102 H.D.-Howell, E. G. v. Howell A M. L. A. 103 H.D.-Leach v. Leach & Gattie

104 H.D.-Sussex v. Sussex & Travers

105 W.D.-Simpson, I. v. Simpson, A. H. (King's Proctor showing case)

106 W.D.-Beale, S v. Beale, A. W. (Day cited) 107 W.D.-Young, M. F. v. Young, T.

108 H.D.-Tangstram v. Tangstram, Edmundson and Voules Burchall

109 W.R.C.R.-Miller, M. M. v. Miller, A. J. A (Clark cited), H.D.-Miller v. Miller & Clark

110 H.D.-Davies v. Davies & Price

111 W.D.-Le Grand, E. L. v. Le Grand, C. W.

112 P.-Marsden, dec.; Marsden v. Marsden & ors 113 H.D.-Surtees v. Surtees & Parry

114 W.D.-Woolf, H. v. Woolf, H. (Goldberg intervening-Bravda cited)

115 I.-Raeburn, O. L. (Lady) v. Raeburn, Sir W. H. (Bart.)

Defended, 115;

2 In the Matter of the Mines (Working Facilities and
Support) Act, 1923 (Part I.) and The Mining
Industry Act, 1926 (Part II.) & In the Matter
of the Appln. of The Campeltown Coal Co. Id.
3 In the Matter of the Mines (Working Facilities and
Support) Acts, 1923 to 1926, and The Mining
Industry Act, 1926 (Part II.) & In the Matter
of the Appln. of The Shrubbery Colliery Co.
ld. & John Woodall, Fred Dyson Sacker & Lewis
Sacker

ROTA OF REGISTRARS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY,
JAN. 21.

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RUSSELL, J.

15 H.D.-Ringshaw v. Ringshaw & Ringshaw

16 H.D.-Plews v. Plews & Pumphrey

17 H.D.-Morris v. Morris & Houghton

18 H.D.-Chapman v. Chapman & Chapman

19 H.D.-Lingford v Lingford & Latimer

20 H.D.-Baxter v. Baxter & Hosley

21 H.D.-Gambles v. Gambles & Nussenbaum

22 H.D.-Farrer v. Farrer & Wade

23 H.D.-Pearne v. Pearne & Whiteley

24 H.D.-Tyler v. Tyler & Milford

25 W.D.-Davies, M. v. Davies, T. E.; H.D.-Davies

v. Davies & Davies

26 H.D.-Hawkins v. Hawkins & Blanchard

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GAZETTES

PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

DISSOLVED

GAZETTE, JAN. 6.

GRYLLS, HENRY, and PAIGE, GRYLLS, PHILLIPS, solicitors, Redruth, under style of Grylls and Paige. Dec. 31, 1927. Debts by G. P. Paige, who will continue to practise at same address under same firm's name.

MASON, BARRY WILLICOMBE; DAWES, MICHAEL STILEMAN; SHUTER, ARTHUR ELLIOT, INGHAM-THOMPSON, WILLIAM RALPH; and WHATLEY, ARTHUR PERCIVAL, Solicitors, 81-87, Gresham-st, E.C., under style of Dawes and Sons. Dec. 31. So far as regards W. R. Ingham-Thompson. PLOWMAN, JOHN THARP, and HARWOOD, MAURICE WELLS, solicitors, 26, Basinghallst, E.C., under style of Winter and Plowman. Jan. 1. WIGHTMAN, BENJAMIN ARTHUR, and REED, HENRY, solicitors, Sheffield, under style of Broomhead, Wightman, and Reed. Dec. 31, 1927. Debts by H. Reed, who will carry on the business at old address on his own behalf under same style.

GAZETTE, JAN. 10.

HOWLETT, ARTHUR; MOORHOUSE, EDWARD PARKER; and LITTLEWOOD, SYDNEY CHARLES THOMAS, solicitors, 14, Bedford-st, Covent Garden, and Kingstonon-Thames, under style of Wilkinson, Howlett, and Moorhouse. Dec. 31, 1927. So far as regards A. Howlett. Debts by remaining partners who will continue the practice at same addresses.

