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 The Petition of John Fraser, of the City and District 
 of AFontreal. Gentleman, formerly Merehant. acting 
 for himself as well as for snch of his co-heirs as 
 may be entitled to ])artici|)ate in the rest and 
 residue of the estate of the late Hugh Fraser, 
 
 HUMIiLY SIIEWKTU: 
 
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 That your Petitioner is ;in licir-iit-law ol the late Iluuh Fraser, in his liretimo 
 Merchant, Or the City ol Montreal, who died at Montreal on the loth day of May, 
 A.l). ISTd, liavinu' hy his last Will and Testament, })eariny date the 28rd day of 
 April, A.l). 1S70. heijueathed, alter a lew sperial minor leiraeies, the whole rest 
 and residue ol' his estate, estimated at ahout §500,000, 
 
 •Ki KSIAHI.ISII .\1 MONTKK.M., IN C.WAHA, .\N INSTITI'IIOX TO UK t'.M.I.EI) 
 
 '■ riiK iK\si;!< iNsim n. ri) hk comi'oski) ok a vmv.v. I'lni.ic i.iurakv, .mlskum 
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 Tlir. l-i!.\.sF.i; IX.STITI'TK CASE. 
 
 That your I'etitioner joined with his eo-hoirs, as PlaintifFs, in that certain 
 cause, \o. l')H(l, commonly known a.s the " Fraser Institute Case," I'yled in the 
 Superior C(mrt for the District of Montreal, on the isth day of June. A.D. 1870, 
 to cause said l>e(|uest to he declared illeual. null and void, as hein<i' contrary to 
 tlie laws of the l'ro\ iiice of < Jiiehec relative to property and civil riu'hts. hut more 
 ])artiiiilarly as lieinu' made in direct violation of tlic l']dict or Declaration of the 
 Kinu' of l'"raiiit«. I.ouis \V. ol' 174:!. forhidding hecjuests to non-exislinu' corpora- 
 tions, or for their foundation or I'reation. 
 
 Tliat the lIon(mral)le .lolin .1. C. Abbott, Queen's Counsel, John Cowan, 
 
 Kscjuire, Mercliant. and the Honourable F"redericl< William Torran<'e, one of the 
 
 J ndiies of the Superior Court for Lower Canada, in tiieir cajjacities of exe("utors 
 
 ami trustees to the estate of the said late Uuii'h Fra.ser, were Defendants in the 
 
 • said casi', \o. 1 ">S(1. 
 
 That the Coiu-t of Queen's Bench for Lowt'r Canada, to which this ease had 
 been carried. <leclared bv judiiinent rendered at Montreal on the 24tli day of 
 June. A.D IST;',. the said be(iursi to establish tlie said I'raser Institute, to be ille- 
 ual. null and void, as beinti' made in direct violation of the ICdict or Declaration of 
 Louis the XV., of 174:!, I)ul nn)re i)articularly 'I the 2ud Aiticle of said I'^dict, and 
 the .-.aid Court furth-r dcelaved vour Petitioner and his co-heirs to be the sole 
 owners and proprietors of all the property, real and i)ersoinil, left by the said late 
 Uiie-h Fras'r after pavment of the special lep:a<'ies named in .said will. 
 
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THK CAISK or TIIK IMJoMI l.(iAI'l't.\ Ol' Till'. I'lUCl Oi; hKi l.Ai;.\l|( iN nV 
 I'lIK KIX(i 01' I'liANCH OF 17»:i. 
 
 Tliat, in the 18th cciilury, the Icndiim' iinlioiis ol' iMiro])!' iidoptcd ii imliry 
 whit'li Iciidi'd lo I'l'strniu tlic excessive iiriuiindMliuM ol real eslate lield ill 
 iiKirtiiiaiii Mild l)y I i>r|)(Hiile IxMlies, w liellier eeilesinstirid or liiv, lis evinced ill 
 iMiylaiid ill AD. IT;)il. liy tlic passinu- ol llie Act, in the '.Mli year of tin' reieii ol 
 (leorue U. (Ciiiipler :iil), coiiiiiioiily kiiouii iis tlic .statute oi Mortniaiii, and in 
 l''niiict' hv several laws and ordiniiiiccs previous to mid suliseinieiit to this i'ldicl 
 of 174:]. ■ 
 
 Tiial Louis the XV., then KiiiLi'ol' I'Vaiice, of Xisvarre, and ol' severiil Aiiii'ri- 
 eiin colonics. iiK ludiiin' this Province olM^uehec. uieldiiii.' ai)S(dute power, legisla- 
 tive and executive, in pursuance ol said policy, proinuliiiited an l']dict or declara- 
 tion, hearinu' date at IV/.w/Y/m, thi^ I'.'ith day ol' Novcnil)er, A.J). 174:!, and duly 
 reiristered in the Superior Council, at (iin-hec, on the "ith day ol' October, A.iV 
 1744, l)y which it was, lunonu- other thinus, (h'creed and eiiaited as follows, in 
 the l'"irsi. Second and Ninth Articles of said I']dicl, mid which Articles were 
 pleaded and relied upoiihy your relilioner and his co-heirs. 
 
 .\l;Tir|,i;s |-li;sr, sKCnNI* AN'K NINTH o|' rilK KDICT o|' I7i;t. 
 
 Artirlr ]sl. — •■( oiiiroriiiahly to the Ordinances pronounced and the rules made 
 " lor the interioi of Our Kiimdoni, We ordain that there shall not he 
 ■• iiiadc, in our colonies ol' .\nierica, any rouiidalion or new estahlish- 
 '■ iiieiii ol'l louses, or Keliuious coimuuiiil ies, or of Hospitals, Asylums. 
 " C'oiiurceatioii.s, Conrraternities, Collee-es, or any other ('or|)oration 
 •'or C'ommunily. cither ecclesiastical or lay, unless under and l,y 
 '• virtiu' ol'our expve.ss permission. I'onveyed by our J.,etter.s Patent, 
 " to ))e registered in our Sni)erior Couik ils, of "the said Colonies, in 
 " the I'orm which shall he hereal'ter prescrihed." 
 
 Ai-tirh- -Intl. — '■ We I'orhid the makinir ol'any bequests, by last AVill or Testament, 
 •• lor the loundiition oi' any new establishment, such as those 
 " iiieniioned in the precediuii' Article, or lor the beiielit olany per- 
 "sons who niiiiht he entrusted wilh the rormation of any such 
 " cstahlisliiiieiit. the whole un(h'r pain ol' nullity, which shall be 
 "observed, even when the heijuesi is made upon the condilioii 
 " ((/ hi c/ifd-i;-!') orol)tainiim' our Letters Patent." 
 
 Arfirh' '.I'll.- -■• We derlare to be mill all establishments of the kind des. ribed in 
 •• the lirsi Article, which shall not have l)eeu authorized by our 
 " Letters Patent, reiiistered in our said Sui)erior Coiuicils. as also all 
 " (lis|»i>iiions and acts made in iheir favor, directly or indirectly, iiot- 
 " wiihstmidiiiii' any prescriptions oi' consents. exi>ressed or iniplied, 
 " which miuht haye been u'iveii at or to the execution of any such 
 " dispositions or ads. l)y the parties interested, their heirs or assiuns.'. 
 
 .nhc.Mi'.NT III- Till-; ( (Hi.-r op (^iri:KN'.s r.j-.NiTi i-m; i.i)\vi;i; r.\N.\ii.\. 
 
 That the Court or(^)neen's IJeiich for Lower Canada, bv its indeinent ren- 
 dered in this cause ,ii Montreal, on the J4tli day of .lime,' AD. Is7.;. di'claivd. 
 aiuoiiu' olhei' I liiiiLi's. as follows : — 
 
 ■•That w h.'U the (Icliiiitive Trealv ol Peac<' was concluded beiw i (ireat 
 
 •■ Hritain and l'"raiice on the KMl, day of l''el)ruary. A.!), 17ii-'!. under wliich Canada. 
 .' with all il.s depi'iidcncies (iiicliidine- this Province of Quebi'c). was i-eded by ihe 
 ■ ■ Crown of I'Vaiice to the C.owii of (ireat Hritain. the said Ivlict or Declaration of 
 
 • ■ I74:; was unrei):'aled. unaltered and in full loive mi<l vigour." 
 
 ■'Thai in all niatteis of controversy relative to i>roperty and civil rielits, 
 " le.sorl shall be had to the laws of Canada as the rule for 'the <'erisioii oi' the 
 
 ■ same, and all causes I hat shall be instituted in any of the (^.urls of .Fiislice. 
 " shall, with r.'spect to siidi properly or riuhls. bi' deti'rmiiied aufceably lo iIk'- 
 " laws and customs of f amida until t'hey shall bi' varied or alteivd in dii.' .■oiirse 
 •' of leil'islal ion." 
 
 -That ihe said Ldict of 174:! was and is a law of /;///y//c /»)//,■//. i,\/,t//)/ir an/i r, 
 " * . *. * * That ii is the only law ivlaliiiL' to inorlinaiiis or to tin'' 
 
 ■ ac(pti>iiioii of immoveabie properly, ihroiiuh beipiest or otherwise, by bodies 
 "corporate, without the i)eniiissioii of tli<' Crown evei- proiiuili-'aled in this 
 
 ■• coimirv. and that it (vas at llic iji, jthe inakiiii^ of the Will an.l Test,- nt 
 
 ■of the late llimli iMMscr. and at lliclinieof the decease ol ihe Te.stal .r. as it is 
 
 •' siill. unr.'p.'alcil. iiiialt. iv(| and in full forre and viu-oiir," 
 
 "'l''" '1 1»j"'l ofihes.iid intended becpiest was f(n' the eslablishmeiit ,,1;, 
 
 • Lay Corpoiaiioii, liavinu- al the tin fthe execution of his .said Will and at the 
 
 " ''"»'■ "^' I'i-^ decease, i .\isieiiee. either uiuh-r Letters Patent Irom the Crown 
 
 " or l)V viriii ■ olany Act or Charter of th.> L.'irislature ofthis Provin,-,., il„- ^ai(i 
 
 • niiciid.d b(|ii,.si was in.ide in direct violation of the .said llldict or Declaration 
 ■' of 174.-;. and ihcri'loiv was, ;,iid is. illei^'al, null and void." 
 
KALfSlFIKI) IlKcolfl) uK cOl'ltT. 
 
 Tlmt the said Di'l'tMidiints, Aiiikut, <'(i\van mikI 'roitinvt'i:, ippt'iili'd I'loni the 
 jiKliiiiiciit ol' tlic ('(HiH oT (iui'cu's Itciich lur Ldwit CiiiiikIh. Ii» Ilrr >liij('sty's 
 "I'l'ivy Cniiiiiil ill iMiiihiiid, iiiid cuUNcd to l>c juiiili'd a Kccord, .(.nlainiim' ltl7 
 jmiifs of prinlfd luiiltiT, i)urporliiiu' lolic ii Triiiis:iipl id' I lie IJccord of ("oiirl <iii 
 I'vlr ill lliis laiisi' ill tiii't'iiml (iKlun'n's ni-iifii lor I.uwit ('ainidii. 
 
 Tlial the said Ift'cord of Court was iVaiiduii'iilly tauip.'ivd wilii in jls traiis- 
 iiiissioii in a in-intcd lonii, ivoui the Court ortiuci-a's Itciitii lor Lowrr Canada to 
 ll.r MairNty's I'riv y Council, and that it contiiins nialP'r wliiili is noi and ncvfr 
 was ol rcioid in tiu' Record on lylc in tlicCoiiH ai)pcalcd IVoni. 
 
