ROMANTIC CHANCERY SUIT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160812, 20 November 1920, Page 5

ROMANTIC CHANCERY SUIT.

AN AUSTRALIAN' CLAIMANT. Received Nov. 20, 10.10 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 19. A romantic chancery suit -will be commenced next Tuesday concerning the freehold of an estate at Lewisham, England, called Woodlands, worth £20,000. One of the claimants named Petty returned recently from Australia, where he prospected in the west and was a dentist at Fremantle. He found Woodlands in possession of a draper named Collingwood, who claims legal right, having paid £3OOO. Petty asserts that Collingwood’s deeds are forged. Petty holds the original deeds. He seized a portion of the' property, refusing to be ejected.