WILSON, ALEXANDER ; COWIE, GILBERT; DILLON, MALCOLM ALEXANDER MELDON; and WILSON, KEITH ALEXANDER BUCHANAN, solicitors and notaries, Liverpool, under style of Wilson, Cowie, and Dillon. Dec. 31, 1927. So far as regards A. Wilson. WEBSTER, REGINALD, and PAGE, CHARLES EDWARD, Sheffield, solicitors, under style of Webster and Co. Dec. 31, 1927. Debts by R. Webster, who, with Joseph Ibbotson Keer, will continue the practice under style of Webster and Keer.

APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE JOINT STOCK WINDING-UP ACTS

NOTICES OF APPEARANCE AT HEARING MUST REACH THE SOLICITORS BY 6 P.M
ON THE DATE GIVEN UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

ANGLO-EASTERN CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by
Feb. 29, to D. Lorimer, Local Rees, 189, Parallel-st, Smyrna. Jenkins,
Baker, and Co., 3, London Wall-bldgs, E.C. 2, sols. to D. Lorimer.
ABRAHAM GREENHALGH AND SON LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 12,
to H. L. and H. L. Holden, 33, Manchester New-rd, Middleton.
ABIES BATTERY COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 10, to T. D.
Cocke, Leith House, 47, Gresham-st, E.C. 2.

A. RIST LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 30, to E. B. Turquand, 133,
Moorgate, E.C. 2.

AMALGAMATED RUBBER AND GENERAL ESTATES LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 9, to S. W. Ramplin, 7 and 8, Great Winchester-st, E.C. AMALGAMATED (RUBBER) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 9, to S. W. Ramplin, 7 and 8, Great Winchester-st, E.C. AERO AND MOTOR COMPANY (MANCHESTER) LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 29, to J. F. Warburton, 28, Queen-st, Manchester. BIXTETH ESTATES LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Jan. 20, at 10, at Liverpool County Court. Nield and Milligan, Liverpool; Gair, Roberts, and Co., Liverpool; Forwood, Williams, and Co., Liverpool, sols. for pets. Notices of appearance by Jan. 19.

BEAUFORT CLUB LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 31, to S. R. Hogg, 10, Coleman-st, E.C. 2.

BOROUGHBRIDGE GAS LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 19, to H. A. Andrews, Aldborough, near Boroughbridge,

BESSES O'TH BARN OLD BAND UNION LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 7, to J. Hope, 25, Bolton-st, Bury. Pickstone and King, Radcliffe (Lancs), sols. for liquidator.

BRITISH ISLES MARINE AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 31, to H. A. van de Linde, 4, Fenchurch-av, E.C. 3. CHICAGO BREWERIES LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 31, to R. S. Paterson, 1, Walbrook, E.C. 4.

CHALMERS, GUTHRIE, AND CO. LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 29, to J. C. Billingham, 3, London Wall-bldgs, E.C. 2.

DENDRAETH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 27, to A. Stafford, 111, Corporation-st, Manchester.

EUROPEAN SUPPLIES LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Jan. 16, at Royal Courts of Justice. McKenna and Co., 31-34, Basinghall-st, E.C. 2, sols. to pet. Notices of appearance by Jan. 14.

FOSTER AND CO. (MANCHESTER) LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 8, to T. A. Platt, 34, Brazennose-st, Manchester.

F. HEWITT AND SON LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 31, to J. A. Hopps, 25, Friar-la, Leicester.

HELVETIA LEATHER COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 25, to H. W. Wood, 29, Rood-la, E.C. 3.

HAWNT AND SON LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 11, to P. W. M. Horner, of P. W. M. Horner and Co., 329, High Holborn, W.C. 1.

H. O'BRIEN (1924) LIMITED.-Creditors (other than those whose claims have been made and admitted) to send in, by Feb. 6, to E. J. Patterson, 15, Copthallav, E.C. 2, or F. Binns, 35, Westgate, Huddersfield.

H. PICKLES AND CO. (BRADFORD) LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 6, to B. A. Bates, 3, Piccadilly, Bradford.

