/ V ./•' \ ' ■■^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT.3) A 5/ y. v^^ c ^' .^I^^ ^ J 7i I/., *. * I*- « - « 1.0 I.I ■SI A 125 2.2 ^ 12.0 IL25 llli 1.4 1.8 1.6 •\ _Sdeoces Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WWSTM.N.Y. I4SM (7U)«7a-4S03 ,« j \ %■ > d^ *^< ClHM/ICMH Microfiche * Series. CIHIVI/iCIViH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Inttituta for Historical Microraproductiona / Institut Canadian da microraproductions historiquaa \ atg. if. ^di dg^f ^iU.4'.L&. j.---jjjfcj.^^i^ri. y; ]^-f^ ^ m A Tachnicai and Bibliographic Notas/Notas tachniquas at bibiiographiquaa Tha Instituta has anamptad to obtain tha bast original copy availabia for filming. Faaturas of this copy which may ba bibliographicaliy uniqua. which may altar any of tha imagas in tha raproduction, or which may significantly changa tha usual mathbd of filming, ara chackad balow. L'lnstitut a microfilm* la maillaur axamplaira qa'il lui a it* possibia da sa procurar. Las details da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-Atra uniquas du point da vva bibliographiqua, qui pauvant modifiar ufia imaga raproduita. ou qui pauvant axigar una modification dans la mAthoda normala da filmiiga jrant indiquif ci-dassous. □ Colourad covars/ Couvartura da coulaur' Colourad pagas/ Pagas da coulaur □ Covars darhagad/ Couvartura andommagia D Pagas damagad/ Pagas andommagias r □ Covars rastbrad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura rastauria at/ou palliculia □ Cov< La ti Covar titia missing/ titra da couvartura manqua n Pagas rastorad and/or laminatad/ Pagas rastaurias at/ou palliculias Pagas discolourad. stainad or foxad/ Pagas dicolorias, tachatias ou piquias jIWi a Colourad mapa/ Cartas giographiquas mn coulaur □Pagas datachad/ Pagas ditachias .f*- D D Colourad ink (i.a. othar thiM'* blua or black)/ Encra da coulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira) Colourad platas and/or illustrations/ Planchas at/ou illustrations mt coulaur r~p\ Showthrough/ Tranaparanca □ Quality of print varias/ . QualitA inigala da I'imprassion Bound with othar matarial/ Rail* avac d'autras documants □ Includas supplamantary mtatarial/ Comprand du matirial suppWmantaira n n Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion along intarior margin/ La r» liura sarria paut causar da I'ombra ou da la diatoraion la long da la marga intArlaura Blank laavas addad during rastoration may appaar within -tha taxt. Whanavar possibia, thaaa hava baan omittad from filming/ II sa paut qua cartainaa pagas blanchas aJoutAaa lors d'una rastauration apparaiaaant danr la taxta. mais, lorsqua cala itait possibia. cas pagaa n'ont paa At* fiim*aa. D D Only adition availabia/ Sauia *dition dis^ponibia Pagaa wholly or partially obscurad by arrata slips, tissuas. ate. hava baan rafilmad to anaura'tha bast possibia imaga/ Las pagaa totalamant ou partiallamant obacurciaa par un fauillat d'arrata. una palura. ate. ont *t* film*as * nouvaau da fa^on * obtanir la maiHaura imaga possibia. Additional commanta:/ Commarftairaa supplimantairasr Do«k«t title psgs i* bound in m Istt psg* ki book but filmMl ■• fim psfs on flehs. 'Thif itam is fiimad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ Ca documant ast film* au taux da r*duction indiqu* ci-daaa«ua. IP X -^ 1 4 X ■ 1 IX _,^^„ a x JIGL 12X 1«X aox r y MX 32X '^^T^J- ^-r ■MP r.