Document 106, letter from Mr Letteny to Ralph Heron, 18 July 1788, p 1
| Ra Heron Esq | Dsr | |||
| Newcastle on | Mr Scott was so confident that the Court woud order the | |||
| Tyne | minutes of the [decretal?] order to be alterd, by directing the | |||
| issue to be tryd at York instead of Cumberland, that I went | ||||
| 18 July 1788 | to say, that it woud be try’d there. However on moving | |||
| Mr Letteneys Ltr | the Court today (for he happen’d to be absent when the or | |||
| motion was made) the Court refused to alter the Minutes | ||||
| without the Deft consent & they resisting the Motion, we | ||||
| took nothing by the motion, so that the Cause will be try’d | ||||
| at Carlisle. Chambro’s Clerk took my retainer, but an [E??] | ||||
| has taken place, by wch we cannot have him. He has | ||||
| a general retainer from the County – I understand that Law | ||||
| has also a genl Retainer. But as the Plts at Law wish | ||||
| to have Chambro as a Leader, He is with us. A Mr | ||||
| Hill, of Yorkshire, had been recommended to Mr Errington | ||||
| [merely?], I find, because he |
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| as the [Cause?] is to be try’d in Cumberland we may as | ||||
| well take some other youngster by the Hand. Chambro’ | ||||
| Wood, Lamb & Ridley are Councell for the Plts. We shall | ||||
| have one Benefit, by trying it at Carlisle & that no | ||||
| small one, In [??] Scott’s assistance as Leader. He says | ||||
| that he will be there In Case it shou’d be necessary to | ||||
| read any part of the proceedings in Chancery at the Trial. | ||||
| 210 | the Agents have agreed, that the Office copies maybe | |||
| read. Mr Errington has directed me to move for a spec | ||||
| Jury which I have done & the writs will be drawn up to- | ||||
| morrow. The Councell on both sides seems to be at a Loss | ||||
| about giving directions as to the evidence necessary to | ||||
| be adduced by the parties. Mr Wallis’s Clerk told me | ||||
| that Chambro, thinks the Plts shou’d show by evidce | ||||
| that the Materials of the old Bridge were worth the | ||||
| money at wch the County estimated them. Mr E says | ||||
| he can show by evidence that those materials were | ||||
| not worth above £1500. Chambro says they must | ||||
| prove what it will cost to rebuild the Bridge, on the | ||||
| Plan | ||||
Note: Letter from Mr Letteny to Ralph Heron p1
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