 That your rciilii.ncr conii)laiiis of that printed Itcconl of Court as lollows ; 
 
 list — Tliat all thai printed matter wliidi is contained between the pauvs 07 
 and 140. ))olh pauses inclusive, ol'that printed l{'>cord transinitt(>d to iMiuland, mis 
 siirn'/ilifiiiusi// iiisvrhd mii/er coirr thereof, and irliirh waller is not and never iras of 
 renird. ami loriiis no pari of llie liirord of L'oiirl on hile in Iliis raiise. eillier in Ike 
 ConrI of (Jnecn's Ivmii lor Ijoirer Canada or in llir Sii/irrio'- Conrl for the Dislriel of 
 Montreal. 
 
 2,1,1 _Thal the said matter eomiilaiiied ol'. iis contained in llie 44 piuies, Ite- 
 tweeii the paues HT and 140, is marl,-ed. nnnd)ered and margined, in and on the mar- 
 gins ol'lhe said 44 pau'es ol' that printed lii'cord transmitted lo iMiglaiid as :— 
 
 ■ KlX'Oh'i)" 
 
 •' IN TItK 
 
 ■• corwT •■ 
 
 111-' 
 ••(ilKKN'S" 
 • HENCII, •■ 
 
 " No. 4i;. •■ 
 
 Tlie same lieinii' I'aise and fraudulent, there heinu- no sucii matter on I'yle in 
 the K'cord of Court on I'yle in this cause in tiie Court of (Queen's liench I'or 
 Lowei Cainuhi. 
 
 .n'Df.K ii.ViXlLKY'S KK.VSoX.'*. 
 
 ;>,.,l._Thal, in addition to the alwve 44 pau'es complained of, your I'etitioner 
 also conii>lains that the matter printed ahove the name or siL-nature o[' 
 '•• W. liadiilev. .I.<i.l5," as contained in that iirinied Record transmitted to I'ji'jland, 
 lietwee'ii tliepau'es 14',' and Itl". purportinuf to l)e the rea>.ons of dissent delivered 
 1)V Mr Justice Hadi-lev in this .'ause. in o/ien Conrl. is I'alse, and are not the rea- 
 s()ns d.'livered l)v th.'"said judu^' in his dis.sent in open Court. That the said 
 Der.'iidants. the "execuiors and trustees, caused the said false and rr,.udulent 
 icaM.ns to he i)rinted (d)ove tlie name (U- sianatuiv ol tliat learned judtreforlhe 
 imn)ose of misleadini-- and deceivin-- their l-ordships of Ilcr Majesty's Privv 
 Council as to the existen.e of a Law, the Kdid of 174:'.. which was pleaded and 
 reli.'d upon hv vimr Petitio-.u-r and his co-heirs, as one of the .'Xistinii laws ol tlie 
 I'rovinco of QucIh-c, relative to property ami civil riu'hts, and on which thev 
 rest. 'd their case, and heinu- the very points on which their Lordships reversed 
 the judunient of the Court of Queen's Bench for Tiower Canada. 
 
 .Vl'l-IOAVIT (iK PF.TiritiNKi;. 
 
 4,1, xi,.,t your Petitioner jilaccd on I'yle on the ;")th day of Xovemh(>r, A.D. 
 
 IHT7 in the Superior Court, Montreal, aii allidavil. attached lo his ])etition, 
 /enable eii'ile. settinii' forth that these falsili.'d reasons of Mr. Justice liad-ley were 
 not n-ritlen. roiii/ihted or >7:,.„r / until three months after the said.juduv had ceased 
 l,> he a jiKli-e of the C..urt of (jue.'irs lieiich lor Lower Canada. 
 
 N(iri-,-The.lerk of the Court of <iu<vn"s lieiich for Lower Canada testiri(>d 
 under oatii before tlie Commissioners, Smith and Rohidoux, that the matter cimi- 
 idained of i)V vour Petitioner as .•ontained in the said 41 pa.j:es, is not and never 
 wits of record in the U'cord on fyh- in this cau.se in llu' Court of (Jueen s lieiich lor 
 Lower Canada. 
 
 That the executors and trustees are the parties at whose instance the said 
 IVaiululi'iit Rec..r.l was nrinied, and that they paid for the i)rintiim' of the .said 
 |-,'l-ilied Record out of tile funds of the estate and succe.'<sion of the late llnu-h 
 JMiser kiiowinur the same to he I'alse, and your Petitioner believes and declares 
 that tiie said e~xecutors and trustees t-aused the said falsilied reasons of Jud^-e 
 uidelcs to be i)iintcd for the i)urpo-^eof wn.nirin'4-aiid injurin- y.mr Petitioner 
 .iiid'hi-^ co-heir.s, as herein s.'t forth, bv inlluenciiiii' the Jiid^'ment of Her Majesty's 
 
Privy C'ouiKil l>y olilainiiitf I'loni ilir Miid .liiduv linduWi-y. iil'ifr In' liml ■.•mmmI (i> 
 Ih' II jiulifc, II uli'ii to siisliiiii tlii'ir iHctriisioiiN, ais if the ivnsdiis s.i mjvcii hikI 
 liriiili'd wcri' (lidiliiTaii'ly uivi'ii uiidrr th.' Niniilioii ol' iii.s oiitli mid oliici' mid li\ 
 liiiii di'livi'icd ill upiMi ("duil. iiH llic iciinoiis of his jiidnniciil w ln'ii niiiiiu' iiiidiT 
 mid invested u ilii (lie mitlldlily ul n suoril .lusliee nl the ('((lilt 111' liniil lesnrl ill 
 lilt' rrovilli e of (^lleiiee 
 
 'rilill your I'elitidli. rwill plnee liel'oiv llle HoliouniMe llle Minister oI.Im.hI j, ,. 
 
 Mil iilliiliivil ivs|.i>eiiiiy the HiUilieatioii (.niie K'e.t.nl oi' Cmiit ill tiii.s cause and 
 pi'tiyiiiu' Ilis iieiJDii then on. 
 
 •iriHiMKNT or iir.i! ma.ikstvs pimvv coincii, 
 
 Thai llieir Loidshii's oi' the .ludieiid ("oimnillee of Mer Majesty'ss Privy Conn- 
 ell. haviiie- the alun.said rrandnlenlly printed K'eeord helore thein rendered 
 .liiduineiK III this r»//.>7' on tlie -JiltlMhiy ol Noveiiil.er, A.D. lM74, reversin-"- the 
 judi-nienl oliiie roiiil oltiueeiiM lieiieli li.r Lower C'ana.hi. on the a-round (luit : 
 
 •• Their Luidshipseannot hut think that the 2\u\ Artieleoi the luli,( (,,)' iTi-n 
 •' is ahrouated i)y I lie (.'(xh'." ' 
 
 And atiaiii ihev say ; 
 
 "Their LordNhijt.s, iheri'loie, ihinU tliey eaniiot treat the •2\ul Article of the 
 " Edict UN a part of the exist ilia' law ol ihe'l'roviin c relating To wills and ■ i| 
 •' this he so," i,rir/,flirsr intnls „f ,h„hl, "and if 1 1 is he so. iImmv is noiiiiiw in 
 " that law. toatle.t the vali.lily ollhe heqtiesi olthe inoveahle jiropertv." ~ 
 
 And liirlher on their l.ordshijjs sav : — 
 
 "Apart. Ihereioi-e." mark these words -" Apart. theivl(.iv. Ironi the •>iid 
 
 " Article ollhe Kdiet, llleiv Would seem to he llothilm- ill l)rillcipl • in |)osit"ive 
 
 " Law to render such a uiii as the present illen-id ;is a aili in Morlinain." 
 
 NoTi;.— (The.se ahove expiv.s.sed douhls of their Lordships elearlv show that 
 the wll()le case rested oil the existence or lion-existeiice of this u'lld Article of tl'ie 
 Edict of 174-"., as pleaded hy \our I'elitioiier and his co-heirs). 
 
 Hut their I.,ordships also say in their judirmenl. as lollows; 
 
 " It is true that the First and Second Arlides of the Kdi,t a-c not in lil-,> 
 " manner reproduced in the Code." ^ 
 
 Their Lonlships theivhy admitting hv this last ahove extract from their 
 judain.'iil III this .au.se thai these two Arti.l.'s. First and Second of tin' Fdi I 
 (under the Arti.le 2.;i:! of the Cod.. heivinalt..r aiv..n) ,nrv „ot nml an- „„t m„'v/W 
 ();• ii/iroi:-!!/!'// hi/ Ihf ( 'ikIi: ' 
 
 TIIK ilF.il;.-; iil'TIIF. I..\TK IIICJI l-K'A.sKi; Wj;. i.\( n;!,. 
 
 That your r..titioii..r and his .■.,.li..irs ha^e I n unjusllv and wron..f„i|v 
 
 (h'all with, ill haviii- matt.'r n.,t of i...'..r,l ins..rl.-.l in tli.. i.rint..<l R,.,.,ml of 
 C.,url. which was tran>,nilt..d t.. an.l fyl..d hy tl... sai.l ..x,.,.Mtors and trustees in 
 II. .r Ma.i.^stvs I rivy ( oim.il in Lii--land. and hv .ausiiio- ih,- s-.mw t,, h.. „uirh;l 
 iniinhni'il xumX iniiru'iiiii/ in and on the maririii.s of the said i)riiif..d jfe.onl ' ■ 
 h..iviiiahove noted, niakin- it fraudulently to apj.ear as if the inatt.T .•ontaiiied in 
 th.> said 44 i-aaes was part ol the Ke.ord of Court on IVIe in this cause in the 
 ( .)urt .)! (^iie.'ii s l5-ii.li lor Low. M- Canada. 
 
 fllK L.WVS (IF Tijf: I'KiiVINcK of (,if i;i;kc. 
 
 Thai hy Ih.. laws of Ih.. I'rovin... of (^u,.!,..,- exislin- ..ii lli.. Statut.. Hook of 
 the .said I'rovin.-.. at tli.. dal.. ofth.. death of tli.- lat. llu-h P'ra^.r as ,l...r'r,.. 1 
 th.-Courl ..f (iu...'iis l!,.n.li jhr Low..r Caiia.la. v.air r..|iti(,n..r aii.l his ('.o-h.-irs 
 ar.. the sol.. own..rs mid pr.,pri..t,.rs ..fall th.. prop..rtv. ival and p..rsonal l..ft hv 
 t^l...^sal.l lat,. Iiuuh Fras..,-. ait..r payM,..|it ..fll,.. sp....,al l..ua,i..s mention..! ui his 
 
 Th.it y..ur I'.^iti,mer inaintains that tl... alhn.sai.l K.li.t ,.f ,|,„ Kin,-.,f 
 l-raii...'. L..ms th.. \\., oi h4:i. ivlatiii- t.. prop,.|iv and .ivil ri-hl- u is niH f 
 the..xisliiiu l,i\v ol the land wh..ii th.. Tivat v of l',.a.v was con.lud...! h .|u ', 
 Gr.-at iiritaiii an.l l-ran,.., on th.. |(iih .lav ol F..hriiarv. A ]). Kti;! .,iid th-, tl. ' 
 First. S....,i,.l a.Hl .Ninth .Arti.l..s .,f sai.l K.l„ t, ..n whi.li v.nir IMit'iom.r aii.l lis 
 .•o-h.'ir.s ivly. hav.. ii..v..r h....ii ivp..al.<l. ahn.nal, .1, pr„vid...l f..r. or r..|,r.„lu.v.i in 
 any suhs,.,ju,.nt law ii..w in I. a,-... ii.,r in aiiv ..I th.. .\rii.|..s „f th.. ('nil ('.,.1 . r ,' 
 I.K5Wi.r Canada. "" 
 
 fill: fivii. (DDi-: (ij- i,ii\vi:i; (■.\.\.\ii.\. 
 
