Ambleside County Court Ambleside Lakes Herald December 26, 1884 Page 4 Friday before T.H. INGHAM, Esq, Judge. WHITTAM v MATHER Mr. POOLE for the plaintiff Mr. R.F. THOMPSON for the defendant The amount claimed was £55 5s 6d; of that sum they abandoned £5 5s 6d in order to bring it within the jurisdiction of that court. The parties had agreed to refer the matter to Mr. CASSON of Ulverston but in the arbitration he had not deducted the amount paid into court. Plaintiff asked his honour to again refer the matter to Mr. CASSON, that he might rectify his decision. His honour decided that nothing could be done until Mr. CASSON could appear and give his evidence and the case must stand over. John BRAITHWAITE, labourer of Windermere applied for an administration order and stated that he owed £49 3s 1d; he had no money in hand and his furniture was valued at £15 Mr. DOBSON represented Mr. THRELFOLD the largest creditor, and elicited from the defendant in examination that in addition to the amount stated £5 was owing for rent and as that made it over £50 an administration order could not be granted. Mr. DOBSON was willing to take a composition of 10s in the £ and the matter was put back in order that an arrangement might be made with the other creditors. James BEETHAM, labourer, of Windermere stated that he owed £35 17s 11d. His wages averaged 22s a week and he had a wife and family and several sums to pay into court. He had no money in hand and his furniture was worth about £6 15s Mr. Amos said that he was sure that unless some order was made to relieve the defendant his creditors would get nothing; he would become personal guarantee for his paying 2s or 2s 6d in the £ or anything like that amount. An order for 4s in the £ was made to discharge the defendant's liabilities and Mr. AMOS undertook to guarantee that amount. Joseph GRIZEDALE, Langdale sued William WALKER for £2 14s 7½d for goods supplied. The defendant denied the debt. The amount proved by the books of the plaintiff was £2 19s 1½d and the defendant's wife had acknowledged the debt by paying at different times sums amounting to 4s 6d. An order was made to pay 3s a month. Ambleside Lakes Herald March 5, 1885 Page 4 Friday before Judge Ingham Edward REED v. Robert ATKINSON Mr. DOBSON for the plaintiff The action was to recover a sum of £8 2s 4d of which the defendant disputed several items in the account and alleged that he had a counter claim for borrowed money. Case adjourned for defendant to bring in his son who kept the books, to give evidence as to borrowed sums. BYERS and FLEMING v. Furness Railway Co. The action was to receive the value of two bags of sharps which were delivered to the company on the 15th of May last, consigned to the order of BYERS and FLEMING of Barrow, addressed to Mr. M. BOWNESS of Ambleside. The plaintiffs had sent an order to the station master to deliver the sharps to Mr. M. BOWNESS, but it appears the latter had never received them. Henry OLDFIELD stated that on the 15th of May he was a porter in the employ of the Furness Railway Co. at Waterhead. On that day FIANDER, in the employ of Mr. BOWNESS, came for the order (six bags of corn and some sharps) which he had previously put on one side of the warehouse separate from the other goods. He then wheeled the sacks to the cart which FIANDER had brought, and helped to put them in. When he laid the book before FIANDER to sign he told him he was signing for six bags of Indian corn and two bags of sharps. Mr. WEARING, the station master said he saw the sacks in the warehouse and they were not there after Mr. BOWNESS' man had been. Case dismissed. David Leverton Leverton, Stevens, Clibborn, Dodgson, Hird, Stalker ulpha@telus.net