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 APPEAL SIIDE. 
 
 jtjl'a/^ifi-*<a(jt.*..^y(^ 
 
 WILLIAM VONDENVELDElsr, 
 
 flainltff in the 'CouH belMe, 
 
 Dtfendantin the ' Court' belou, 
 
 2— Tho proscription of dh- an, enlre pres.ns and of 30 yean. 
 3.-A spccal denial of all ,he alloga.ion.s of PLinti/Ts d^clamtion. 
 
 I. .s in ,h,..,e ,on.s, Wc „„ .ers /-/I X^ ^/o 7^ S"2 ^ ^ •''^■'■^•="^". "'^ "'" ''"''-STroof of it' 
 of Eu.s,acl.o Harnoi,,, ,ha. Jos'^.rtCoirZli: ^ITy t^Z ^^^'^ ""' '"«-' -^--f . t di;: 
 
 .nstrumon, .hereby Vo.;;i.r„vclde'n ,L. e ml t, h, ve aJ iS":'" .T '^^"T ."^^ ^'""''«"velden. A j, i n Z 
 Joseph lanwus, .. „o,, from its vert nature nn.l purnor? Se ^fr *'"' ^°"7"'' "'" """R-l Hghts of 
 
 fers such rights as Joseph Flarnois imv hnv,- /"t""' " "•^^•"•' o' t'onvcyonco of the land It sinmlC .„ 
 ^21 for 6 lots, or 120() acr< r^v, ,"■ i , '•"'•."■"'""' ""y ^''-'^mv whatsoever The eo w "^ ^. '" 
 
 for there was sm>ply the risk of twenty shillil,.' '"^^ """"' " ^'^^""'"•' ""^ " ''""'11 one at X, 
 
 .n^7nv;!;!:i'rt::.;^^^^ ..is ,. ,.and there never wj 
 
 minsVondenvelden could not ratify this forniereontrn..-'-'' "'"' ""'"' '"* K-spondent main 
 «ml Courval, without the i..terve„,ion of J ,s ,| Hr, „'.''; '° *'r"' <=""'^'>'-"<"l the right between T,"' 
 
 XTr^^'T'l' "'r' Von.I.'nve|den ;S a"rel n , Z 'in't'lS"""' .'" .",'" '^^ '"•■"""- - 
 «cill at nil, but only lent his name for Von.lenvel.le, 'M.i ''"■""''' '''""' '"^ '"'•' »"' "ft for him 
 
 grecment with Jos^-ph Harnois and if irnn Vl * "" '" '^""f'"li<-lorv to the htt.M- of the ,.l . 
 
 .lonwd-len never amhori^';^;J" / ^ \ -nrrtr'™":!''' '"Tf"' "" "^ i-- cl l^'l: 
 
 «.'ph Harmns so as to complete „ oontrnc wi h I e u " t1" ''''"'"' ""'' ""^"'' ""'''"-' '"" "''"• itl. Jo 
 
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 the prop..rty ,)n refer,.„ee to I)efendanfs eUn^t I^. 7 Z l^ l! '''"'T^ "'" '""•'^^-i'.V <"■ tn.dltion to Ja s 
 20th September, 1N05, sol.l and conveyed lot 7 1, '»:, ;L" ""'' '"'"■"'^" """ ^^^•<taehe Hnrnois 
 
 which wasdnly ..nregistere.l. f.tl, M„v IH' I T ^ " "^'"K* >•- to ,b, h,.irs of Saiiuiel M ,S 
 
 tor of .aid iot,-i5 yeL beti^TisZib 'h wiM ;;;e,::'ii:"'r '!"" ''"r"" 'r ""••"'- <•<"-"" p IS 
 
 «oi. Bourbo.. di, t,-ognan.conveve,|. IW v'h'.S ;..;;''', V'T^ ''"'"'" ""'""""" "''"''" ''•"- Pmn 
 Bourbon d.t Cognan. who, .Ird heeember ISr, f or i^ ,.? ' ".'""' '" 'I'"" "'"" '" "'^^ '•""-'•. to Oeor- 
 
 M..rcx.tte, who ,,i,h Ma.eh, INf,,.. f,r v„ abl A i. I t 'i' '■;::::'''■"'','''';• ' "> '"' "'" -""^ '" R'3 
 
 of .nr r"'" "■""' '"""*'••' '•>• 'n..lition,„nda "o n „o " ' • ''''' "T '" ''•■""•••• """l-Hlent 
 
 of .omcdnrty-two year, prior to. ....i.>.. of ,=;•;-—::;,;: •-;;;',,,i-;— 
 
Babmeau, and from Charles Babineau to the before mentioned Francois Bourbon (lit Cugiiun, ami Cioin 
 Frangois Bourbon dit Cognan to Edward Mnrcotte, and from the liutor to Prince. Tlio actual possys.ioii o( 
 thirty years is clearly proved, and Respondent contends that the documonlary eviiluiicc is nullirent to con- 
 nect the prasession for the purposes of prescription. At all evenis, the m:i.\im in jxiri aisu ineliiir v.it ran- 
 ditio possidentis can be invoked in favor of Prince. In the next nlucc, there is no nroof whni.'vcr tint J.i. 
 seph Harnoia was the lawful son of Eustache Harnois. Vondenvelden took cure to "prove that there was no 
 extrait baptislaire of Joseph Harnois, which alone raises the (jresumption that ho was not bjrn of parents 
 in lawful wedlock and has adduced no evidence whatever to negaiive such presumption. 
 
 The judgment of the Honorable Edward Short, rendered in the Circuit Court on 14th September, 1858, is 
 in the following terms : 
 
 "The Court having heard the parties by their respective Counsel, seen nnd examined the pleadings, evi- 
 dence and proceedings of record in this cause, and deliberated thereon, rejects the Defendant's pleas of pro- 
 scription, as unfounded, but considering that Plaintiff has failed to prove Joseph Harnois to be the son and 
 heir of the late Eustache Harnios as alleged in his declaration, and that Defendent has proved that the land 
 in question in this cause, formed no part of the estate and succession of the said late Eustache Harnois, lie 
 having alienated the same prior to his decease, doth dismiss the action of Plaintilf in this behalf, with eoila 
 distraita to Defendant's Attorneys, Messrs. Sanborn & Brooks." 
 
 Respondent is satisfied that the Court here will confirm the judgment so rendered, for the ro:l^^;)ns there- 
 in mentioned, as well as upon other grounds hereinbefore urged. 
 Dated Ist December, 1858. 
 
 SANBORN & BROOKS, 
 Attorneys for KrsponilfnI. 
 
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 10 pleadings, cvi- 
 rit's pleas or pro- 
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 led tlmt the land 
 iclie Ilnrnois, lio 
 elmlf, wilh coila 
 
 I'oa.-ions there- 
 
 : BROOKS, 
 
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