 That th.. Civil Co.l.. oi L.,w..r Cana.l.a was pr,,miil- ,i..d „,, th,. hist d-,v ,.r 
 Auaust. All isra;. That tl... Arii.|..s .,f tl... c.^le an- „..s,„v.. ..,,!,.,,,;,,,' .s'-.n 
 
 ar.. m.t pmmukrated as n..w law. hut a,v n.,.r,.|y d..,|ar ,, „r ,1,,. ,„•,., ,:,;;^,„' 
 
 ()/(■//(;//• ol tl... rroviiii-... / '"., 
 
lik. 
 
 AIMK I.I'. :.Mir.t tiK niK CIVIL (.'(iliK. 
 
 Tliiit till' .Vrtidc 'J,*!!:'! <irilic Cuili-, limilM tin' r.'p'ul nl' llif Iiiw.s in torrent 
 th • tiiiii' of till- prniiiuliratioii uT lln- Codi' to tin- loUow iiijx ciisi'n, vi/. : 
 
 " III wliirli tluTc is II provision luii'in liuviiiu; t'Xpri's.Hiy or iiiiplicilly llml 
 
 • ..ji;-.!," 
 
 ■ III wliicli sill li Iiiw.s iiri- (oiilniry or iiirniisislciit witli miy provision Iicn-iii 
 " ( oiitiiiiii'd." 
 
 " III wliifh ('X|»ri'i»s proviNioii is in'it'in nmdn upon ilif purliiiilar inallrr to 
 
 • wliicli NUili laws rcliitf." 
 
 'riiiil vour I't'lilioiicr wiiys ; — 'riiiit no i)rovision lias hci'ii iniuli' in tiif I'odo 
 lor 111!' l''irsl, Si-roiid and Ninlli .Vrli.ii's ol' thf KditI of I74:!, on whirh your 
 i'l'litioiH'r and his lo-licirs ri'ly and iiavi^ plcadi'd. and, tlH'rclori', tlicy arc not 
 repealed by tin- Code. 
 
 Tlial tlieir I.ordNliips ol' I lev Majesty's i'rivy ('onmil s;iy in their jiid'^nii-nl 
 in lliis cimse ; — 
 
 " ll is true thai Artieles I'irst and Seeoiid ol the I'^diet (ol' \1 \-U are not in 
 " like iiiiiniier ••eprodu I'd ill tin' Codo." 
 
 That the said Ivli "t ol \H-\. is I'lvcpienilv r.'l'erreil to in the jnrispriidenct' of 
 tliis rrovime, pn-vioiis to the Civil Code (iiotahly. in the eases ol' thu M(«ill 
 Col le^"!', see Smart's IJeports. l>ae'eLMH; l''re[itfh ( i railUliar Seiio(d, see .'), li. C. 
 h'ejxirls, piiiivs r.'L' and .VCl, and Kicrskowski and (Iraiid Trunk Kailway, sei- 
 \..C .Inrist. vol. I. paue sd) and. lonr yenrs after ihc proiniileation ol' the Civil 
 
 Code, to wit, oil llie lOlh day ol' lleeeinlter. A.I). ISTII, ill the " ChalldielV (JoJd 
 
 Milling Company iiiid I) 'shaials," {Scr L. C. .Iiirisi, i'dI, \:>, /iiii^r .') I). 
 
 Mr. .Instill' I'.MiJtiley siiid ; 
 
 " AVhatever donhls niiirlit have existed lieretol'ore * * # * * thoy 
 '• have disajiiieared sime the proiniiliratioii ol'thi' Code, wiiieh has deelarcd thost? 
 •' old lau proliihii ions to lie Mild to have lieen our rroviiirial law * # * * # 
 " This nemral law ol' the <oniilry * * * * * respertinu' liotli Mortinainors 
 " and liodies rorporate is to he I'onnd orininally in the ordinanee of Louis the XV., 
 " of ITt'i, whiih was duly reiiislered as niiiniiipal law in Canada at lln- tinii', 
 " and has never heeii iihroualed or repealed. " 
 
 Tliat, I'lirtlier. the late .Indue lieandrv. one ol the coililiers, I'oiir years al'ter 
 
 the proinulliation ol' the Code, makes spi'ci.il releremi' to tile cxistellei' of this 
 
 Kdiet, at pa'^e Tiolhis piiMished work.— "('»/(' '/(.'i c/irvs I't Mariiiiillivni, 1870." 
 
 •nir.i;K wi'.iM'. TW'ii i;i:ciii;i'.~; I'IMN'tkh ix 'riii.'^ ('.M'sk. 
 
 That there were two Ifecords printed at I he insiame of said exeiutors and 
 trustees ill this 1 aiise — the one lalsiiied, the otiier a true traiisriipt ol' tiie h'erord 
 on I'vle in the Superior Court and in the Court ol' (jiieen's Heiirli lor Lower 
 Canada. Tiie lalsiiied Ueeord was iyled l»y tiie said I'xerutors and trU'<tees in 
 Her Majesty's I'rivv Coumil in Eiuiland, as the Record of Court in this eause 
 from Caiiaiia ; the dlher. the true Record, was furnisiied to your Petitioner's 
 Solicitors ill ICiiulaiid. and hy them transmitted to your Petitioner, tiierehy dis- 
 arm inu' Villi r Pel II inner of any sus|iicioii of the exist iuu' fraud. 
 
 That the primed lie.onl received hy your Petitioner from his Solieilors in 
 iMiiiland, and now in his pnssession, does not contain the 44 paii'es ol iirinted 
 mailer as herein, iliov' complained of as coiilaiiied li 'tween the piu'es H" and 14U 
 in the lalsiiied printed R 'cord which was Iyled. as ah.ive slated, hy the said 
 executors ami trustees in 1 ler Majesi y 's Privy Council in lliiulaud. 
 
 That voiir Pelilioiier f'eis and ii 'lieves. thai it will hardly he credited. I hat so 
 davine' a wroiiLr and oulrau'e could h ■ perp ■Irited in a.iy piri of th' liriiish 
 I'lmiiire in this I'.Hh ceiilury ol Christian civili/.atioii. as to have two li'rordsj.)!' 
 Coilit i)riiited ill one cause as has heen doii" in lliis ca^e, and for the evil inteiil 
 of wroiiu'inii' and iiijiiiiii'.:' a poor laiiiily- -the liroihers and >isiers of the testator 
 a.v herein set forth. Vour Pelitioiier has copies ol hoili P 'cords and will produce 
 t hem \\ hell callci'i lor. 
 
 Tin; i;ii;nT m' .M'I'k.m. 'fn iiKit .m.\.ii'..-^tv iiiK (.ht.kn. 
 
 The luiml)le-l Mihj 'ci of (Ir.'al Ihilaiii i>rid 's him-elf on his riu'lit of ai)p'al 
 
 to II. 'r Maje.^Iy the l^ii 'cii. Imi if ill ly channel throuuh which he has to s'ek 
 
 redress or to iiiake his approach lo the throne is corrupt, or can he corrup ed. hy 
 haviiie' the w rilli'ii and recorded fails of his case tampered with, as in this cause, 
 far lieticr, in such a case, if there existed no rie'hi of appeal at all ! Time was, 
 ill Canada, when I he sliuLlot at tempi lo tamper with .1 ust ice or with the R, 'cords 
 of our Law Courts, woulii have consiLined llu' intrimier> lo u rc'^liie^ piaci' for 
 life! Shall ii he >aid of this, our youiiu' Hominion. that hoiioiir.ilileindiies and 
 
Iriiiiicd . (iMiiNi'lloiN w hell llicy aiv p:irli.'». us in ihin .hum., in nil ii<'tii>ii ni hiw. 
 
 nIiiiII llllM' Ili'iMliTcs^ (im|i( lit. lIli'V pli'll!*!' W illl Ilit' Ui'iMlil-, nl' iMir I.IIU Cntlllo III 
 
 I'Xiliuli' cvi'i'vlliiiiu' llitil iw filiiiiixiiMiM iDtlii'ir prt'ti'iisjoiiN. or in si|r, i hikI mlil 
 llii'i'i'io iiiiilii'i' w Imli lii'Mrx I'lnnuniltly nii ilnir m-i' ' 
 
 Till' UmIIIIIII 1 lli>;.'ll 111 i>li| ImiiI Iiiihv |iI'<i|i'i I um iilltl \\M«i I'll f, XII I'.T. I\MI ihiHlNllllll 
 
 y.'iir-i imn, in liiHn|i|tMi i,iiiii liM|H>i'ial Cii'Nir tlniiiu ('iiiiiiilinii miiI.j.tI .il'ih,' iJiutii 
 III' I'limliiiid is iiiiw ' 
 
 'riiiifyiiiir r.'iiiioii.T li'rl.s I11111S..U iiuuri.'vcil.iliai ImmumI Iii> . i.-iifiis Iiiiv.'lh>i.|i 
 unjustly (li'iill Willi, tliiil lli.' juiiuiin'iil dI Hit .MiiJi'kIv's I'riw ('iimml in tliiis 
 riiiisi- i.s r\,ii ST iinil ill i;i!itn!i, lifiini- in .liiv.t \ inlii'ii..n' ul' mi rxisiiin. Jhw dI'iIio 
 I'niviiiri' (.r (iui'lH'i'. lliiil \,»nv riliiiuinr ami his (u-li.'ir.s Imvi', hiiliriii), Ixu'ii 
 
 lli'llinl III, •ulilllinli ll'jllls i.j' |;iil|>|i hlll.icM Is In ilMUmv i llln 1 1|,. , misi's W lli.ll 
 Inl In llli' lV\iTs;il nj' I lir j Iu|m||„,|,| ,,| llir Cnllll i.j (^UimMi's |l,'|h'll 111 I llis illUnt'. 
 
 Thai ih,. .Iu,|i. hil ('niiiiiiiii f ||,.r Milj..^lv's I'livv Cniiiicil is a • .Iwlivinl 
 
 hillli>lllll. ' ha\inn|,n|ruls|;i||v,.|.n\\,.|s whali'Vi.r, In ilrriiilval.rnMii|,.,|nrn'|tiM|.'ll 
 
 any law i.l'lh.. I'rnMii. •■ nf t^MirlMv >n Inn-- a,s ihal law >l;ui«l> uiiiv|.ciiliil nnih,. 
 Srvriii; IIih.k nJMiiil l'in\ in..', ami, liki' any nilii'r Cninl nj .luslir,.. ii j., I.nuni! 
 to atliiiiiiisii'i' llii' law s ni this I'lnv imi'iis llua I'xisi. 
 
 st.vti:mi;m' hk I'Iiitiuns anh ai'I'Ih atiuns m.\i.i; \\\ Mu 1; i'i;TiTiu.\i:it 
 
 I'n nUT.MN |;l.ii|;l.>s IN T|||,s \\\>\\ .Mill; nij; |.|;|v\ (i.lNcij. 
 
 .iria;.\ii:.\T 
 
 1st.— That ynlir I'l'tilinlliT |>lV,s,.ii|,.(l a im'lllnlia! In llin \t||cl),.r |,c-;is|alll|V 
 
 in .laiiiiary, ls7,'i, in wit; 
 
 ■ M.^mnrial ul 1 h.- heirs nl' tlif lati' iliiuh l"r,isfr. ivsj. ■. linu' a ilicisinii ivmlcr, ,1 
 ••in Hit Majrsiy'. I'livy Cnuiii il nil ilir I'Ciiii \nv., I>7l." 
 
 Scliiii'^' Inrih ilh' nijiisiirc nl' .sjiil juil-hi. Ill as l.ciini' iniilrary in ih.. j.iw ni 
 
 till' laml. NnlhlllU ITsIiIIimI Innil I his luclllni iij ; ynlir r,|i||nii,.|' \\,|. not IJirll 
 
 aw ail' that tin' K'., i.rd nrCniiil had Imth I a in | mi, d \\ ilh. 
 
 i!i:\>ii:ri: I'liii.i: .\tt\( k hn tiii: n;i\ v ( ihm ii. .m im;.\ii;.\t. 
 
