You have here five bricks out of my house, I could give you fifty." "H. Those proceeds were not sufficient to pay the cost of the suit, and a balance against the plaintiffs (my clients) of some 50%. The property was sold the proceeds were over 7001. The only extra expense incurred was the attachment of one of the defendants for not answering under the decree. The usual decree was obtained for sale, &c. He was indebted to divers people, and a creditor's suit was instituted. his will was prepared by a non-professional person. A testator devised his estate to various persons, but took no notice of debts, &c. The case was known to be a gross imposition, but where was the remedy? 2001. proved the will, got in the estate, which was very small, and then brought in a medical bill of some 2001, which absorbed the whole. 4, a testatrix, after one or two small legacies, gave the residue of her estate between her brother and sister, and appointed her medical attendant executor. This case might have been easily dealt with in the County Court. He retained the money (about 60%.), refusing to account either to the cestui que trust or the next-of-kin of the testator, and died without refunding. The trustees sold, and one of them received the money subsequently he discovered that the devise was void, under the statute of mortmain. A testator devised a small freehold property to trustees for sale, the proceeds to be applied to charitable purposes. 3 was the case might be heard in precisely the same way as too poor a case for a remedy. The costs in the matter cannot be much under 100%., if covered by that figure, as we must go into formal proof. There is no question of fact or equity raised, and the plaintiffs must have their decree. unaccounted for by a trustee, under circumstances very similar to No. 2 is now sub judice the sum in question is 400. Instead of this, a plaint might have been entered, and an order made by consent and wish even the present anomaly of the payment of all the court expenses by the suitors, the costs would scarcely have reached 15. The taxed costs between the parties were over 30% the defendant's personal costs will be from 20l. There was no shadow of defence, and a decree was taken by consent. One of the trustees being insolvent, the bill was filed, and the prayer was, that the money might be brought into court, and distributed among among the beneficiaries. 1 the subject matter is a sum of 251., vested in two trustees, who have both meddled with the fund. They are as follow, and were supplied to me by gentlemen practising in Somersetshire: "We have at this moment going through our office, two chancery suits. There is a universal outcry upon the subject, and in every direction persons volunteered to furnish me with cases bearing upon this point, some of which I will bring before the notice of the commissioners, as being more convincing than mere expressions of opinion. From what cause?-From the expenses swallowing up the whole amount in dispute.
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