J. M. WILLIAMS AND CO. LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Jan. 16. at Royal Courts of Justice. Berrymans, 4, Tokenhouse-bldgs, Lothbury, E.C. 2, agents for J. E. Rowlands, Swansea, sol. for pets. Notices of appearance by Jan. 15.

JOHN WORK AND CO. LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 18, to T. B. Atkinson,
Trinity House-chmbrs, Trinity House-la, Hull.
LONDON FLYING CLUB LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 7, to D. L. Honey-
man, 9, Basinghall-st, E.C. 2.

MACOS BATTERY MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 14, to R. H. Dutchman, 122-3, Moorgate Station-chmbrs, E.C. 2. MERCER WARD LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Jan. 16, at Royal Courts of Justice. McKenna and Co., 31-34, Basinghall-st, E.C. 2, sols, to pet. Notices of appearance by Jan. 14.

PIERCY AND CO. LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 12, to H. C. Kelley, 3, Newhall-st, Birmingham. Edge and Ellison, Birmingham, sols, for liquidator. PARK CINEMA SALTNEY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 11, to B. Hughes, The Willows, Palace-av, Rhyl.

PROVINCIAL WATERPROOF COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 7, to C. M. Skinner, 7, Norfolk-st, Manchester. Addleshaw, Sons, and Latham, Manchester, sols. for liquidator. SUTER CAMPBELL OILS LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Jan. 16, at Royal Courts of Justice. Piesse and Sons, 15, Old Jewry-chmbrs, E.C. 2, sols. for pets. Notices of appearance by Jan. 14. SCOTTISH-AMERICAN OIL AND TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 30, to T. Ford, 37-41, Gracechurch-st, E.C. SOUTH GRANGE ESTATE LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 16, to G. Ridley, 34, Grey-st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

SEYMOUR GALLERIES LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 7, to R. H. Manning, 163, Victoria-st, S.W. 1.

STUARTS (FINANCE AND REVERSIONS) LIMITED.- -Creditors to send in, by Feb. 7, to G. St. L. Ball, 346, New Cross-rd, S.E. 14.

THOMPSON AND PRATT LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 18, to E. Fisher, 12,
Cherry-st, Birmingham.
TWICKENHAM ESTATES LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 16, to F. F.
Sharles, 52, Queen Victoria-st, E.C. 4.

WINDSOR RICHARDS PROTECTIVE PAINT COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Feb. 29, to A. C. Surrey, 7 and 8, Poultry, E.C. 2.

WILLIAM ASQUITH (1919) LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by Jan. 28, to A. Stocks,
37, Manor-row, Bradford.
WELLINGBOROUGH EX-SERVICE MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE LIMITED.-Creditors
to send in, by Feb. 2, to P. O. James, Market-sq, Wellingborough.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN
CHANCERY

LAST DAY OF PROOFS.

Note. A claimant not residing in England or Wales must send with his claim the name and address of a person in England or Wales to whom notice to the claimant can be sent.

DARLINGTON (William), Manchester. March 10; L. Doherty, of Leo. Doherty and Co., Manchester. March 20; Registrar of Manchester District of Chancery of Lancaster, at 11.

DICKINSON. ALFRED, late Saxilby, blacksmith. Ct. Lincoln and Horncastle.
Jan. 5.

EVANS, WILLIAM ALFRED, late Beresford-rd, Walthamstow, commercial clerk. Ct.
High Court. Jan. 5.
EYRE, WILLIAM THOMAS, Bamford, farmer.

Ct. Stockport.

Jan. 5.

FLEMING, JAMES, Willington, fish fryer. Ct. Durham, Jan. 5.
FRANKIE, JOSEPH ADAM, South Shields, confectioner. Ct. Sunderland. Jan. 4.
GARROD, CHARLES WILLIAM, Cleethorpes, collector. Ct. Great Grimsby. Jan. 4.
HAMMEL, GEORGE, Langley Park, hardware dealer. Ct. Durham. Jan. 4.
HAY, CHRISTOPHER MONTAGUE DALRYMPLE, Charleville-rd, West Kensington.
Ct. High Court. Jan. 5.