 •_'ml.--'i'hal \..iir I'.'liiiniiiT invs.iiii'd a 1','liiinii Hi ,/„, /r ( iri/r. wuh allidavil 
 alta-ji,.,!. In til,. Su| iinr Cniiri. .Mniiir,al, mi tii,' .'.I h .\n\,'iiili,.r. ,\.l» |s77..si.|lin"- 
 
 Inllll I hi' wllnh' 111' Is 1(1' I h.' tailllii'lilli:' W ilh iIim K'rrnid nrCnlirl. as hi'lvill .s|ii||.(r 
 
 ami piayiiiii' ihai Wilis iU) issui' lu raiisi' ih,' said I'Xi'riilnis and TnistiM>> inaiiji, ar 
 Ix'lniv ih,. s;iiiU',,u I Inallswi'T lln' riiaru'.'s Iliad, ' in .smd lin/io/r Ciri/r. 
 
 Th,' saiil Cnllll .llsiiiiss,.,! siiid i'l'lillnll ,111 S||, \,,v,.iiil)rr, |s77, ,|,.,i:i li ||o- in 
 
 i'li;',l, ihiil ihi' sai.U'niiil ha, I ma juiiMJi, ii,,ii m ih.' mall, 1, had imi |„,\\,Tin 
 iiraiil llu,' pi'asi'f nl said I'l'tiiinii. 
 
 • •(ifiM i\\- i;i:\ ii:w 
 
 •'!r,l.-Tliai \,,iir i'.'iiiinii.T ,arri,'i| ijiis jii,lniii,.ni in iijijhMJ n, iji,. i,',.vi,.\v 
 Cmrl. and imi'jiii.'iil was ivmji'ird m i;^'\ i.'w ,,11 .llsi. .Innuai}. |s7s, ,■,,lllil■nlin..• 
 lll,• said juduiiii'iil, 
 
 Mr. .lusij.-,. Mii.kiiy. addn'ssinu' hinisi'ir I,, yniii- l',t 11 i,,n,.i- \\ ii,.n ivmliTin"- 
 judiiini'iii ill l,','\ ir\\ , siiid ; 
 
 '• \V.' ilav.' lln |ll|-i>,|irli,,i| ill ihis liiiiltrr-- m', , |n l],,, I'fiv v Cllllliil wh,T,' 
 
 " till' Judiiim'iii , niiiplain,',! nf \\ ;is ri'inii'iv,!." 
 
 'i'his lulimj- nl \\\i' lic\ i,'w < 'niiii was in vrn r. Immjuis,' ih,. .\iii, j,, "id.'). (' ('. 1' 
 lir,,\ id.> |,,i- ;in alia k nil the iminiiii'iil ora I'niiii nl /(/.7 i-rs:,ii nil a riiiniilaint 
 sliailai- In 1 hi> ,' ilisr. 
 
 I'l'.iiTiii.N T(i Tiir: srpi;i:Mi-: ninrr of r.\\.\ii.\. 
 
 Ilh.— Thai ynlir I '■•1 ii mmr pr.'s.'iii,.,! 11 r,iiiinii in his l,nr,ls}iip. Sir \V. 11 
 1 1 ii' liar, Is. Cliicr.liisli,,' ,irili,' Siipr.iii,' (",,iirl ,i|' Cuiiaila. in ('ha ml crs, a I ( It law a, 
 "U Ih,' l.'illi day nl Maivh. All |s7s. pr.iyinL:' I'lr 1,'av,' In pnir,.,.,! in lunnii 
 /Ki/i/in-is, wiilmiii ih,' d,'pn-ii nl' ih,' iiMial s.MaiiM .s,.,nrilv lu'lnr,- |1|.. Siijiivm,' 
 C'lirl nl' < ':iiKi,hi, In has,' ih,' arnrcsai,| jmliiim'nis nl' th,' li,'\ii'\\ ;ind Siip,'ri,ir 
 Ciiirls r,'v,>r>.>d. 1 1 is LnriUhip did imi u miii I he app'all aiise (His Lnr,Mii|, 
 
 saidi ihl' slallll,' I'tvulill"- ihr Suprrlll,' < 'nlirl allnW .•,! ,11' lln iipp,-d Ml .'lin i;|v,. 
 
 until s,Muriiy in th,' cxlcnl of nOiuhhi i> o|v,.n !,, ili.' sal isla. ii,,ii ..j' ih,' ( ■,iiiii 
 
 apprali',1 IVnlil, 
 
 lii;.\l-T (IF .\ I'll IThiX Til Till-. I'l;l\ ^ ( n\ \t\\. 
 
 .Mil.- Thai in May. .\,|i. |s7>'. yniir r,lii inii.'r Inrwanhil a IN'liiimi In ih,. 
 I'ri\y (.'niimil in I'^n'jlaml. This I'i'lilinii was ma pr,'s,'ni,',l, Im'iiuis,' ihc 
 Ifi'ii-isirar w rni,' : 
 
 It Wnul'l ri'ijuirr \nUf I'lT il inlli'r In jirr.srni ill,' .sai(i I'.'lilinli in pi-rsnn nr 
 ■ hv I'liUll.st'l." 
 
Till' Ui'ufiHlriir t»r III.' IVivv <'imiii'il. •)>■ onl'T of lli" l/tnl PrcHidi'iit ol' tln' 
 (' .lunil, wi'oii' ti> yiHir I'l'tilioiiT iiiuIit ilut" ol' il^lnl M;iy, Is7k, iii>.iiuriiim' ymr 
 I'l'iiiJHiii'r Imw III pro I'l'il in iIiIn imilti'i'. iiihI i'iii'lli"r kuhI : 
 
 •' I mil liiitlii'i- I" iili-'ivi' ill it til" iliiirifi'i liniiiixlit Ity ymi aifaiiitl |>'il»lii' 
 
 " oili.i'l'". ill ('llllilil.l rilllli..! If i'llli'll.iill''<l lUlli'Ns llipy ;in. >,ll|)|)iirti'il li\ tin- 
 
 >in;iiN<u;sT i.kum, kvidivci; " 
 
 i'l.riii'iN Til iiii.< (HiiTiii' (,iri:i;N's iir.N< ii in skaih ii nr rin; sjuonukst 
 1 1,1. A 1 ' .'ii>i;n" K. 
 
 tllli. Tliiit. ill orili'r III nhtiiiii till' slroiiij-.'xi l,",ril i'\ iiji'in'i' in Niiii|)urt of his 
 I'flilidii In till' I'rivy ('iMiiiiii, ymir i'dilinin'i' |ii'>"«i'iili'il n i'l'lilimi mi lln'lllli 
 (iiiv ot Si'pli'inlii'r, A.l». \s'!h. lu'lli.. jud-jii's nj' llir CimivI nt liui'i'ii's it.'inli, Appt'iil 
 Siili', lor l-'UViT Ciiniiilii. Mclliip/ liirth all llii' linH iii li^'fiii s •! liirlli, pniyiiii,'' 
 lliiit Ijiiiiuiiiiilili' {'mill III iirili'i' ill) vii'iin'r 111' iiniiiii-i/ inlu llii-' iiiiilliT, inn! In 
 liiaiil \mir I'l'liiimiiT II ci'ilili.ali' as In wlii'tiii' tin- iiiiilli'i' ••mnplniiii'd nl', an 
 rnnl!iiii>'il ill till' M piiu'i's li 'ri'iiiiilinvii I'i'Ii-iti'iI in. /s (" I'i'rr n'm nl iimrif in Hiin 
 riiinf in III! Cdini nl fjunii'i ilnirli liir Lmi'ii- Ctiiiinli. Tin' saiil ('mill I'l'j.'ili'd llu' 
 Miiil I'l'lilimi mi lii" |xili iliy nl' S'pli'iuln'f, AH. IHT-^, ri'liisiii'^' in uiiiiil ymir 
 I'l'liiiniirr's piiiyiT 
 
 i'i.nTin\s 1(1 Tiir, i,iri;i',i:c i r,i;is!,\Tn;r. 
 
 TIimI vmir I'l'iili r ii;ii pivM'iili'il lliii'i' I'l'liiimis In ihi' (iiii'lu'r I.i'n'islaliin' 
 
 ill raiiuiiii.'iil ii>->.'inliliM| till' liiNi ill . I mil'. Ah. |S7;( ; iji,. .mmdikI iii.Iiiiit', Issi) ; 
 Hill! till' llui'il nil ill'' llli ila\ III' May, All, l»sl. 
 
 j'KriilnN AMI ,\MII>A\ir in 1111; i.MI'.lll'.c l.l'.i ilSLATl"!;!".. 
 
 Thai till'.'* ill laNl I'l'lilimi, pn'si'iil'i'il tlii May. l'S,s|, wiili alliduvit altaclii'd, 
 .sciliii'^' I'mlli till' w rmm-dmiiiis ul' ili.' cxiMiiims und lni>li'i's nl' llii'j'li l''iasi'r',s 
 ,.>iat.', and I'Xpn.siiiu' ilii' I'nlsily nl' ijn-ir m rniiiil>. and in wliidi ynnr I'l'lilimi'T 
 piaM'd Inr a Unyal ('niiiniis>inii In In' appniiili'd In I'xaiiiiiii' iiiln ill!' iill'air.s iti 
 >aid I'sliili', and jiiayi'd al,Mi I'm- llii' pa>^in^• nl' a lli:('i,\U VI l)l!^ Ai 1' In I'l'innvi' 
 ijmiliis ri'spi'iliini' lii<' I'si-ti'inc nl' lin' I'Miil nl' 174:!, .is In'iny pari nl'llii' laws nl' 
 
 till' i'ln\ illii' nl (jllilicr, 
 
 Yniir I'l'liliniiiT lia> jiail im r.vsponsc i.i th,. >aid ri'lilimi, 
 
 Tlial vmif I'i'liliniiiT has iiM'd i'Mtv ini'ans in his unwn-, as hiTi'lnalinvt' 
 
 shnwn. In nlilain li'illrss I'm' I hi' V\ lnllU'-ilnin'J> I nnili'rli'd willl ihr I'slali'. hi'lnlV 
 
 this api'i'iiarli In yniir llniimiralili- llniisi', 
 
 AivtilM,'^ til' Till: K\l'.' I I'ohv-^. n.'IsTI'.l'.s .\Mi TllK (;(ivr.i;Nul;,s OF 
 Till'. i'i;.\,><i;i; iN.srnrri:. 
 
 1st. — Thai liiild-'ll and l';\ans, rnlilic A''rmiiilanl>^. pri'piuvd slali'iin'iits ('1' 
 till' iiiTniinis nl' Ihi' said i'>ialr Irmii lln' |,')lli May, HT". Iniiii' Isi III .Inly, 1>'7I. 
 Thi'si' aiTiii Ills nl' ihc I'sialf havf In-i'ii t'nlii'i'l\ siippri'>s'd I'mni lln' pnlilir liy 
 till' I'Xriiilnfs and I I'li^lfcs ul' I In' I'stuti' and I hi' ( li)\rriinr> ul' lln' l''i-a>i'r Institnli'. 
 
 ■Jiid - -Tlnit till' I'Xi'rntnrs and trnsli'cs nf till' I'slati', al'li'r llioy had nhtaiiii'd 
 
 till' I'nvy t'niiii' il Jnd'jnii'iil in their ravmir. rans 'd ntln'ra mils tu In' niadi' 
 
 np riniii till' l.'iih day nf May, .\.l). Is7(i, lu 1 1^' I ll li ll.'.i'iiihi'r, H74. tn whi.li, Inr 
 I hi' innsidi'raliuii paid In him ul' s,"ino no, ih 'v uUiain.'d I Ih' I'l'i'lilira'i' ul' l']d\vard 
 Hvans, rcrlirviii'.:. in lii.' iianii' nl' h'idih'll and I'ivans lu ih • rni'r.'rt m'ss of thi'sc 
 riaiidnlriil ai rnnnl^. w liii h ac-'niinls lir had imi niadf up imr rx iniiiit'd. 
 
