This was the adjourned hearing of the action in which the plaintiff claimed -that the defendants contracted in writing to sell to him an estate situated in Johore "(Straits Settlements) known as the Woodthorpe Estate," for the sam of $130,000, as per letters dated January @1 and 22, 1910, of which were attached to the petition; that he paid "the defendants the sam of Tls. 15,000 -as bargain money, which the defendants accepted; and that the defendants had' informed him in writing that they did not intend to carry out their part, or to recognize the sale. Plaintiff, therefore, prayed that the defendants be ordered +40 carry out the said contract, or in the alternative that they be ordered to pay "to the plaintiff damages for breach of contract and his costs of the suit, or to ive such further and other relief as the Court might-see fit.
'Mr. R. N. Macleod represented the plsintif' and Mr. T. Morgan Phillips appeared for the defence.
'Mr. Macleod called Mr. Vilhelm Moyer, who stated in evidence that he was a merchant and had knowledge of the matters in dispute in this action. He brought Mr. Speelman to Mr, Forum in the first place as a lil party to bay the' Woodthorpe Estate."
itoes knew all the dealings in the) matter and was present at various interviews and acted on several occasions on behalf of Mr. Speelman, knew of the letters that had passed po tween the parties. The letters received from Mr. Forum were shown to witness by Mr, Spelman and those written by Mr. Speelman were dictated in witness's presence and shown to him by Mr. -Sipeelman, The original letters written by Mr. Forum to Mr. Spelman, were now in Court, (Corresponiience s¢ween Mr. Forum and Mr. Speelman, and Messrs. Platt, Teesdale and Macleod and Mr. Forum, produced, and identified by the witness and admitted by Mr. Phillips.) The condition as to the defendant Company having the option to take up one-half of the shares was accepted by Mr. Spelman, through witness. verbally to Mr. Foram, on the afternoon of January 22. Witness went to Mr. Forum's house as the latter was not well. Witness saw him in his bedroom, They had a conversation in the course of which they went over the flotation terms. Mr, Forum agreed to theee terms. Witness told bim that Mr. Spelman agreed to let the defeat ant Company have one-half of the
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