<3:»' ■ t ttaiis ( du odifier ' une mtiga i»> Th« copy filmed hera h^s b*«n raproduced thanks to tho ponorosity of: - Seminary of Qutbtc Library Tho imago* appaaring hara ara tha bast quality possibia cbnsidaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha filming contract spaciflcations. Original copioa In printad papar eovars ara fllmad baqinning with tha front covac and andlng on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad inipraa- sion, or tha bipk covar whan approprlata. All othar original coplas ara fllmad baginning on tha first paga with a printad or Illustratad impraa- jlon. and anding on tha laat paga with a printad ^ *or illustratad Impraaslon. Tha last racordad frama on aach microflcha shall contain tha symbol -^> (moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol V (rhaanlng "END'1. . whichavar appllas. Mapa. platas. charts, ate. may ba fllmad at diffarant raductlon ratios. Thpsa too larga to ba antlraly includad in bna axpoaura ara fllmad baginning in tha uppar laft hand cornor. laft to right and top to bottom, aa many fframoa as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illuatrata tha mathod: L'axamplaif*/Tilm« fut raproduit grlca i la gin*rositi| SAminaira da QuMtac Biblioth^ua \.—Avnig9» suivantas ont it* raproduitas a*'ac la plua %rand soln, compta tanu da la condition at da d nattat* da I'axamplaira film*, at an co^formitA avac laa conditions du contrst da filmaga. / - ■ ■ ■/■■,"■ Laa axamplairas origlnaux dont la couvartura an paplar ast imprimAa sont fllmis 9n commandant par la pramiar plat at an tarnniinant soit par la darniira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Impraaalon ou dlMustratlon. soit par la sacond plat, sblon la cas. Tous laa autraa axamplairas origlnaux aont filmAa an commah9ant par la pramlira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Impraaalon ou d'illuatratlon at an tarminant p*r la darnlAra paga qui comporta una talki / amprjMnta. / %"' ■ "/ "'". "' ' 'I Un das symbolaa auivanta apparaltra sur la darnlAra imaga d^chaqua microflcha. salpn la eaa: la symbols — »• signifia "A SUIVRE "^ la symbols V signifia "FIN". / Laa cartaa. planchaa, tablaaux. ate. pauvant Atra filmte * das taux da reduction diff«rants. Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour 4tra raproduit an un saul clich*. il ast film4 i partir da I'angla sup4rlaur gaucha. da gaucKsri droita, at da haut an bas. an pranjsnt la nombra • d'Imagas nAcassairv. Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. irrata to psiura, n A \ •% -i^ 1 ) 32X 5 6 » •^1^ 1 1 4 ■' ■...-^:- U • '. "S'T.'' ,, "I'V^" , ■■ .n' ■* ti. ' f • e / It •• T 1 ' -t y • ■ ■ v. • .-., .i>--- t ■- ■ / ' - V / '■ • i 1 1 1 . '^ ' % ^ ^ * . 1 y • ' f ■1 * • • ' »' ' . \ r • " ■ * • - ' - 7* ; • 1 iwm» wii i BHPWW! ii j i i(HP >!g fi i » f,"^"TJ»1S.,T hT* ^T^r* =^ JOHN aRAXNGEB,etaU., APPEtLAJiTS, \ «»!> GEORGE HOLMES PARKE, iffi»liH)KDENT. €J!,g^ ©^"S-H^ m^gS'@lFB^ *NMi*^*^'****"^^^^*' . The present appeal haa beeninsfitnted by the Pt^intiffx in the Coart below, from a jui^lg- ment^the Superior Court at Quebei, rendered on the 5th day of November. 1859, by which the action of the Plaintifta was diamissod on a demnrrer or difeme en droit, to the dcolaraUon. ' The case in the.Court ImjIow, was an notion of awumpsit Wonjrht to recover the sum of .X20,000, for thebftUncoaUodgod to be duo for advance* upon the huililing of ships, made by the firnvof David GnunR&r k Son of Belfast, in Ireland, to the Defon.lantin Canadm by meana of letter* of Credit upon the firm of II. k J. Johnston ft Co., Bunkers in Loodon in England, / where the Defendant's Bills of Exchange were accepted and paid, on the credit soobtainetJ, and which aJlvanoes were to bo wpaid by the proceeds of the sale of the ships of the D*fondaut, in "Belfast. The whole transaction and cause t.f action aroae, tbfrefore, in the United King- *lom, and would be oontrolkid by the laws of that country. On theSOtbof July 1868, Diivid Grainger died, at Doblin in Ireland, ami subsequently, the surviving pMtner John Orainger, and Maria Bel inOa Grainger, in her quality ofexVutrw of the last will of David Gmiilger, brought in tlie Superior Court at Q«»ebec, the joint action upon the eauseg of action above stated, which is the subject of the preawit proceedings. By their declaration it is allego.1 that the PlaintitFs reside in Ireland, that the said Maria Belinda Gininger, obtained probate of the will of I>avt«l ««wnger at Belfast^and the