HESKETH, LIEUT.-COL. GEORGE (Junior), Bolton. Ct. Bolton. Jan. 5.
HILL, GEORGE EDWARD, Kingston-upon-Hull, commission agent.
upon-Hull. Jan. 5.

Ct. KingstonJan. 6.

Ct. Birkenhead.

Jan. 5.

Jan. 2.

LUCAS, REGINALD CHANNON, Taffs Well, cooper. Ct. Cardiff.
LYON, ROBERT, Meliden, poultry farmer. Ct. Bangor. Jan. 5.
NELSON, GEORGE, Lincoln, hay merchant. Ct. Lincoln and Horncastle.
POSNER, JOSEPH SAMUEL, Tottenham, costumier. Ct. Edmonton. Jan. 4.
POWNEY, WILFRED JAMES, Chancery-la. Ct. High Court. Jan. 5.
PUCKETT, HARRY, late Duke-st, Grosvenor-st, Grosvenor-sq, manufacturer's
agent. Ct. High Court. Jan. 5.
RUTTER, WILLIAM ALBERT FRANCIS, Bristol, watch repairer. Ct. Bristol. Jan. 4.
SACKS, MAX, Manchester, clothier. Ct. Salford. Jan. 5.

SANDERS, WILLIAM THOMAS (late Peterborough), silk factory hand. Ct. Peter borough. Jan. 6.

SPENCER, ANDREW, Savoy-st, Strand, road transport contractor. Ct. High Court. Jan. 5.

SRIGLEY, THOMAS WALTERS, Lincoln, chemist. Ct. Lincoln and Horncastle. Jan. 2

THE S.M. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Pratt-st, Camden Town, cabinet makers. Ct. High Court.

Jan. 5.

ADAMS, ALBERT, late Crewe, grocer. Ct. Nantwich and Crewe. Jan. 4.
ALLAN, EDWARD, Portsmouth, dairyman. Ct. Portsmouth. Jan. 2.
ALLEN, CHARLOTTE, Mortimer, drugs store keeper. Ct. Reading. Jan. 3.
BLISS, JOHN, Watford, grocer. Ct. St. Albans. Dec. 31.
COE, LEONARD, Staveley, tailor. Ct. Chesterfield. Jan. 4.

CURZON, SAMUEL, Teddington, managing director. Ct. Kingston, Surrey. Jan. 2.
CLEAVER, ALFRED, Luton, hat salesman. Ct. Luton. Jan. 2.
DAVEY, WILLIAM JOHN, late Poole, general grocer.
Jan. 3.

HERITAGE, ERNEST ALFRED, late Exeter, auctioneer.

Ct. Exeter. Jan. 5. HOOPER, HARRY, Plymouth, general dealer. Ct. Plymouth. Jan. 7. HUMPHREY, MARY ELIZABETH, Wallasey, ladies' outfitter. Ct. Birkenhead. Jan. 3.

HOUGH, JOHN, Southport, grocer. Ct. Liverpool. Jan. 7.

HUSTON, THOMAS, Scarisbrick, farmer. Ct. Liverpool. Jan. 6.
JACOBS, MAURICE, Manchester, traveller. Ct. Manchester. Jan. 5.
JACKSON, HERBERT, Leeds, fish fryer. Ct. Leeds. Jan. 6.

JONES, JOHN CHARLES, Wolverhampton, credit boot dealer. Ct. Wolverhampton.

Jan. 4.

JACKSON, EDWARD ALBERT LAYFIELD, Darlington, fruiterer. Ct. Stockton-onTees. Jan. 5.

LUCAS, REGINALD CHANNON, Taffs Well, cooper. Ct. Cardiff. Jan. 5. LOWTHER. WALTER, Kingston-upon-Hull, butcher. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull,

Jan. 5.

LEWIS, WILLIAM YORATH, Arundel-st, Strand, engineer. Ct. High Court. Jan. 5.
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (described in Rec. Order as Alexander Regg Mackenzie),
Bow-la, merchant. Ct. High Court. Jan. 5.
MITCHELL, SYDNEY COOPER, Chipping Warden, farmer. Ct. Banbury. Jan. 5.
PUCKETT, HARRY, late Duke-st, Grosvenor-sq, manufacturer's agent. Ct. High
Court. Jan. 7.

