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PROVINCE OF )
LOWER CANADA.}
In a Cause
Court of Appeals, /%
Between
TOUSSAIN T POTIIIEtt,
r Defendant and Incidental Plaintiff in the
Cuuri beloiv,')
APPELLANT,
and
FRANCOIS RKRNIER,
(Plainliff and incidental Defnidnnt in the
Court beloir,^
RESI^ONDENf.
Appellant's Cash.
JLim was an aclion of general LuU'hilatns assnnvpsit, hrouo-ht by tlie
builclings for lliu Aliiidliml.
was clone.
T!,e • ppellanl pleaded first the g-eueral Issue, and secondly an incidental
demand.
tn.liU !•.* pi«i.i;.v U,c A oKllant slates, llu.t the Rcpomlenl l.a>l
en e"o ' L!;. a r.-ittcu e,..,lvaet' JvitI, the A„pelin„K to,- the u,„h ng •
Louses on lUe lirsl of August, also then next.
■ That the A„,,e„a„t ha,, adv^nca to ^e '^J^':^:;:::^:^!:.
::;:tM ffii^e^^llJo^^ti'^-^^L^pnhesa^ AppeUa,a orth.ee
him.l.eil ,.o.ni,ls, to,- which su,o he i.rayed Jn.lsn.ent.
mits llic s^lcclal a-rceincut but avel^, \>'« '^ '';. ,' j,i^..^ i„,,i, .,iacein
ro;u;^;ih™^^.;-vS^^:?;h ^f ^a^^^^^ ^'^e,,,.^., or
the .\l.l'elhu,l to poh.l <mt t:;e Mte ol tee house, cVc.
The eat^se was fixed lb. evidence, as ,veU .m the p,i..cipal as oa the
Incedental demand.
,t appea.stt,at the baildings were cou-menced on.v h, Sep^^^^
and the Uespondent ceased to ,voA "^Z^Z^^^^^^^'''^ ''V "'"
pounds, mentioned in the Appellants 1 lea.
Tl - Court having licard tbe parties, ordered a reference to experts.
147173
Mily in llic moulh of nAcirhcr foil.ivvlii,-;', and tli'-n in an hnf.nislicd t-UAo,
1 hat to coniplote liu' lioiiwc sictoflinc^ to the trrmn of <"t{' ngrccimiil Ik*-
twci'n tlio i»ailit!s nnic'.i worU, >vliitli llii'v spccily in the rcpoit, ronuiined to
1k> pcrroniiod.
On the lf)th .Tiuniiuv 1818, 1 lie C'oin't ordrvod tho rxjiniM \o nppoar
l)Pfbie tht> Comt, on the 'J'M o( Iho sai-.ir nionlii foi* Ihc |mrj)(»-(! (^rt'xjihiir.-
inij; thoir icpoi t.
liv thoir snpplcirontavv, or r\p];«natnrv Uq)ortof llvo 23(i January, 1818,
thev' report, thai the Appellant is enlillod to no dania^t"^ lor theoniissioii<»f
the Respondent to deliver the iiousc and«ut-hou»HN, at the times s]KH.ilied
in the ajjreenient.
