.i^.;,l. currency, had become an.Uvas become ,b,e and 
 Jai^ik Sand n ^•p:.:; of the .hare and proportion ol' such gencr.1 ave.ago or contnb,.- 
 Son, in the said condition mentioned; and then goes on to aver the non-payai.nl ol Muh 
 
 ^"^J'Sli'^^m/lri^Ues the condition, and avers that the Dei;.nd.v,Us had no, paid 
 theamomitoflhecontributionergeneralaverage, asthemu-beiorese,hh«i.,, a.si>pnlat,.d 
 
 "TlShumnt is analogous to the fourth, except that instead of averri,^ that tl.e Def^n 
 danls 1ml not paid the general average or contribution, as so, forth .n he Bond ; .t .. au-i- 
 red that thev had not mid any general average or coutnbiuion wbat.o.'vi i . 
 
 VleLiovV LlaJtonvvas aftervvards amended, by leav.- nl tin- ( cn.rt bwddmg iw . 
 com s : one tor money paid, laid out and expended generally by tla- I am,, for le ^).>- 
 -thndants, and the other for .^tain contributions and general average. bcloK- ihui nm. ■: 
 owinii from the DefendaiKslo the Plaint ith ,. ,„„,i 
 
 'Keabove declaration Ihe Defendants pleaded a ./<:/.;»><■ aa Jomh ,n dro„, apcpoi.,,) 
 exception percniptoire vn droit, and a dr/iwc iiujonds nijuil. 
 
 '«'he nemetual exception Hcre»ip<ojVr «i (/n«/ stated, , • , t- m , 
 
 isdv^'E the bLivvL executed by the Detend.u.ts for and in the .tau.e o M ;- -. 
 ■Forsvih Richardson & Co. of Montreal, who were the consignees ol the cargo, and thar v,,'^ 
 KL weTe ^in anv tnanner personally liable for the amount of the genera uverag,,; ;. 
 comJibution, but thal-therecour«. for the same Of there was a..y) was aga.n.i Me.-i>. i ■.- 
 svih Richardson & Co. and-not against the Uetendants. ,,,,,• .•,-•, ,, n, 
 
 • indlv?' That there was no good or valid consideration given by the Plaint.l, to the Dei- - 
 
 ''';];dK"Sar;heSifVv«.s not present befot. tlte Notaries at the .ime whe. the H,.. 1 
 
 '''4thif'Tl.atthen.noeni€ntoranangement mentioned in the condition did not take plac, 
 tlu apJiVi'ers nit iSmg been duly and legally appointed .vnder the sanc.iou of the (our, ..-1 
 
 ''Sk'Sai^atlltlch-agreementorarrangetnentwas made, it was made without ,;.e 
 
 ^^^S'T.:i'^T^^:!<^^^^' arrangement w,. illegal and n,i..s,, the ...;.. 
 bei,." damaged and of le..s value tiian that al wl.icli it was c.iimaleil. , . 
 
 Ttilly Tlu.t sacli a-.-ennent or arrangement was not confirmed or sanctioned bs (,h. 
 
 '^7;.d's;i!irri-"i^'»^--i'^- ^''^ ''•-'•^"''^"' "";'"■ '•^"' "'■" '•""' 
 
 tiir, h'j.knowing that tln^'cnrgo had been damHged and ovr e^dn.ah.il. 
 
■n,c Pluin.in- w«H the n.«.U'r of tl e .^ '^.f, ''^l, / ' .V.rJ " i vcyMi^e by a>, American 
 W,.,er.on, H-.nter & Co. ... ^^;;'^;';; '" .^ ;. , ' f. „" \ ur, ami Take, into Halifax. 
 
