4^, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) A, ^ ..* f/u fA 1.0 I.I |io ^^ wmm ■^ 1^ 122 w ^ mm t feS 112.0 L8 1.25 III 1.4 1.6 ■< 6" ■■ ► p /a v^ 7. ^'^^.^ .^^ / Hiotographic .Sciences Cornoration 'i3 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 ^ V c\ ,v \\ A V q\ .^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol Y (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Maps, plates, charta, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Thoae too large to be entirely included in one axpoaure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Uii dea aymbolas suivants apparattra sur la darnlAre Image de cheque microfiche, aalon ie caa: la symbola -^ signifie "A SUiVRE", Ie symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, plane' sa, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAa A das taux da reduction diff Arents. Lorsque ie document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un aeul ciichA, il eat fiimA A partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bes, en prenant Ie nombre d'images nAcessaire. Les diagrammes suivanta illustrant la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 O > ft r t- H i n ^ 1 530 w O a w 2: H GS bd •-I rt cr &) c r* ftJ > 3 0- CA) W r ^ r* T3 > z a.4 <• > PI ^. ^: :;^ 'm p ^m Co;uri of Appeals. PROVINCE 0P> Lower-Canada, \ IN A CAUSE BETWEEN Peter Brehaut and William Grut Sheppard, APPELLANTS. Philip Dean and John Dean, pBgp» — HESPONDENTS. CASE OF THE APPELLANTS. I 'he Dcclaraticn in thisra.sc by PhiMp Dean and John Dean, Myling thcmlelyei h„.,ers and owners of vessels, is in general Jndehitatus ^"7f "'• /"V^'-;"^:,:;",,,^^,^^ the first for money lent andad-anced, i he second tor money laid out and expended, Uic ihua upon an account staled. To ,his Declaration the Appellants fyled a Plea of Peremptory exception and a Plea ol »on assumpsit. Ih the first thev «av that in and bx the accotmt Mated and delivered by the said Peter Brehaut and W lli'am Gn-Sp^ald .o"he .aid.Ph.l p and John Dean, upon .hich ■ e -- «; ««- -»^ foiindtd Ml errnr^ot fact and ombsons of anil nth- 'aid account, are speaally exccpiea, an^tha.'hv e roVof fct and mistake, in the hurry of Bunness and without having txammed as amounting to the sum of £"° '^^'/^f^ /.j^ J"^^^^^^^^ J mercnamiiz.s -he said and Lemes^uner Consignee _ of «*^'^,;'^,'' ' 7"~ .^^ bv error of fa.t and .hro-.^h mi.t-kc as severa sums amcuntirg to the sum ot JB350 >5 o» Y ^ .'nJ ■• 1^ j r Kr, n, ^n afore" id cTedited in the%aid account so Uclivered to the sa.d Ph.l.p Dean and John Dean. That the said Philip Dean and John Dean are in truth indebteJ tothem the said Pe-er Bre- ha^atufwlamG'tS^^^ ^''" ^"'-"* and William Giui Sheppard reseive their recouise &.. The Respondents joioed issue upon these pleas, and the cause was inscribed upon ths Roll of EnquSles. The Evidence adducMby the ^ppell»nts established as they think that there were two errors in the abovemeniioned account which they deem material. I. The first relates to the existence of the debt as due by the Appellants. «. T. R. sm The Respond, rts clearly might have recovered it from the Consignees ; they had no recouise 3! p. w. 186 again»t the Appellants. 1 h, Bills of Lading which the Appellants produce prove that the freight was to be paid by the Consignees. Quebec and were known to be always at par at Newfoundland. ^^^ I I riC m^l^mmi 14 m The frHght wis in fact tendered bf Mettri. Paint and Lemeuiirier, fihe Coniigneei) (o the Respondenti a' N'-wf»undland, bm they refuitd lo receive ii» whereupon a protest wa« duly Ho. 15 of made which is upon the files of ihii cauie. Rtcord. 9. The second relates to the persons who were entitled to recover >he freight earned by iha Three Sisters from the Consignees. AI>lioll an thippinf p. 8'J Ed 1804. S. Sir. 8'20 ». T R ««« 1. B. & P. 73 It i< in evidence that the owners of the Three Sisters were Philip Dean, John Dean and Charlrs Smith. And the Ap tellants resuectfiiHy contend that by Law dll thiownns ojght to have joined in thi* action and that the ariprllants muy avail theinselvc* of the objection uf the non^ joinder of one of them under the general i^sue. The Court below however pronounced the following Judgment s The Court m our Lord the King now here Hoth adjudge ani\ condemn the Defendants Peter fi < hjul and William G ut ^htppard to pay t« the PlaniiflF> Philip Dean and John D an, foi the cai se stated and SCI toith in tht Declaration in this caui^e tyled, ihe sum ot Twi> hundred and thi'iy two P K.nds 'ix'ecn Shil'ing') and five pence, currency, with interest thereon from the twcmjr tighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve^ until petiect payment, and costs of suit. It is from this Judgment that the present Appeal is brought. i by iha