Hi David, Wow! Many, many thanks. > THOMPSON v GOETZEE > Mr. THOMPSON, auctioneer, of Kendal sued Mr. GOETZEE of Ambleside for the sum > of £1, the value of some carpet, which he > stated the defendant had purchased at the sale of Miss BONNY's furniture, of > Mill cottage, Ambleside held on the 26th of > February last. The day being wet, the carpets were sold in a small room, and > purchasers could not inspect them > throughout. Once again you are telling me things about my family that I did not know. I was previously unaware of this sale, although logic tells me of course it must have occurred. Wish I could have been a fly on the wall that day! It was common practice for such sales to be well advertised and the contents listed in a newspaper advertisement. I must now see about going about trying to get that from Kendal. Yes, the BONNEY family lived at Mill Cottage, Ambleside (the building just to the right of Bridge House when you are facing Bridge House from the road). Last time I was in Ambleside, Mill Cottage was a B & B but in the late 1980's there was a serious plan to make Mill Cottage the home of the Armitt collection. (I have a brochure about it, created at the time.) But it never happened, due, I believe, to funding issues. The family story (still unproven) is that Bridge House in the late 1800s was part of the Mill Cottage property and the BONNEY men used Bridge House for storing some of the equipment for their business. Miss BONNEY (Elizabeth BONNEY) subsequently moved south to Lancashire to live with a female cousin and spent the rest of her life working running a Chemists. I just don't know how to adequately thank you for these wonderful transcriptions. We are very grateful. Kind regards, Lorraine Victoria BC Canada > > The defendant said he bought the carpet, but on looking at it he found it was > not so good as it was represented to be. > He therefore returned it to the auctioneer who agreed to take it back and > ordered his clerk to strike it out of the > book. > > Mr. THOMPSON replied he did not misrepresent the goods. He had said "In this > small room we cannot spread the carpets > out: you must take them as you find them". He also denied agreeing to take > the carpet back. > > Wilson HODGSON, an apprentice working at Mr. DIXON's, joiner, Ambleside for > the defence stated: I saw the book and I saw > the auctioneer's clerk mark the name out with a pencil; he said at the time he > was glad to get such a funny name off his > book. > > The book was examined and the name was found; there was no pencil mark through > it, but the witness repeated his > statement. > > Judgement was given in favour of the complainant, with railway fare allowed. >