 ,,|UM. .be «us lilulU-.l HsjauHl by the .,lha-,. ^^ J^ J ' y';\^, , ,„f,a „f Halifax, o,. 
 .,,„..,•... On Ibis ocoiH...., a cou.n,M«.on '•' / Ij '' ' J ^^e , ve Kin , ms n.Mce of an offer 
 
 . ,, ilu.t ptn-i.., :>. 'V^'''^ ' > ''7,: ", "j,,, , ,,i^.^lal Qneb.'.-, «lucl. was lier oriRinal port 
 
 ^^ v^^;;;,::;:;:;:^::^;::- ::e^hu:'i./;;.i':;';.' :;.^., s-^^ .^ th. ve„e.,and ,xm 
 ^'T£t^;;js:;z?;^Hbev.inHh.cos.,«...;a;w^ 
 
 ..vi.l. (he maj.er a. lao.e.U ... ,'1'"^"' "";.,,' ,' ',,„,.. Tl.e Defendants beins the con- 
 .e,„ia..ts o., h,. a.r.val a <^;^-:'.;ji:. ,,:,'' ,.,,... The I'laintilVhad already given 
 ....nees 01 ih.. ca,i;o, \»''- ' ' " ' V^/j*'^ ^ ' ,, , „as iberelore liable for s^ch .alvago as 
 -,,..Mn(y at Ha :i..x, U.v be .1 ^'''1 ' '^,,A,; - ' ^ /^^^ ..nhe Murlh,, as cha.-ffeable on cill.cr 
 ,nii.|.l ulti...alely be avva.dod to the olbuo . »< .^ v 1 u. ^f co..r,o no objection 
 
 .,|..ro..« or .1... other ; L.K.^h be bad no '''.''^'''^VV J' .^ (^ m. t ay the a.no..ni otall i!.o 
 .o.liiivni. .0 .h.> D,.!l-.,dants. o,. t lu-.r if.s.. |r ':\ [;/;,;;,'' .JV.is o>v..crs could h. 
 
 .i.„.Hnis ui.ici. .niiiht .i...«.b. '»"^«;:i"^ .iJ;,; v^^ 
 
 rr.drn...ili.-d or ^..f.- ... m. do..<. I bey •'\' ; V -'^ " .g^j, „„d ,, sum ofbcttvoen litken 
 
 iniip 11 that It 'vonid Iw easiiv nohsiDie lo a!<. i^n «> '^" 
 
 T^^y with regard to ...^ Lice and PIXTS da;:! ''^uSieirobli^aion was con- 
 With .v,vi.rd I., the pv.toxt on the p.ut ot ' " 'j^'^.'^^ '^X^r answer is that i.. cvc.y 
 .acted ...e...ly i.. .he capacity <;1 -^^'^^'^^^^ by ^^oSuy, po^imely st.pukting 
 in wlu.h a man enteis into a sfdeini. ccniliaci, oy ■\^ "_\\l\_ , ,..i..r.cnrvr,-^ 
 
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 (Its. 
 
 .as., in wlu.h a man enters ...to a s.mMo — -^v m .^^^^^ ^^^^ ^wbalsocvcr; 
 
 ,„r ,l,e i,ay..u-nt oi a stMn u '"'>»^y " ,' .//^^ "J ,.„„,,act ^r hi. own bcndit o.- 
 It „u.ai.s IK.; Nvlu-tlu-r he has *^"t'^'*^' r".., ,;,",', ,„,. j^,, u siTnify so tar as may 
 a.lva,.,a,e solely or .. u^.n, ^^iJ^^^t^ S,ti:;m he cLracts, (tl.oug^ 
 ,ulat.> to the utatlor bctwcon ^'''"^^V *' \, ;\.,. .^I^^^ t„ others by whom he might iit- 
 it n.i.ht ,K.rhaps have so.r.e '^ ™ ^l' ,; . J^^ s^^^ the g.oun,lon whkb hcn.ay hopo 
 ter^va.•dsbc- to be ...do,mulK-d) ;^^'7,^'l,';\",,\.. ,;,,., „avo .ludg,.ie.,t in tb«ca>.caocora...g 
 for su.b l\.tn..; ...den.mty or , tot \^l^^\^^ h,„„bly submilted.o a concnrcni 
 to the stipnlatioii \n tb.- cont.att,— in tonlo.in.i) a. j 
 
 -.ri.-s of authorities \o '^'V",'"",' ;;!;*; ,w sun. awarded to the Plaintift-by the Jud-mcivt 
 h will boporce.ve.l »" '"'••^'»f^\ "'^ ^^.^ '^ H^V. .'Jrf. originally adj.ul-ed for saKage 
 
 „f the car-o by the ( ..un .,t V' 'r . ,e cUis the ^vhole ...n.n.nt, of what be is entitled 
 M,=tcad of 11.317. 0.. UiL the sun. actually -ivn. b) the -Jmt^muU.