Thai tlie Res|)Oii!kiit liad not, fulfilled his rtirireioent in re-|)eet of the
house, and thai, (tithe Mork covenanted to !je done l»y the Hespoudenl
there rcnmiwe<l inidone, uork of the vali.e td'ten pounds tuelve shilliiius
and six pence, whieh sum lliev lake upon themselves to suy ouohl to he
deducted onl of the balance remaining- due to the Uespondent by the
AppellanL
The Court below bavins;- heard the parlies jiptMi these several reports aiwl
upon the evidence in the cause, pronoimced on the 16tb March, 1818, tlie
following- Judgment :
I^i ('our apres avoir onlendu les parties par leurs Avocats, lant snr la
demande principale tprc sur la demande iucidente : vu les rapports des
experts nonunes en cette cause dresses en execution dn Jugement inlerlo-
cntoire itecelle Cour, du trenle Seplemlne dernier, Icscpiels la (lite C'our
u par ces presenles bomologue, exannne h" procedm-e el en avoir delibere,
laisant droit sur la demande principale, condamne leditdelendeur principal
a paycM' an demandetn- jMincipal, la somuie de qualre-vingl ime livres, dix-
sept clielinset six deniers courant, pour ballancc due an dildcmandeur prin-
cipal parledit de'endeur principal pour lesouvragesdc menuiserieetde char-
]>cnle, menti'onnes en la declaralion du (lit den)an(leur ])rincipal suivant les
conventions entrc lesdilfs parties menli(mneesaudit Jugen.onl inlerlocntoire
du .'50 Septcnd)re dernier ((h'ductiou ('lant faite de lasonnne de (pialrc-vingt
douzelivresdix chelins, pave par le ditd(?ten(U'ur jMincipal an dil deniandeur
])rin( ipal, el aussi lasiunme' de dix livres, dou/,e clielinset six deniers pour les
onvrages tpii reslentu laire, ainsi (pie mcnlionnesan (lit rap[>orl d'experls,)
iivec iuU'rets stn- la dilo ^onnnede (luatre-vingt in»e livres, dix-sepl chelins et
! ix deniers depuis le 11 xMars, 1817 jour de la dcman:le en Justice,
ius(prau parlail payement et anx (lei)ens ct laisaut droit sur la demaude
iiicidente, la ('our deboule. la dite deuunuk,' incidentc avec dc'pens.
It is fiom this Judgment that the present appeal is brought.
The UcaHons of ApjK'al aie as follows i
l.-,,;si-,,v That the said Com I below, by the said linal Judgment, conlirm-
elh and lM»m(»logalelb the reports of the i'Xjn'its in the said cause fyled, and
because lUc said Court (uighl to have set aside the said Reports with costs.
Si:co\ni,v— That the said Ccmrl below, in and by the sjiid Judgment,
maintainctli the acli<m of hit\i the said Respcauleut, against the said Ap-
pellant and coudenmelh the said Api)ellanl to pay to the said R(!spondent
a large smn of nunun, >vhereas the naid Court below oiighl to have dismiss*
edthc said action with costs.
TinuDi.v— That the said Judgment of the Court l)elow purports to be
founded ujion a certain agreement, made and entered into botweeu the said
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piiiti«*o, whirli said afyreonxcn' is not inoiilI(»iiO(l ii» IIh* 'uid R«'< i»<»ii(li'iif
<lo<-larati<»n in the said cauHt' fyied, uud lialli iu» relation to lIuMloinaiid in
(he said declaration t'ontaincd.
FoLUTiH.v — That althoviglj by tlio said ajjToeniPut tho said Rospondciil
botmd himyflf to do and jn'rlonn ci'tlain woik andlalior, lor him Ihenaid
A[)|H!llant in coiisiilfrali-m whiMvot' the said A|)|)L'ihuil jironiiscd to pay nnio
him the :<ai(l Uespondenl a certain Hun of money, vhen the said work and
iahonr was bv him tlie.said llespondent d(jne and performed, and althonoh
the said Respondent hath not yet done and perturmed the said work anil
lalxMir, and the said a<»reenK'nt remains open and nidnllilled, yet the Court
below bv Iheir said .In lijment hal!i awarded unto the said Uespondcnl a
larire suiu of money for (lie said work and labor.
Fk'TIIly — That the actioj; and demand ag-ainst the said Hcspondciil
>vere j)retnafureandimfoiindefl ar.d on<»'htt(< liavelu'cndcsmissed with cost-.
Sixthly — That the said Court beloAV in and by the said Jud<rmenL
liath disMiissed Ihe Incidental demand of the said Appellant with costs, and
because the said Court below ought to lia\e maintained the Incidental de-
mand of iiim the said Appellant, and to have awarded unto him the con-
clusions by him in that l>ehalf taken.
SEVENTUtA' — Because the said Judgimiit of the Coiu'l below h repug-
iiant, incongruous and contrary to law and evidence.
giicbec, 2 let July, 1818.