 :!rd.— That .Inhn ll'iiry M.'ir/ii's, tin' \'i''iii ul'th'siid cstiti' and lli> 
 S.'i'Vi'larx -Ti'.'asu:' 'I' nf i li ■ |'i-,i> ■!■ I ii^liuil •. r'l'a^'. I to r.'nily to nr siy'ii th.-s,' 
 a runnl>, Ivnnwiii'j ihi'iii in li.' I'alsi' 
 
 4lli, -Thai .Inhn 1 hnrv Mi'iixii's. I In' Si', rriary and Tri'asnn'r nf llu' I''rasi'r 
 Insiiinii'. niidi' mil s 'p.naii- ai'iniinis and si'i'iii'd ihi'in as " Sl•',('^■.-Tl:K \s.' Thi'si' 
 ■[■■.■uHni> dill'i' in aliiui s.'ii.iinn. rruiu ihf a'-i'unnis uf tin' I'Xi'.'Ulurs and irn^li'rs 
 as ii'il ilii'd In a.■^ I uriiTi liv liiihlrll and I'lvali-^. 
 
 •nil. That, Mil'^i'i|iii'nilv. ih.' (!n\ criiurs uf ihc l-'raser Instiliiti' inadi' up 
 arrunnis In ihr :;nili .lull,., I.s71'. iniidi'inniiiL: and I'uiiiradiriing tin- arrmuiis ul' 
 llii'ir Si'iii'lai) -Tira.-ni'rr, 
 
 dill. 'I'iial lidw.iid I'lv alls has mail' .1 ih'pusiiiun ti'sliryinii' that fully our- 
 lli/i'i/ 111' til ' prrli'ndi'd rash I '11 1 ins and ra>li Iransarl inns niieri'd and rharn'cd in 
 llir said aiTiiiinis uf I ill' I'Xi'riiims and lrii^li'''>, \\ lii'h h.' I'crtilii'd Inns cnrn'rl. 
 aiT mil ruiilaitii'd in and r;tiiin'l In- I'uund in ili.' Cash I'.uivk nl' liuu'li l-'ra-iT's 
 ('Stale, 
 
I 
 
 Till. — 'riiiil your I'l'lilioiirr hiis copic's ol' all ol' the iih )\ !■ (iccoiiiits, cxcc])! tin' 
 tirst oiu', iiiiuli' up to I lie Ist oiMuly, 1S74, and all of w liith arconnts, cxit^pt thi! 
 lir.st one vvhit'h In- lias not seen, lic ilci'lan's to lie liilsc and iiiuiduli'nl. and niailc 
 up for till' purpose of ddVaudina tin- said estate, and hi' refers to his allidavil, 
 atta( hed to his I'elilidn, j)resenled to the ■^ueli'-e Li'yislalure <iu the 4lh Ma\ . ISSI 
 
 NoTi;. — Here follow a few special euaru'es of wronu-doinii's ol the executors 
 and trustees in iheiv liandlinu- of the estate. 
 
 lildil Fl;.\sl.;i;'.s l.Ml'OkTKD .VYIi.sllIRE (ATTLK 
 That the lale iluuh Fraser died on the Mth day of May, A.])., 1870. 
 That at the linie of his death he was iiiter.'sied in an iin])oi'tation of Ayrshim 
 cattle. I^eiii'sti'r sheep and lierkshire i)ii;'s. which callle arrived in the port of 
 .Montreal ex the '' -Aheona." from (ilasuow, durinii the lirst week ol'.Iiilv. If^7(». 
 
 That on the .Hh of July. 1S7(). the Hon. .lohn J. C. Ahholt, the trustee oj' 
 Huirh hrasers estate, caused an entry, to wit. entry ND. 2SS. to he passed and 
 sworn to hefore ihi' Collecto'.- of Her Majesty's Customs lor thi' port of ?dontreal, 
 havinn' a (■("•lilicate theri'to allai'hed siiined ".I. .!.('. .Ahhotl."' ln'ariiiL;' dale the 
 -iOth June. 1S7((. d'llarinir the said cattle to he his, the said Hon. John J. C. 
 Abbott's proi)erly. 
 
 That on the o'h day of July. IS"!), the said Hon. John J C. Abbott caused 
 an editorial to h' i ■<ericd in the Jlinild in'wspain'r. (see Montreal lliruhl, vol. 
 (i:i. No. l.'jS) decliirnmdr settiiiL!' forth to the public that the said cattle weri' 
 ini,,orted by ihe lion Mr. Abbott ami his brother, the late C. ('. Abbott, the 
 editorial is a leuLihly one, and is very conii)linieiilary to these two '"Abbotts," 
 but not a word or refeieiiie is therein made to the lale lluuh h'raser's estate. 
 
 That oil the lollowin.^: day — the l!lh July. I,S7(I. an eii'ry is recorded in tln^ 
 Cash book of Huii'li f'raser's estate shewing' that tli<' sum ol' sl,.')41..S(l had been 
 taki'ii out ol the funds ol lluuh l'"raser's estate to pay the Messrs. H. iS: .\. Allan 
 
 Ic ihe freight bill on the said cattle. 
 
 That oil the laiidin'i' of the said cattle ex tie " Abeona," thev wei-^ 
 iminetliately .sv/vy,/ oJ' ni blur, to the farm of the sai<l Hon. John J. C. Abbott, or 
 to the farm of his brother, the late C. C. .\bl)ott, at St .\niies. 
 
 T'iat the lasi your Petitioner heard ol' these cattle was. by an advert i.seinent 
 in the >bn;treal lii-nihl. that these cattle, tin- lale lluuh l''rasei-'s cattle, were to be 
 sold at St, Alines, on the imh <layof Aimust b's7(i. ,is bcinn' the jiMipcrlv and 
 belonu'inii- to tile estate oi the late C. C. Abbott, bv order of his executor the said 
 Hon. lohn J. C. Abbott. 
 
 TKl'.Af.MI'.M' dl' lircil I'|;asKI;n Vdl'.Vci'.sr .sistki;. 
 
 That thelwo trustees, .Abbott and Jiidu'e Torrance, were left le^'acies bv 
 Huuh h'raser amoiintinii' to s.'i.iiihi.ii i. which they paid to themselves .v/.c weeks 
 alter his i/en/li. to wit. on the :2Sthol' June, 1S7(I. 
 
 That Kli/iabeth l'"raser. Hnii-li I'raser's youngest sister, wa,s left .§4,000.00 
 which these two worthy trustees retained from her i\}r Jhiir i/eurs and iii//e months, 
 till l'"ebriiary, l>i7">. and then n'fuscd to pay her o/v rent of the %i|.47U.(IO, tln^ 
 earned dividends on her legacy. allliouL!li they had been eiijovimj- interest on 
 their leuMcie.N sini-e lie -JSth June, |.S7(I -in .short, aftir this fashion, these two 
 trustees have dealt thrir \enij' •aie-c with an uiisparini;- hand on evi'rv ineinl);'r of 
 the family w henevi'r opportnnil v ojli'i-ed. 
 
 I'Wn FKAriiri.l'.NT 'I'lfANSAi ThiNS IX rill'. i;.\ i:( I'Ti iK'S' .\i' or.Ms. 
 
 Isl. — That the last item char'.-'ed by the exei'ulors in their accounts ai^aiiist 
 the estate and su'cession of the late Hii^'h Fraser, is as folluw.s : 
 Namely ; 
 •■ liy cash paid trustees s| 71 \ rl'-) " 
 
 Your retitioner s(demnly declaivs that this charuv of s4.71 l.i'-'i is a fraud on 
 till' estate, thai no suili a pavnieiil was e\er made b\' the executors, and thi.t 
 there is no such an entry to b' louiiil in the Cash liook of Hueji l'"iasers esiatr, 
 and. niorei'Ncr. Menzies, the Seeieiai y-'i"rcasurer. drops ciitireh- this cliarue ol 
 s4.7i l.-^l, in ill.' accounts made uiil by him ami siiiiied by hiin as Secrelar\ and 
 Treasurer, thus shiwine- iliai this s;(.7n.-j:; j.s a I'raiidulent charge by ihe 
 executors in their aci onnts. 
 
 L'lid. — That in the s.iid aci nunts of the exe-ii or-, the sum of s.';.!i;;s s;; j.s 
 
 twice ihar'jed loll state ami succosjon 111 the lale llneli l''raser. (/.s- cish paid 
 
 by ihcm. the said executors, to w It. ihis amount |s::.!i:;,s s:',l is Ijrst iharijed to the 
 estate in the balance of settlements jn the/i//// ,iir,i-r,i/s in the cxei iilors' ac.'ounts ; 
 and secondly, it is charu'cd in the items charL;i d as jirti/iorHdii nt losses /laii/ on 
 lohil aeeonnt s/ieeiiliilions The albresaid I'Mward i;\ans, who had ceitihed to the 
 correctness of the executors' aciouiits, lestilicd in his di'posilioii albresaid and 
 
viis forir.i to hV' Iwo r.rhihil^. /ihiinly ahi'wiii'ji: that tlu' cxcculois liiid twice (■linr<ri>(l 
 till' cstiilc and siuccssidii (if ill" late lliiirh Frascr with this aiiio\iiit (iliS.'J.HoS.SS. 
 
 That thi' whoh' a'loiiiits ol'tiif cxtMiUors, trustees and the novernurs of tlie 
 Kraser Institute are falsi', the above tworharges lieinij a lair sample. 
 
 That in addition to tlii> above, Mr. Menzies, the au-eiit ol' the estate, and 
 Si'iv-Treas.. is idianred in his own handwritini; in the ('ash I'ooU and journal of 
 the'.'state with SS,4;W.1M, between the loth May, 1X70 and the 1 llh December, 
 1«74, whereas, Men/.ies is only eharired with $'ir);i.(;it in t In^ executors' accounts 
 durinu- that p.-riod ol' limi'. 
 
 ii.i.Ki;.-\i. ANn iM;i;M.\Tfi;K thanskki; or riii; kst.vtk to thk 
 
 FliA.SKIi INSTITITi:. 
 
 Tiial the transfer '»f the e.^iat- (if the late Ilu^^h iM-asiT to the Fraser Institute 
 was liotli premature and ill.'^al, beinir '■onlrarv to the terms of the will and in 
 direct violation of tiie i)rovisi(>n niaile in the iuteri>st of yotir Petitioner and his 
 eo-heirs in the Statute ;14 Vi'toria, chapter f)!). incorporaliny the Fraser Institute. 
 
 That the trustees wi'fe 'oouiul under the will to ariiniri' pfojurl)) vhvnin ti> 
 coiislnict siiildhlf h nil //in as for the I'raser institute, antl were also biuaiil to 
 (■iiniirnrl aiicli biiili/i/iu::^ before transferriim' tlie estate over to the Fraser Institute. 
 
 That the trustees conveyed over the estate to the I'raser IiKstitute without 
 acquirin<r l)roperty and without constructiiu^ suitable buildin<is. 
 
 That bv the .Act ;!4. Vic., chap. oO, tlie said trusti'es were forbidden to 
 alienate, convey or transfer any iiart of said estate until all pendiii'r suits were 
 liiuiUy adju'licated in the Court of last resort. 
 
 .\\ (li.n .SCUTCH c.vxADr.w family. 
 