decla- ration proceeding upon the causes of action »»»ow> mentioned, cencludes fcra condemnation against the Defendant. ^ ' -. ■ The dofocU put in issue by the ,l/if,>w en droit, are,— that it appearing that the quality ot oxooutrix claimed by one of tlio PluintitlVt accrued to hor under the laws of a foreign country, it i* not allego.1 what U the U»w of tint c»antry, ia relation to hor righU as such executrix, nor the affect of such foreign law in vo»tinac«uuhcxeoutrix with the estate or righU of action of the testator, or what are her righU under such foreign law, or hor cnpaoity to brihg tho action whi<3h is the suhjoct of this appeal; that the Plaintiff Maria Belinda Grainger, in «noh quality could not bring the action iu question, and Umt she could not join the co-Plaintiff in bringing the same. ■ Those views were maintained hy the Court below. The Retpondent relies upoa the following propositions of law as applicable to this oa i mm '<'' " i'vy »*»i . -,:i*;-^ 'itiii & ■ 'There 18 a wide diffi9renoe1>etweenriirht8»oflnir«Hh„ ■«>„♦-.-* j .v ' , office, itself the.c«M.dou of law, and ha4 a^^ hy STi^aw %!" l"^ f^ "" ezeoator aa of an adminhtmtor and the ritlk. and dutiil ^^* 1 character of eonntiy, by positive laws wiich may «nd df SSr L diffllt !^ "" "T^^'**^' '" ~«^ i.poasiblefoHheCo«.here.-assuie:L''th'et^^^^^^^ '* '« not in feet exist, vith ,^fe.«nce to some countriesTT^ Rn«U JtV °'^V'''«!, ^""'"^ might be placed in relations similar to "tholl aSin^t^ ^S ^T ^f '^^ ^'^^ ''^ch we beyond the enqniiynecessary to this easMf*ri.r7En.Unir V ""/ "^t^oagh it is subject, it will be found that actually the L^nl!! ''^ f "^'"""^ ^ ^^^"^ *° «« the present I~U.d, -Hchrest^ini^Lreri^'^s r^°g ^^^^^^ l" QVainger, isclaimingto exercise in Canada, ri^-bt. IwT v t . *^* '>^^^^"* Maria appointment, when ty expreTel^mer^of^frllSut '""thtW'^"?'^ "''" co-extensive with thoae she could exereise there aS.i^' f .* '" ^*"*^'' ""^ ""'^ be without any capacity whatever to sueTn 0121 '''""" ''''"'' ^*"*"^ ^'^^ ^''"'«' As regards the defendant he has a manifest \atfm»t i.. %^i \' ^ . ' rights ofthePlaintiffinthisrespoct. in o^Hh^ U.^^!t -^^ '"*'"'"«^ "^'"•o «f the in order to be satisfied that he may^ot roxpo/ed^^^^^^^ "T 'T "P**" *'^^"' '»"*' right may really lie. The Statute 22 Vilch « nW TJL • ™ ^^^ '^°^ '" ^*^*'™ ^''^ the dearest poiible light. Hnacte ihat F„t- J**'" *''«^ P«"tiona of .the Respondent in County ^beseij'of t^Xe o? Jri^Tairhi:':^^ .uw of the Foreign Canada, to in such foreign country This eZ^«^t 7 ■ !" "°1° "«''*' '" ^««^" shoW,thesei,inoftheeslte an^f tJi^rSiTHlrtr'"'^ '^^'^ '' "*°*«««y ^« Country where they were acquit,^ mfd^h^ !! ^ ?' '''''"*°'" ^y *^' '»* "^ t^e HghtsoUonofL ^ta^. r,;j::^o'n';ors;ro; ■^js^^^-'^f^^ the executor, and in this case they do not. It is to be reml^J .1 ^ ^"'^ "'"* '° tion that the United Kingdom is to be tiLtod 1 IvnZ^ f"^ l" '°PP*"^ °*^*^* P"^'' places Upper Canada itsetfin that wttogorT^ * ^"*'^ *^" '*''""»*"*« l""^^^ ofJ2:K"cL:::r^t'rj:^riS^^^^^^^^^ the hypothesis of the executrix belnir n»tedZTS.T^\ «" P aintiffi., inasmuch as upon ™ngpannerandoftheZS?Iret:rLtSsnr^.^^^^^^ the pr^rtic. in Engu'nd would eqiallyprettStS^^^^^ ~""°* "^ "^^ *''"* ofth^nt;'2t!nrjfbrcJ-JSre^^^^^^^ ANDERSON 4 PARKIN. Attorney for Respondent. jt \ - ' > ' 4 ■ •-■r '' ■ , ' '' • :" * & > conferred by an Ihe oharaoter of iguUted, ia each if law, and it is tiy may be. England or of lowledge would with which we 1 «Ithoagh it is ^ on the present this Action in eiecntrix Maria Country of her Oanada are only itute she would »o nature of the I upon them and Be in whom the Respondent in of th^ Foreign ?htg in Lower" t neoegsaty to the law ot the hat law, of the action exist in t>rt of the posi- statate quoted i the dismissal imuoh as upon interest of the fences to each, action became at rinUrit est made, while the judgment ' Respoodont. • 'fr « . » ^ . . w — !'■'" , /' \ I) ^ , .)'*'