Mr, Bidoulac represented the. plaintiff and Mr. L. P. Jones the defendants.
Mr. Jo es said tha', gs ths Lords ip would remember, thi<*eate wax nijonrned of the purpose f allowing the parti s to come to un agreement. That agreement lod been arrived at, ad it was decided that the settlement should be by or er of the Court. Certain amend-nte bad to be made in the petitim and the answer, and these amendments were in Court. ' The position of the cise wes that on the Srd August, 187, the late J. A. T. Meadows Hed possraced of certain property, and his wife subs-quently b right certain land, lot 2, isin, from his executor, and this was duly transferred into her name. On the 8th diy of September, 1879. she transferred the sume to Mr. Andrew Irwi hold upon the truss s-t out in the S: ttle-mint or transfer endorsed upon the title deed. Tuese trusts were in favour of Chibli Meadows a sun of the plaintiff and they gave the Iand to Chilli ubject ty an Annuity iv favour of the sett'or the pi The land wns not to be tra.sferred to Chili he attained 21 yews. The subsequ-ut were that Chilli Meadows, afier the settlement was made, diol under the ave of 21 years. Mrs. Meudows had ever since bren in receipt of the rents of the property. The dispute that hal arisen between the parties was whether the land belong d tothe estate of Chilli Meadows or not. Mrs. Meadows, the plaintiff, claimed that it b-longed in the events which happened to her absolutely while the defendants claimed that it belonged t" the estate of (chibli Mea ows or that they and the plaintiff were as the next of kin of the deceased entitled to the property io equal shares. Mrs. Meadows as at present in ~hanghai. The daughters were id, but r. Boyce their power of attorney. Dr Irwit appointed the Trustee of that settlement died in 1901, and no new trustee had been
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