 That vour I'etitioner ai.d his co-heirs are not Canadians of yesterday I Their 
 fainilv has" be<'n connected with the destinies of Canada ever piiioe it became a 
 British rolony, and have borne arms on every hard-fouifht field on our country's 
 irontier in tlie war oflSl'i to ISl.), and in' the neighbourin-r Republic duriiig 
 the Kevolutionary War on the K'oval side. They claim to belonir to two of the 
 oldest Scotch Canadian faii.ilies in Canada. That their ancestors were in Wolfe's 
 Armv, in the Fraser lliiihlandeis, who landed at Quebec on the 13th day of 
 September, IT^'.". That their i)aternal and maternal irraiidfathers were amomr 
 the lirst se'ttlers in the Scotch Counties of (Menijrarry and Aru-enteuil. nearly 100 
 vears ai>-o. That their I'amilv have been residents at the Kimr's Poatx, on the 
 'Lmrn- Larhine Rwid, i'or the past TO years, therefore, they feel, as British-Caiiadian 
 subjects, they hav<' a iliwblr riixhi to ihe full benelit and protection of the French 
 laws and customs of this I'rovin.e, relative to property and civil rights, existing 
 at the time when the Treaty of I'eace was concluded between (ireat Britain and 
 France as guaranteed under said Treaty to His Majesty's Canadian subjects (your 
 I'e'titioner's ancestors and theirdeseeiidaiits) until sucit laws should be varied or 
 altered in dup course of legislation. 
 
 That the First. Sec>ond. and Ninth Articles of th.- edict of 1743, which your 
 Wtifioner and his ro-heirs have pleaded and relied upon, as being part of the 
 exintiii"' law of tlie land when tlie Treaty of I'eace was concluded between Great 
 and France, on the 10th day of February, A.D. 17i!3, have nevJ'r been vari( d or 
 altered, nor are they reproduced or provided for in any subse<iueiit law now in 
 force or in any of the .Vrticles of t!i<' Civil Code for Lower Canada. 
 
 TiiK (iiAi; ani'I'.i'.s '»i; ntnMisK.s of rin: liRiTisii cKinvN. 
 
 The iruaraiitees of the Biiiish Crown have never failed ! unless they fail in 
 this cause. They have been held in every a'i-' as sacr.'d. nearly as sure and as 
 ,«acred as [\n' - jironuM's of oh I." which never fail ' It was ])roudly boasted by 
 Britons of olden .ime ; 
 
 " rii.il «lu-i'.' Iir.l,inrs puwiT i~ felt. 
 M.liih.riil HI. IV Irrl Ium liipn-\ t.i,.." 
 
 Tlierefote, vour Fetitioiier and his <'o-heirs. as British-Canadian subjects 
 feel, althougli justice has been tardy, that the Majesty of the law, as declared at 
 Montreal on the -Jlth day of .liine, I'ST:'., by the jud>rinent of the Court cf Queen's 
 Bench lor Lower Camilla", in this .'aiise, will yet be upheld. 
 
 Fi;F.NCll KDIcfS .\Nli (MMilNAXCKs WHICH WKHF. IN FDHCF, WHKN THK 
 
 TIM'.AfV OF l'F.\i K W.\.S CONi l.llil.l) oN TllF lom |1.\V OF FFHUCAHV, 
 
 A.D. ITiiii : 
 
 That 40 vears after llii" Treatv of IVa 'C w.'s concluded, to wit, in \.\). 1803, 
 
 there were pui)lislied by resolution ol the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, 
 
 p.i^Si'd oil i lie .")lli cf March, ixnl, /c-o viilumrs, containing all the I''reiich etlicls 
 
 and ordinaiici s of this I'rovince, and at pau'e .'p:l7. ol tlie lirst volume of the Edits 
 
 it Dnl.mihinirs. tlieii published, tln'iv will b • found this edict of 17 13. as part (.f tho 
 
 then existing law of the land 
 
fl 
 
 fiu \i;.\\ti;k of thk iuiitisi! citowx. 
 
 Tluu l,y 111.. liniKMial .^tatuto 14tl., Ci,.,.ri.v the ;inl, .lu.p. H:!. i( was 
 S-uar.u,t...d to •' ll,s Majesty's Cnna.lian sul,,V..ts," "that in all ,.latt..r.s ol .on- 
 ^ tn>< V lylatiy,. to proix-rty and civil -iohis, ,v.s„rt shall he had to the laws of 
 
 •■l.'SiHon ■•'''''''''' "'''' '"" ""■'' ''"'■' "''''" '"' ''"'''^^ '" '''^" '•'>'"''^'' '»'' 
 
 Till-: L'M> .MrncLK oj.- thk kdkt ok in;!. 
 
 That yonr l\.|itiun.M; and his ro-IuMrs i,].,,,!,.,! that th,- sai.l heqiuvst to 
 
 .stal.ish h.- iM-ascr Institut,. was made in diiv.t violation ol th^. said -'nd 
 
 Art,.!, o this odi.T. hat tl... Co.irt of (ia.vns li.nrh lor Lowor Canada, th.. 
 
 • hii^^host ( ourt ,n tins IVovumv. d.-huvd th. said l...,,u..st ilh.n.al, „nll. and .yoid 
 
 as heniL.- mad.' m duv.t vi.)lati..n ofth.' sai.l :.'nd Arti.l.. ..fthis ."diet of 174;J. 
 
 HAS THK I)..M|N|,,N uK (ANAHA A (IIAIJACTKI; AT STAKK IN THIS 
 
 CAI'SK? 
 
 That w.'. Canadians of th..i.r..s..nt ,i.vn..rati..n, aiv iavin- th.> lonndatioii of 
 an lMn,,i,v v.-t to I,,., wh.js,. houndari,.s will strctrh IVoia s.a to s.-a, from the 
 Atlanti,- to th., I'a.n..-. an.l Iro.n Ih.. Kiv.'r to the Ends ..f the Earth, Irom the >St 
 Lauivn.'e t.. th.- .N.,itn I'ole, ther.'lor... we should l.e eaivrul ot th,- ...m.-r stones 
 W! lay, an.l u-uar.l with>7,/,„/.v ei/es th.. .supers! ru.Tiir.', so that lutur.. .-en.'rations 
 ol Canadians may n..l h.v.. eaus,. to point l.a,l<. w!lh n bh,,h ,./ >•/„»«.. t., this ,nir 
 day wh.M.an ll..nou,:.l,l.. .hulu-,. an.l a learn..,l ('..uns..l|.>r ...uhl bohlh, cui,l <lur- 
 n,^l,, i.e parties t., a talsilie.l H,..„nl .,1 C..u.t. aiul also.au..- 1.. I..- printed lalsih ed 
 reasons ot a jud.-.., win.!. ivas..ns ,h,.y l<n..w wr.. u.-ver <l..liv..;..d bv t le id 
 udu..in..p,.n Curt, ami yet e.seape th.- punishm.Mit Im-su.'h a.-riine as i's provid.-d 
 tor hy th.' Stat lit.' in sii.li a .'ase. ' '>niu. u 
 
 \Vher."shall.jusii,v helouml. andto what C.urt. what Irilmnal. shall vour 
 Tetitioner an.l h.s c.-hens hav.' t.) applv l.)r ivdivss :" • 
 
 That the .Supiym,' Cmrl ..iCana.la has Juris.lirti,.,, „v, r all the laws of th.' 
 Dominion ol C aii.ula. » ^ > » m. 
 
 Thatyourll.Hi.mnd.!,. ll.m.se. /A. /..../,s/,,/«/r»/ Ihr Dominion of Canada ia 
 Par/>an,e.fasrn,Un/h,s p.nv.'r to auth..nze vour p.'titiouer t., su hmi ca 
 heioiv the >upn'i„e Court of c'anada, „. ,/,r „aeMio„, as ,o wh.'th.'r tlu ,' i, t hi 
 •luestion in this ,.aus,., to wit, th.- edict of houis the XV., of 174.!, was part f th 
 .■xi.stino- law ot th.' lan.l when the Tr.'aty ..f P.m...' was .on.'lud.'. n ■> , 
 15ri am and iM-an,;.'. ..n th.' lOtli day of Kchruary. ITi;.!. and also wh.'ther he o,; 
 -ArtK'le .1 this e<lirt nas part ol th.' .'xistin- ' ,w ofth,' Provin.'c of Onehe.- t /l, 
 dat.' of the d.'ath .,f th.- lat.' lluuh Fra...'r, ..i. the l„th ..f .May isTO. 
 
 And se.-ondly:- Vour il.>n..inal.!.' 11., us,' .-..ul.l authorize th,' .Supreme 
 Court oi Canada to mrn-. and ;,,//.r/„v,/. ,ip„n a 1 '.'tit ion from vour Petit o.^ 
 s.m.l.ar ,., an.l ...nhodvinu- th.. sam,' ,r..u.uls as c.ntau.ed n, his "S 
 
 Ml W. 1. lu.ha .ls,.,| th.'Mxpr.'m,' Court, prayinu' lor l.'av.- t., ,,r.,ce,'d in fhnna 
 Lin/i; as h.'r.'iiili.'l.ir.' r.'l.-rr.'d to. ", mi/iwci 
 
 And. thinlly : -That all th.' d...umeiits and pap.'rs on IVl.- in this ....ns,. i„ 
 t le^upermr C.mrt ami m th.; C.n.rr ..f (iu.'.'u's ll.lh. a, Montiva i '.' 
 
 -d the sam.., am th,' .lat.'s ..I th.'jr lylinu- lu the s:ud (\mrts, sh.ml.l I,,; ord.. n V.^m 
 to Ottawa ami there pla.'.'d.n th.' .'u.st.Kly ofth.. Mini.st.'r ..f.lusti.,. ajs,, , 
 letition. irrjair ,;,,,,.. with alli.lavi, atta.h.'.l. as IVled hv v.mr Petiti.m.' in e 
 .Mi|..'ri..r(.,nri at M.mU ival, on i !„' .'.i h .lay of \.,v,'ml.,.r, AJ). |S7T. "'"""" 
 
 I'l.'A^ i:i.' "K Mil i; l'i:nTl.i.\i;i;. 
 
 Wh,'iv|,„v y,,ur I'.'iiu r, a.iino. r,,r hims,.lf an.l his .„.h.'ir.s. humhlv nrivs 
 
 lor.-.nmon ,|asii.e. ,„mmon ihnish jumi,,. and llniish lairplav in this .Jus., n 
 a.v.)rdan,',' with th.'iaw ofth.' laii.l. as JH'ivin s,.t|,,rtli. ' '•'H"*.'" 
 
 And ]nays : — 
 
 ,, 'r'-'','}'"' V""- ll"H'mral,l.' Ij.ai.s.'. th,' L,'oislaiur.' .,f H,,. D.miini.m of 
 
 .nada in Pa:liam,',„ a.ss.'mhl.'.l, will autiion/.' y.,ur IVti.iom'r to s„ li a "a 
 l";lo.v th,' M.pivm,. t„urt ..1 Cana.la l.,r the i-urpos,' of establishin... wl L' th • 
 .•dict,,lth.'K,n^., K,.anv.i,„uisth,' XV.llTC;. was part ..f :. e , i' 
 
 ..1 th.' land wh,'.. th.' Tr.'at> ,.f f..a,-.' was .-.m.lmU'd h.'t w.'.'i, (nvat Hr, n •' i. 
 J'rau.'.., .,1, 11..' loth .lay ol Ivhruarv. 17.1.!. and al.so wh.'tlM'r th.' •>„ \ , |', • 
 said ed.,.. as pl,;a,l.'d l.y your P.'tition.'r an.l his . ..-h.'irs. was , ' .d t .^i s m! 
 law ol th.. Pr.,VMi..,. of (^u' „',. at th.' ,lat.' ..f th.' .I.'alh of th.' laf 1 ,1 . fv '," 
 ;'nihe]„th.iav..lMau,Al). I^7t^ as .h'.'laiv.l hv t h.' ju.lu'm.'Ut .d' he ( Wt o^^^ 
 (im^en n l!,'u,h lor i.ow,'r Canada, .m th.. 24tl, .lav of .Imi.., 1^7.'! an is, 
 or.h'r thesai,! |ud'j-iii,'iit t..h,. .'x.'.'iii,.,!. . ' <>. 'ni.i, ii .so, |„ 
 
•. Hi!, if wiis 
 llttlTN ol con- 
 lo the laws ol' 
 liii' course ol' 
 
 ll ))l>(lll('St to 
 
 hi' said :2ii(l 
 Canada, the 
 mil, and void 
 t of 1743. 
 
