APPEAL DISMISSED.

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APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURTIS v. BOTTOMLBY, ALLEGED SELLING OF WORMLESS SHARES. B> Telegraph.- Presi AMoetotlari,— Copyright. (Received August 1. 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, 31*t July. Horatio Bottomley's appeal a^niet the decision of the King a Bench ill the Master case has been dismissed. Lord Justice Vaughan Williatrtß flifl' sented, considering that Master was a mete gambler, Lord Justice Moulton stated that Bottomloy induced Master to purchase worthless shares in tho John Bull In* vestment Company. Lords Shaw and Buckley agreed with Lord Moulton. Bottomiey will appeal to a higher eoutfc. In this case Mre, Eleanor Curti*, executrix of the will of her father, the laic R. Master, retired Civil servant, sued Horatio Bottomlev for £67,835, alleged to have been obtained by Belling deceased worthkßs shares. Defend* ant denied misrepresentation. A Verdict was given for plaintiff, with £50,000 damages. A stay of eiwetifcion was granted on condition that the full amount of damfl^es wr* paid into court. Mr. Bottomiey is M.P. for South Hackney, which he line represented since 1906. lto ha* long beet! connected with large financial undertakings in London, and established pcvera-1 newipapers^ amonsf otliere, the John Bull, of winch he is acting editor, tie k ft nephew of George Jacob Holyoake, the founder ot the modern co-operabiVß movement. Mr. Bottomiey is generally regarded as the beet "lay iawy*r" in. the country, having successfully con> ducted his own cs*£e in nevers-l import* ant court proceeding!?. Apparently, however, his ma-na ia waning. A few Weeks ago he was sued, the court order* ing him to pay £20.000 in connection' with a judgment obtained againet him in November, 1805; and he aW snbroitted to judgment for £17,250 ift another case.