A Fortune-Seeker

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8830, 10 July 1905, Page 1

A Fortune-Seeker

A ladv who is searching for a, furln.n of £1,M0,000 applied lo the Lord Chief Justice of England recently for mi onler that the. governor of tin; Hank of Knglanif should allow Ik t to inspect tho lint it of slock transferred bv tho Manic to the National Debt Commissioners, to wliohci aocount stock is transferred when no dividends have been claimed for ten years. The lady, Miss Sarah Elian. Collin, of Hard well, Suffolk, said that in 1700 £1,300,000 worth of stock was bought and invested in the names of John finiinger, John Collis, Edward Collis, son., and Edward Collis,, jun., for tho benefit of tho last-named, Miiis/ Collis' father, who was tlion aged two. Aj further sum \va3 invested between 1700 ami 1816 for the benefit of tho sumo person, ■ but no particulars of it could bo ascertained, and tho names appeared in the list published then. Alias Collis and her mother before her held it as an article of faith i that the money belonged lo tlioiii. Tho Lord Chief Justice said the court did not want to prevent a rule being issued, but, tho allegations wcro of tho vaguest churac-, lor, and if counsel look a rulo on tho proBont materials it would bo «t his peril. "I know a great many people who go about/ tho world imagining they hnvo untold milJ lions," added tho Lord Chief Justice. "I cannot think this mutter would htivo boeu allowed to rest for fifty or sixty yuarg with, out anything being done. Take your rul« 4 is erisilr" ,p " you <*"**