 IN THIS 
 
 onndation of 
 sea, i'rom the 
 , Irom the ,st. 
 •orncr stones 
 ' uenerations 
 ', to this, our 
 '(//,'/ anil (lur- 
 iiled I'aisilied 
 hy the said 
 s is provided 
 
 I, shall your 
 
 laws of the 
 
 /' Ciifiaila in 
 hinit a case 
 the edict in 
 s part of the 
 tween (!reat 
 her the 2nd 
 tielx'cat the 
 
 11 
 
 L'lid. — That your llonc .i:\l)le House will authorize tlie Suiirenie Court ol 
 Canada to /vvv'/fv and to r/^////r//((//^' upon a Petition Irom your I'clilioner similar 
 to, and emhodyini? the same sjroiuids as contained in his l'(»tition jiresented in 
 Chamhers and lyli'd on the l.")lli day ol' March, 187H, before the late CHiiel' Justice, 
 Sir W. 15., Kichards, i)rayinu' Tor leave to proi'ced in Jiu-mn /iiiiiprris liel'ore the 
 Supreme Court ot Canada, in tlie matter ol' his Petition, Ri'ijiifle Civih', and 
 aliidavit attached, attackinu' the judi>nu'nt of ller Majesty's I'rivy Council, as 
 hereinttel'ore relerrcd to. 
 
 Tlnit ail documents and jiapers in this causii he placed in the custody oi' the 
 Ministerol'.Iustice. 
 
 ;ird. — That the Hon()nral)le. tlie Minister ol' Justice, will order all tho docu- 
 ments and j)apers on I'vle in this cause in the Superior Court and in thi> Court of 
 • Queen's Itencii at Montreal, with tiu' list ol' the same and the dates ol' their I'yling 
 in the said Courts, to he transmitted to the Deiiartment ol' the Minister of Justice 
 at Ottawa, and to he there held sui))ect to any action tiie said Minister may order 
 liiereon in connection with the chars^es herein made hy your Petitioner, which 
 ch.ira'(»s are more lullv set forth in his Petition, Rfiiiirtf Civile, and alKdavit here- 
 inabove referred to, and that the said Petition, Rfi/ncte Civile, attacking the 
 judiTineiit of Her Majesty's Privy Council, on account of a falsilied liecord of 
 Court, as i'yled by your Petitioner in thi^ Superior Court, Montreal, on the 5th 
 day of November, A.D. 1S77, tinder the No. 1586, b(> also transmitted to the 
 Department of the Minister of Justice at Ottawa for his action thereon. 
 
 4th.— And your Petitioner prays that your Tlouourable House will, in yoiir 
 wisdom, order whatever other action may seem right, so that justice may be done 
 in this cause and that the nu\jesty of the law be upheld. 
 
 And, linally : — Your I'etitioner prays that this, his Petition and prayer on 
 l((lialf and in tic interest of a wronu'ed and injured family, consi.sting oi ojphans, 
 iiiifiora and fibaeiilres will not in vain bt! heard at the Bar of the highest Court of 
 Justice in Canada, to wit. at the Bar of the Legislature of the Dominion of 
 Canada in Parliament assembled, and that those falsifiers of a Record of Court and 
 the signers and issitrrs of those false and fraudulent accounts pertaining to a public 
 trust shall not t'scape unpunished, to which end your Petitioner, as in duty 
 b )und will ever pray. 
 
 JOH^T FHASER. 
 
 le Supreme 
 
 
 Petitioner, 
 
 
 lis Petition 
 hief Justice 
 
 
 •d i)/ forma 
 ion, lietjneli' 
 
 04 Druinnioud Street, ) 
 Montreal. t!th January, 18S:i. \ 
 
 lis cause ill 
 
 
 with a hsi 
 
 
 ordered up 
 
 
 e, also thi. 
 
 
 oner in the 
 
 
 
 
 nbly |)rays 
 
 
 is cause. Ill 
 
 
 miinion of 
 >mit a case 
 
 
 hcther the 
 
 
 nsliiig luw 
 
 
 hitaiii and 
 
 
 1 Article tit- 
 
 
 le C.\is|illy 
 
 
 sh I'lMscr, 
 
 
 e Court of 
 
 
 if so, to 
 
 
 
 
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 i 
 
 
DHCLARAIIOX i)V JOHN IRASIiR 
 
 in UK i-vi.i;i) WITH tiik 
 
 HONOrRAHLK TIIK MIMSTFJJ OV M^TWK 
 
 Kdi; Till'. 
 
 Doivtiisrioisr of^ g^^ist^d^. 
 
 JOHN FHASKli. (if ihi' City iuul Di-iiirt o\ Mniitic;il, (iciilloiniiii, rornicily 
 Mi'vcliiiiit, n'sidiiiu' at NO. tI4 l)iiiimii(iii(l Sircct. Moiiircal, licrchv uiakcs tlir 
 lollowiiiu' Mili'iun ili'ilaraliim rcsin'ciiiiir tin' liilNili'iition ol' tlir liiH'ord of 
 Com't in tin- l''rasi'r liisiitiitc case. 
 
 J, JOHN I-"I{ASI':i;, till' un(lcr.-ii;iio(l, am a hrothcr of the hito Hii;,'li FfasiT 
 and an ln'ir at law to liis estate, and thai I am the Petitioner and the siirner of 
 the IVtition heaiini;' date, the tith day of January, A.D. ISS'2. lor ))resentation to 
 the Leijrisiature of the Dominion of Canada in Parliament assenil)led, relatinpr to 
 matters eonnei'ted with the estate and sureession of the late Huiiii l''raser and 
 to th(> falsilieation o| ilie h'eeord of Court wliieh was transmitted to Her Majesty's 
 Privy Counril in lliii^iand hy the e\e< ntors and trustees of the estate, for the 
 purpose of wroniiiu'^' and injiiiinii' the lii'irs ol'ihe said late Huuii I''raser. 
 
 TIIK KIJASKi; INSflTrTlv 
 
 That the late Huii'li I'raser hecpieathed the whole irsl and in^idiic of his 
 estate, estimated at ahout $.")l)0,flOi) lo estai)lish the Pr.is 'r Institute. 
 
 That the said I^'rasi'r Insiiiute had no existi'nee either hv Letters P.ilent orhv 
 any Act of the Lenishiture to autiiorizi' the same at the date of the testator's 
 death. 
 
 That the uiuL isiL;ned and his <'(i-hrirs contested the \alidilv (d'said he(juest 
 as having' hi'en made, couirai'y lo ihe law of the huul. to a non-existint,'' 
 lorporatioii. 
 
 That llu' Court ortjueeu's llench fur L iwer ( 'aiiada. hv juilifmeiit renderiHl 
 24th day of June, A.D s;.'!. declared said hecpii'st illfii-iil.iiiill and voi(l,i\ii heintr 
 nnide in dire<'t \iolation ol'thi> law of the land to a non-existiny corporation, as 
 more fully set lortli in the aforesaid Petition to the Lee-j^hitiire of the Dominion 
 of Canada, in Pailiament assemhled. 
 
 That the ex<'<iiliiis and liii>lees of tlie said estate, to \\it. llie Hon. John J. 
 C. Ahhott, Judue Tonance and .lolin Cowan. Ivscpiire. iippciiled from the said 
 jtidii'ineiit of the Court of t^hiei'n's li'iicii lor Lowci C;inaila. to her Majestv'.s 
 I'rivy Couiuil in I'^imlaiid. 
 
 K.\!.siKii;|i i;|vni;!i nK culIM-. 
 
 That the said \ppeUaiiI-i. A iilioll. Turraiice inid Cowan. <aused to lie printed 
 a Record, coiitaiiiiim' lii. pa'.;'cs of |)nnird m.iiii>r. iiur|ioitinu' to he a Transcrijit 
 of the Prcnril of Couri on lyle ill ihw cause ill th,. Superior Court and in the 
 Court 111 (.^hieeii's liiihli lor Lower Caiiailii 
 
 That the siiid exccuioi> :in 1 Inisiees jiaid for the printinii- of the sai<l IJec old 
 
 out of the lltniN of the evi.ite anil Ml 'i-i.^sioi) o|' | he l.'ite I Ill'.J'h l'"raser. 
 
 That I he said execulors ,ind iru>lees know, and some of iliem knew .-ii the 
 time of the said printiii'^ I hai the said printed h'cconl was falsilicd. and that it 
 was falsilieil lor the piii-|i ..^e of w i-onu'inu' ami injiuini:- the iiiidersi'.i-ii'Ml an<I his 
 lo-heirs. 
 
 That the said falsilicd ])riiited eiord was lyled at the inslanceof and in the 
 interest and on hehalfol t he >aid executors and Ini.^iccs in Her NLijesty's Privv 
 Council 111 l''n'j-laiid a< till' triic K' •cord ol ( 'ouvl in I his caii^e tioiu Canada 
 
 KAI.-IKIK.I) M ATI l.l;. 
 
 That, as niore fully set forth in ihe aforcsaiil Peiition, /hr uni/ir^i^nn/ com- 
 l)hiins and declares that all thai pnnicd maHer w hi' h i- coinained lietween the 
 jjuges U7 and Lin, hoih ])atrcs inclu>i\e, of said printed Record, is false and 
 fraudulent, and is not and never was of record in llie Record on fvle in the Court 
 ajipealed Iroiii. 
 
 I 
 
SliR 
 
 ustkm: 
 
 iiiaii, lornicrly 
 )y niiikt's the 
 11' Hi'i'ord ol' 
 
 Hu^'li Frascr 
 tlu' siiriicr of 
 n'st'iitiitiou to 
 :'(1, rcljitiiifT to 
 li l''rasi'r and 
 lli'i' Maji'.sty'.s 
 ■slate, for tlie 
 ''laser. 
 
 ri'fi/li/c of liis 
 
 •s I'.iletit orlty 
 I he U'slator's 
 
 f snid })e(juest 
 iion-existiiit,'' 
 
 lent reilder(Hl 
 void, us beiiitr 
 
 Drporatioii, as 
 ilie l>oiuiiiion 
 
 Hull. John J. 
 Voiii tlie said 
 ler Maiestv's 
 
 to lie printed 
 
 a Traiis(ri])t 
 
 I and ill tlu' 
 
 e sai<l !{('( old 
 
 r. 
 
 l<:ie\v at the 
 d. and tlial ii 
 ^■ii-'ii an<l liis 
 
 of and ill the 
 ijesly's i'rivy 
 .'aiiada 
 
 rgi'^iin/ iiiiii- 
 
 lietweeii the 
 
 is I'alse and 
 
 in the Court 
 
 '>iul —That the said 44 pa^cs of falsilied matter, between the pa<res !tT mid 
 140, are mnr/,r,/, inimbnrd and mar'j:iue<l, in and on the inartfins of the said 44 pageR 
 of said falsilied Jlecord transmitted to and fyled in H.t Majesty's I rivy Louneil 
 in Knyrland as : — 
 
 • UKCOllD ■ 
 
 " IN TIIK 
 
 '• coniT •• 
 
 (IK 
 
 " QrEEN'S ■' 
 
 '• BENCH, 
 
 • No. 4t). " 
 
 The same hi>in<,' false and fraudulent, there hi"in<r no such matter on fyle in 
 the lleeord of Court in this cause in the Court of (.iueen's 15 'iich for l.owei 
 
 Canada. 
 