PINYON, ARTHUR THOMAS (described in Rec. Order as Arthur Pinyon), late Brigh-
ton, meat pie vendor. Ct. Brighton and Lewes (at Brighton). Jan. 6.
RUTTER, WILLIAM ALBERT FRANCIS, Bristol, watch repairer. Ct. Bristol. Jan. 4.
STEVENS, KATHARINE, Earl's Court-sq, boarding house keeper. Ct. High Court.
Jan. 5.
SACKS, MAX, Manchester, clothier. Ct. Salford. Jan. 5.
SMITH, HAROLD; BUCKLE, FRED; and WHINN, COLIN BURNS (trading as Smith
Buckle and Whinn), Micklefield, motor 'bus proprietors. Ct. Wakefield.
Dec. 23.

SKINNER, ALFRED HENRY, Harleston, printer. Ct. Norwich. Jan. 7.
SANDERS, WILLIAM THOMAS, late Peterborough, silk factory hand.
borough.

Jan. 6.

Ct. PeterTIBBETT, HAROLD HERBERT, March, potato merchant. Ct. Peterborough. Jan. 7. TURNER, WILLIAM CHARLES (trading as Turner and Hall), Newport, tailor. Ct. Newport, Mon.). Jan. 6.

WHITE, ÉDLIN, Winslow, farmer. Ct. Banbury. Jan. 5.

WHEELER, HENRY, and STOKES, WILLIAM GORDON (trading as Wheeler and
Stokes), Cardiff, builders. Ct. Cardiff. Jan. 3.
WILKES, G. A., Darlaston. Ct. Walsall. Dec. 30.
YOUNGER, WALTER, Colville-ter, Bayswater, company director.
Jan. 6.

Ct. High Court.

Amended notice substituted for that in Gazette, Dec. 16, 1927. TURNER, MATILDA EDITH (late trading as Madame Edyth de Orfe), Sandwich, costumier. Ct. Canterbury. Dec. 14.

ORDER ANNULLING, REVOKING OR RESCINDING ORDER. GAZETTE, JAN. 6. BAXTER, LAWRENCE, Bonchurch, gentleman. Ct. Newport and Ryde. Dec. 14. (Rec. Order, Sept. 14, 1927, rescinded.)

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS

DEATHS.

ALLEN.-On New Year's Eve, 1927, at Norton House, Tenby, Charles Francis Egerton, third son of the late Charles Allen, of 10, Norton, Tenby, aged 80. Cox. On the 2nd Jan., at Vine-street, Evesham, Thomas Cox, solicitor (formerly Town Clerk of Evesham and Magistrates' Clerk), aged 88 years.

HART JACKSON.--On the 2nd Jan., at Heaning Wood, Ulverston, Stephen Hart Jackson, solicitor, in his 93rd year. JACKSON.-On Christmas Day, 1927, at Fernslope, Belper, Francis Joseph Jackson, solicitor, last surviving son of the late J. G. Jackson, solicitor, Belper, aged 73 years.

JEFFERY. On the 31st Dec., 1927, at 7. Oak Mount, Bradford, Herbert James Jeffery, solicitor, in his 81st year.

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bankruptcy of a husband, after a deed of separation and maintenance, there ceases to be in existence any agreement for his providing for the discharge of his common-law obligations, and therefore the commonlaw rights of the wife again come into being.

Justices and Search Warrants

A CASE recently heard at the Wiltshire Assizes draws attention to the fact that the rights of justices of the peace to issue search warrants are strictly limited, both at common law and by statute, and also to the fact that justices of the peace who act with no jurisdiction or plainly exceed their jurisdiction have no protection either under the Justices' Protection Act 1848 or under the Public Authorities' Protection Act 1893. In the case in question the justice had acted in absolute good faith. At common law there is no right for a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant save in the case where stolen goods are alleged to be within his jurisdiction, but a good many statutes have conferred this right. But apart from express statutory powers, with the exception we have already stated, no right exists for a search warrant to be issued. Apparently the warrant in the case before Mr. Justice Acton purported to be issued under the Protection of Animals Act, but no statutory authority is given for issuing a search warrant in such a matter, and this was admitted. The action was brought also against the police officer who executed the warrant, but unsuccessfully, for a police officer, in executing warrants, merely acts pursuant to the order therein contained, and both in cases of arrest and also of search a warrant is sufficient justification for his action.

