Tag: Pinsent & Co (law firm)

The Cycle Tube Case: Second day’s hearing at Birmingham: Mr. Commissioner Darling, Q.C., and a special jury resumed the hearing this morning in the Nisi Prius Court at Birmingham Assizes of the important cycle tube case: The action was brought by Messrs. Larson and Larson, merchants, Edmund Street, Birmingham against the Endurance Seamless Tube Company. Limited to recover payment for goods supplied. Defendants admitted liability but counterclaimed for damages for breach of contract by reason of the goods being of bad quality and unfit for the purpose for which they required them. Mr. H. D. Green, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Stubbins (instructed by Messrs. Reece and Harris) appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. H. Young and Mr. Parfitt (instructed by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Co.) for the defendants …

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Birmingham Assizes: Coventry Libel and Slander Action: … Alleged Breach of Contract: As announced in our column on Monday, Henry Hulme, a farmer living at Baginton brought an action against Messrs. Rider, Betts and Son, grain merchants, Coventry for damages for breach of contract. Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Messsrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Co.) was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Stanger, Q.C. with whom was Mr. Parfitt (instructed by Messrs. Hughes and Masser, Coventry,) for the defendants….  The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, fixing the damages at £40 …

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The List of Applications will Close at four p.m. on Friday next, the 4^th of December: The Woodley Co. Ltd., Incorporated under the Companies Acts 1862-1890, Capital £125,000, divided into shares of £1 each: Present issue, 75,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, £75,000: The whole of which are offered for subscription: … … Solicitors: Smith, Pinsent and Co., Waterloo Street, Birmingham … (prospectus) …

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The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company v. Dunlop: This action, which was one to restrain Mr. Dunlop from parting with his interest in the Fleuss and Smallman Patents to the Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre Company, and which was appealed to the House of Lords, has been abandoned by the Pneumatic Tyre Company, who have also signified their intention to withdraw the action altogether: Official information of this was given to the Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre Company, by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Co., of Bennett’s Hill, solicitors for the defendant.

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Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre Co.:  The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. versus Dunlop. This action, which was one to restrain Mr. Dunlop from parting with his interest in the Fleuss and Smallman Patents to the Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre Co., and which was appealed to the House of Lords, has been abandoned by the Pneumatic Tyre Co., who have also signified their intention to withdraw the action altogether. Official information of this was given to the Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre Co. by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Co., of Bennett’s Hill, solicitors for the defendant.

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Mrs. Anna Janette Thornley: Deceased: Pursuant to the Statue 22 and 23 Vict. Cap. 35, Notice is hereby given that all persons have any claim against the estate of Anna Janette Thornley, late of 37 and 38 Queen’s Gardens, near Kensington Gardens, in the County of Middlesex, formerly of Fairplace, Seaside Road, Eastbourne in the County of Sussex, and recently of Brighton and Cheltenham, Widow (who died on the 6^th day of June 1896, and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice on the 28^th day of September 1896, by Arthurs Perks Thornley, the sole Executor thereof) are hereby requested to send written particulars of such claims to the undersigned solicitors for the said executors of the deceased, on or before the 30^th day of November 1896, after which date the said executor will distribute the assets of the deceased having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have received notice: Dated this 12^th day of October, 1896: Smith, Pinsent and Co., 6 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, Solicitors for the said Executor. 

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Marriage of Mr. H. R. Winterton: On Thursday afternoon, the 24th ult., the marriage took place at St. Nicholas Church, Coventry of Mr. Herbert Ralph Winterton, solicitor (Messrs. Smith, Pinsent and Co.), Birmingham, and son of Mr. Thomas Winterton, Walton Warren, Burton on Trent, to Miss Mabel Hill, second daughter of Alderman C. J. Hill of Elmfield, Coventry … (description) … There were numerous present, including some from the pupils and clerks of Messrs. Smith, Pinsent and Co.

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J. K. Starley and Co., Limited: Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of the above named company are required, on or before the 30^th day of September, 1896, to send their names and addresses and particulars of their DEBTS or CLAIMS, and the Names and Addresses of their Solicitors (if any), to Mr. J. K. STARLEY, of the Meteor Works, in the city of Coventry, the Liquidator of the said Company, and if so required by notice in writing from the said Liquidator, are either personally or by their solicitors to come in and prove their said Debts or Claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such Debts are proved. Dated this 25th day of August. 1896. SMITH, PINSENT & CO., 39, Waterloo Street, Birmingham, Solicitors for the Liquidator. The above Company is in liquidation after the sale of the business to the Rover Cycle Company, Limited.

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Birmingham Assizes: Action Against Sir Robert Peel: In the Nisi Prius Court, before Mr. Justice Collins on Monday, an action was brought by Arthur Piggott Jevon, horticultural engineers, Erdington to recover L. 635 from Sir Robert Peel, bart., of Drayton Manor, Tamworth. Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Smith, Pinsent, and Co.,) appeared for the plaintiff and the Hon. Alfred Lyttleton M.P. (instructed by Powell and Burt, London) for the defendant. The case was heard without a jury. … (concerns cost of construction of a Peach house on his estate) …

[see similar Lichfield Mercury: Friday 14^th August 1896]

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