In reply, Mr. Newman said he wished rst to clear up one oF two points, In the first place, until they fame into Court, his clients knew nothing of the transaction involving the first mortgage, or even of its xxistonce, The other point was that they never Knew of the existence of the partnership. Various "members of the firm, mostly, unconnected the transactions, heard "ttle that the British Flower Shop wag in occupation, of the premises, and that Mr. Anderson had some connection with the firm, They thought, however, that the Tand was Mr. Anderson's, In addition, there had been a number of acts of negligence by Dr. Kew subsequent to and antecedent to the one on the part of the respondents, Firstly Who the property was transferred the Credit Foncier for Tls. 20,000; the title deed was lodged with that company, with no provisions for Dr. Kew to be notified of any change in its position, At this point Judge Grant Jones: interrupted with @ question as to the meaning of the word "negligence, Which he said generally carried with a senso of duty; the only duty here was that of the' parties {0 themselves. Mr. Newman agreed, At the end of the 6 months, the mortgage was extended for a further period of 3 months; at the end of this. period, Dr. Kew made no enquiries about it, nor did he try to execute renewal, -or anything, Later, Mr.
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