 .riJDGE HA I h; LEY'S ItEA.SoN.S OF DI.SSKNT. 
 
 That in addition to the above 44 passes of falsified matter, the matter printed 
 al)ove th'e name or sii- nature of " W. Haduley, .l.Q.B," «s contained in that 
 fdsiiied nrint.'d iieeord transmitted to Emrland, between the paiyes 14!) and lt)7, 
 nuri.ortin- to be the reasons of .lissent delivered by Mr. Justi.'C Bad-ley (« open 
 Court was lalselv and fraudulentlv printed al)ove the naineot that learned judire 
 for tlie Durpose of misleading and deceiviiu." their I.ordship.s oilier Majesty s 
 Privv Council as to the ..xistence of a law pleaded by the umlersigned and his 
 codieir-s, and whi.di falsilied printed reasons are not the reasons delivered by llie 
 said judge in open Court. 
 
 That Ihi- undcruixned is in possession of a certified copy of the true rea.sons 
 delivered by Mr. Justice Badi.Wey in open Court in this cause. 
 
 Thit the said executors and trustees, or some one actiiuv for thorn, suppressed 
 the true rea.sons of dissent of Mr. Justice Bad-ley, as delivered by him m open 
 Court and caused to b.- printed above his, Jud-e Badijiey s name, those falsified 
 reasons winch thev Icnew were not the reasons delivered by the said Jud^n^ in 
 op'en Court, and, moreover, they knew that these falsified reasons, it ever si-ned 
 bv Tud-e l!ul..-iev. were not si-ned bv him until nearly or fully three months 
 after he" Jud-e I'.ad-ley. had cased to be a jnd-e of the Court ot Queen s Bench 
 for Ixiwer Canada. 
 
 Till-: 1'AI.S1FIKI> IM'.COKI) HKl'-iiUF. ilFU M.UI'XIV'S I'inVV COrXClI.. 
 
 Th'U their Lordships of Her Majestv's Privv Coun.il had the said fraudulently 
 printed' Becord before them when they rendered jud-nient on the •Jtitli day of 
 November A D. 1S74. ivver.sin-r the judunnent of tli.' Court ot Queen s Bench for 
 Lowi'r Canada, on tlie -round that their fyirdships thou-hl that the ind Article 
 ol the I'^dict of 174:5. was abro-ated. 
 
 Thai //('■ iindn-si-nifd had applied to llu' said executors and trustees, jirevious 
 to and after the date of the I'rivv C.mn.il Jud-ment. for copies ol the printed 
 Record, for himself and his eo-heirs. biii was refused a coiiy. 
 
 Thil m 1S7H or 1S77 a few .•opies of said printed Record, containin- as 
 aforesaid, 1i;7 pa-.'s of printed lu itler. came into the possession ol the under- 
 signed. 
 
 That ^//'w//;'/^/s.'\'-v»// wrote to his solicitors in Lmdoii. I'lii-land. requesting 
 them to forward him a coiiy ofllie printed Reeord. 
 
 That thriindi-r. ■■' . ■/ n-eeived.he b-lieves it w.is either in Ki'brnary or March, 
 1H7(1, from his soliciloi-s in London. Messrs. Biseholi: B uupas and Bisrholl, a 
 printed Reeord. marked on cover : -- 
 
 • IN THE PRIVV Cid NflL. " 
 •■ ON APPK.VL I'ROM QlEi'.EC. ' 
 
 • \!U!OTT. W <//.. APPICLLANTS. • 
 
 r. 
 
 " KRASLR. c/ (//.. RESl'ONDEN'l'S. •■ 
 
14 
 
 Tliat lilt! said Ivi-tord ri'icix cd, Iroin liis Mdicilors in 10iit;'laiid is madf up ol' 
 .</./■ iKtrts (if printed niatliT. namoly : — 
 
 FIIx'ST I'Airr.— •■ l{.'Npoiid..iits- ras." in Kii-laiid." 
 
 ti |)aii'('s,- -paui' I Ik tl. 
 
 SI'X'OM* PART— -('as.. (.1 tlu' Appt'llauls in Kndaiid." 
 
 IS itaircs— ()ai,''c' 1 to is. 
 
 TIllKl) I'AIM" ■■ K'lvoid c.r IVu.v.'dinus in Canada." 
 
 '.Mi jia^'cs — paiii' 1 to !••!. 
 
 FUUUTII PAHT. — • Reasons of. I udij^t's Ta.sciierL'uu, Monk and Urununond. " 
 
 H pnjETPR. — pao-e 1 to S. 
 
 FIFTH PART.- •• Reasons ..r Chief. Fusii,,. Duval." 
 
 '1 i)a2res. — pai^e 1 to l' 
 
 SIXTH I'AKT. -■• Rei.sons of.ludffe Radalev." 
 
 !!• pau'es. — paii'es 1 to 1|i, 
 
 FiiKTV Kori; V.VW.s (IF F.VI.SIFIKI; M.VTTKi;. 
 
 That the nndeisie'ned li)und, on conipaiinu- iji,. said two jji-inted Iveconl.s 
 that the Keiord he receixed IVoni his .soli itors in Fnyland did not contain one' 
 word of the lalsilied matter roniidained of, as contained in the 44 paires between 
 the pai^-i's '.>7 and 140 inth:it I'alsilii'd Record as i)rinted and I'yled at the instance 
 ol' the executors and Trustees, as aforesaid, in Her ^[aJestv's Privv Council in 
 iMiL^and. 
 
 That tiie judii-nieni of the Court oft^iieen's IJeiich for Lower Canada in this 
 causi' was rendered at Montreal on the •_'4tii day of .Inne. 1><7;J. 
 
 That .Indue Radarley ceased to l)e ;i judi^v of the Court of (^Mieen's Reiich lor 
 Lower Canada pre\ions to the tith day of Mairh, .\.ll, 1S74. 
 
 That till' siiid juduv has l)i'en actini^- in the capacity of co// .</////« .r ,v)/^//.W ever 
 since he left tlieHeiich, and had, the nndersiuiied helieve.s, I)eenConsultcd as 
 I'ouusel l)y till' said I'Xi-cutors and trustees in this cause. 
 
 That till' reasons puiportinu' to he ihe rciisons deliver.'d hv >[)•. .fustice 
 liadu'lcy /// i>iirii Ciiiir/. as contained helween the paiaes 14li jnul 1t;7. of that 
 lalsilied R'eiord, are not only false, as aforesaid, hut are further false and fr.iudulent 
 lii'cause till' said reasons were not written, coinjile'ed luid transmitted to ILt 
 Majesty's I'rivy Council in Fnu'land until three months after .Judi,'c liadijlev had 
 ceased to !>;■ a Judue, and duri.m- which time, namelv. the compleiinu- Oi' said 
 lalsilied reiisoiis. the said judire had been a tine- in ilie i-a|>aciiy of c(Misultin"- 
 counsel. 
 
 That ihe reasons inirporlinu- to be .ludii'e liidijley's reasons \\ere not received 
 at the Privy Council in iMiuland for nearly a whole ycaral'ter thev were delivered' 
 to wit, they were delivered on the 24th day of '.June, A.I). 1873. but were not' 
 received at the Privy Council until alxMit the ISih day of .fune, tS7l. 
 
 rilF lliiNdfK.M'.l.i; .InliN .1. ( . .\|;i;(iTT. 
 
 That the Honourable .lohn .1. C. Abbott in his several cip^uities ofexecuior 
 aiul tru-tee to the estate, and Pri'sident of i he l''r,i>cr Institute, was and is ih,. 
 ndiiiii' spirit in this matter. t'<ir H'oml or fur iril. 
 
 Tiiai the said llmi. Jalin ./. ('. Mihiill caused lobe |)riiiied in London. iMiirlaiid 
 a document containiim' !'•• jiau-es of jirinted matter, under date. -■• London." I'lidi" 
 .luly. 1H74. namely : 
 
 ■ .MF.Mii : FOR .\I'l'i:i.l..\NT.-^." 
 
 This ilorumeiil, '• Mfiiiii : hir A/)/ifl/(i///s." advocates the causi' of ili,. 
 Ajipellants. and Mr. .Abbott, in support (if his cniise. r.^fers to and makes use oV 
 the lalsilied nuilter. as afori'said. bi'tweeii the paries 1"7 and 140. this matter Mr 
 
 Abbott knew to be false matter, ihi'l-efore. he m;i(||. use of a falsilieil lie.ord oi' 
 
 Court for the purjiose of wroiui-iim- and injurin-j the iimlersiLfiied and his co-iieirs 
 knowinu' tlie >aiil Record to have been lalsilied 
 
 Therefore, the Ullilersili-ned, as a b'espondeni in this lause belbrethe .ludii'ia] 
 
 Connnitt I Her Majesty's Privy Council in l^ne-land. declares that owiii"- i,, 
 
 t lie fraudulent tiimperiiiL! \vi! h the Ri-cord of Court transmitted to luii^jam] as 
 set forth in the Petition of the undersiimed to (he Le<ris! ure .and in this~declar'a. 
 lion, there has liei'ii no proper ailjudicatioii in this cause bv Her VLijesix's Pn\-\- 
 
 6. 
 
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1^ 
 I 
 
 15 
 
 • "/iiiicil, Im'ciiusc tlif )ii(lLriainl ol' llci- Miijcsty's I'rivy C'diuitil ii'vcrsinj^ tlio 
 jiuliriiicnt of till" Coni't of Queen's Hciicli lor liower CiimKlu, \vas Iwxed uiion ii 
 Itcionl wliicli is not iind never wiis of record in the Record on Ivle in tlie Court 
 iippeided I'roni. 
 
 Wlierel'ore, and I'or the iiliove reasons, thtf undersigned as iv loyal British 
 Nuhject i>rays i'or common I'rilisii justice in this matter in accordance witli the 
 liw ol" tile ImikI, and tliat the Ilonourahle, tlie Minister of .in--tice lor the Domin- 
 ion ol' ('anada will order all tin- jiapers and documents on lyle in tliis cause in 
 tile Suiieiior Ciiurl and in the Court •>[' (Queen's liench I'or Lower C'aiuida, at 
 Montreal, uith a list ol'the same aiul the dates oi' their I'vlinn' in the said courts, 
 also the Petition, Hiyintr Ciri/r, with allidavit attached, lyled hy the undersiirned 
 in the Superior C'oiu't at Montreal, on the .jth day ol' Xovemher, A.D. 1877, under 
 the No. l.-'iHt;, to l)e transmitted to the Department ol' Justice at Ottawa, subject 
 to whatt'Ver uclion the lioiiourahle, the Minister ol .lustice may he pleased to 
 order there;>n. 
 
 And the undersi'.nied i)rays, in the interest ol' Justice, that notion be taken 
 ai^ainst the ralsiliers and the users ol'the I'alsilied matter of that I'alsilied liecord 
 of Court as set i'ortli in this Declaration, and in tlie Petition ol' the undersii^ued 
 to the ijcuislature of tile Dominion ol' Canada in Parliament assemljled. 
 
 I, tiie undersiune(l,do solemnly di>clare that the above facts are true, and I 
 make tiiis solemn declaration conscientiously believiiii'!' the same to be true, and 
 l)y virtue of till' Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of Hit Majesty's leiirn, 
 inlihilril. : '• Ciiap. ;!7," "An Act for tiie suppression of voluntary and extra 
 judicial oatiis." 
 
 JOHX FR^SER. 
 
 i 
 
 { 
 
 Deelared and acknowledjrt'd l)el'ore me, the Mayor ^ 
 of the City of Montreal, at the City Hall, in said City, ' 
 en this Twenty Seventh Day of January, AD. 1HH2. ' ) 
 
 I 
 
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 J. L. BKAU13HY, 
 
 MA YOR.