NEWTON ABBOT: County Court, Saturday— Before W. M. Praed, Esq., judge. The only case of any interest was that of Pinsent v. Passmore, tried at the last court, and of which his Honour took time to consider. The plaintiff, a maltster, brewer, and spirit merchant, of Newton Bushel, sued the defendant, as administratrix to her late husband, Christopher Passmore, for debt of £16, due for wines and spirits. The defendant pleaded that her husband had conveyed the stock-in-trade on which the plaintiff now sued to her by a marriage settlement. The settlement was put in, and purported to comprise all the stock-in-trade, and whatever might be on the premises, under the value of £300. The property left did not amount to … besides what had been expended on payment of funeral expenses and debts, therefore it was contended that all now on the premises was subject to the trusts of the settlement. It was contended by Mr. Francis, for the plaintiff, that the settlement could not pass the after-acquired property; and that, therefore, the effects were assets liable to payment of the intestate’s debts. Judgment was given for the plaintiff, with costs.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901