AN OLD CHANCERY CASE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 10

AN OLD CHANCERY CASE.

MAN'S DISAPPEARANCE IN 1780.

' The celebrated Chancery suit of "Jarridyco V. Jarndyco" no longer holds the rccord for' duration. ( A .case .which has. lasted at least 109 years was mentioned in the London Law Courts recently. . Among a number of motions before tho Divorce' Court Judge for leave t6 ' presume the/deaths of .different persons was one in the namo'lor- C., S. Eulteney. ; 1 ■: y. Counsel asked that tho death of C- S Pultehey.'might bo jifeaumed to-have, taken place'in the year'l76o.. . . j " f'yKlion?.'!, demanded Sir Gorell. Barnos in amazement. ;■ . 1 -."In 1~80," repeated counsel, amid loud laughter.'... .. v.... . ■ 1 "Mr. .Pulteney,". he explained, "was marrfed. about ; 1770,' and had a daughtot Ih 1780.h0 left l?ng)a)ld.'. Ho has-been ndvortißod for, .but ho liiiS. never been. htord of since.,-. ,In. 1709 k Slim of £10Q0 was paid into cotirt.- and it now amounts to £1600." '

•■"Whsit. has it been doing there all this time?" tho iudgo inquired. i. Counsel replied that legal proceeding's were started in 1799, but nothing further 1 was done until 1899. j'Why riot? 1 ' a«ked tire judge, "I do'not kn6w[" counsel answered. • . ?'Extraordinary!" exclaiifted . Sir Gorttt Barnes; "Who wants it now?'* "I iim afraid a'good many people want it now," said counsel. "The pfeseiit applicant is l ft greafcigfandsph of tho,wife of. tho brother of Charles Pultcney. • ■ "Certain persons," ho added, ''eliiim : tlio sum, 1 and proceedings are being., taken in tho Chancor.v Court. Tho death of' 0. S: Pultenoy is tho only link wanting in tho tltlo." f ' l have.not much limitation in presuming tho doath of Mr. Pultenoy," s tlm judgo stated. "I am quito sure ho is dead." Germany, however, has beaten'even' this record,. v . A , lawsuit between the local authority of Frieinar, a Suburb of Gptlia, ami .certain mill owners ,in a neighbmirilig village was amicably settled recently after .478 ytvirs of .constant litigation, says a ''Central Neiys". Berlin tol-ogratfi. , . i .'- 1 Tho original cause of the eriit wt>s the action of the mill owners iti raising without authorisation_ tho height of a darn'ili the River Nosse in order to increaso the supply of water to tlioif mills. Thi) monny Bwnllowed up by tho proooodtn®i is incalculable.