Wife's Costs in Divorce

IN Durnford v. Baker (132 L. T. Rep. 35), which was an action at common law, the plaintiff's claim was for a bill of costs in divorce proceedings instituted by the wife. The plaintiff solicitor sought to recover these against the husband, and it was held by the Court of Appeal, affirming the decision of Mr. Justice Rowlatt, that, though the defendant's wife had presumptive authority to pledge her husband's credit, yet, as she had not disclosed to the plaintiff the fact that she had committed adultery herself, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover from the defendant, the husband, the wife's costs. In their judgments in the Court of Appeal both Lord Justice Scrutton and Lord Justice Atkin reserved the question as to the right of a solicitor acting for a wife who is defending a suit to recover his costs against the husband. The point directly arose last week in a case before Mr. Justice Sankey-Arnold and Weaver v. Amari-and the learned judge having found that the solicitor conducted the litigation properly, had fairly investigated the charges, and had reasonable foundation for the defence, the point arose whether the wife in these circumstances could bind her husband to pay her solicitor's costs of divorce proceedings in which a divorce was granted against her. The learned judge held that a wife in these circumstances was not entitled to pledge her husband's credit and to bind him to pay her solicitor's costs. It must be borne in mind that these decisions turn on the common-law liability of the husband, and the wife and her solicitors can

always invoke the peculiar jurisdiction of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division and obtain an order for security for the wife's costs. But in actions at common law the question is really one of agency and concerns the right of the wife to bind her husband for necessaries. Generally speaking, a wife living with her husband can bind him by a contract for necessaries, but where the wife is living apart from the husband and has committed adultery she cannot so bind him.

Trade Associations and "Stop Lists"

It may well be that it is necessary in certain trades for associations to be formed to protect the trade or industry, and naturally those who join those associations are bound by the rules to which they have subscribed. But equally, when the association seeks to enforce those rules upon the individuals who form the association, care must be taken that their provisions are strictly complied with. Under the rules of the Motor Trade Association, individual members who break the rules can be put upon the "stop list," and in such a case other members are forbidden to deal with them. The plaintiffs in a recent case before Mr. Justice Avory were members of the association and had broken its rules, but were informed that if they paid a certain sum to the indemnity fund of the association and signed an undertaking the matter might be ended. Having paid a portion of the money and having become aware of the illegality, they brought an action to recover damages, and the learned judge pointed out to the jury that if two or more persons agree to obtain from another person money to which they have no legal right by threats which are calculated to deprive a reasonable man of his voluntary power of action and obtain the money by such threats, damages can be recovered. Nearly two years ago in the Court of Criminal Appeal in Rev. Denyer, it was held that where the defendant, who was a servant and stop-list superintendent of the association, wrote to a garage proprietor, who was not a member of the association, stating that the association offered an alternative to him to inclusion in the stop list, namely, the payment of a certain sum and the publication of an undertaking to observe protected prices, the defendant was rightly convicted of uttering a letter demanding money with menaces contrary to the Larceny Act, and that it was immaterial that his motive in writing the letter was the protection of the trade interests. And no doubt in such a case, if a civil action were brought, any money so paid could be recovered.

LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

1927.-II.

COMPENSATION for goodwill is dealt with by sects. 4, 5, and 6, and should any tenant be successful in obtaining any compensation under this heading he will be accounted a particularly fortunate person. The whole subject is so hedged round with exceptions and restrictions that we shall be very much surprised if any benefit apparently given to tenants does not prove in practice to be nearly valueless. Whereas, under the earlier sections, provided certain conditions precedent are complied with, a tenant stands some chance of being remunerated for improvements carried out on his holding, in the case of