Chelmsford County Court: January 15th, (before J. T. Abdy, Esq., Judge): An Interesting Case: F. C. Halls v. W. Marson and J. Bruce: This is a case possessing features of unusual interest. It was an action of replevin, the plaintiff alleging that his household goods have been wrongfully distressed upon and seized by the defendants. The damages were laid at £5. … Mr. Scarlett then stated that the house now occupied by the plaintiff was a freehold house, formerly owned and occupied by a Miss Mills She died about ten years ago, a spinster and intestate. The heir-at-law was her nephew, Arthur Pincent Mills, of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland … … Various certificates were put in with a view to show that Arthur Pincent Mills was the rightful heir. The certificate of the marriage of his father and mother was missing, but there was an attestation to the effect that the register had been burnt in a fire. A long discussion followed, Mr. Scarlett contending that he had proved his case, but his Honour ruling that he had not done so, but, on the contrary, wished him to assume everything. It was not satisfactorily proved that Pinsent Mills was the heir-at-law or that the rent when obtained, would be forwarded to him … … His Honour observed, further, that there was no proof that Pincent Mills was alive at the time of the distress …
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