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???    £ 00,000 LOST J I rvilSS TALBOTJS GENEROSITY. WHAT WORKING Dr P3RT TALBOT PITS m li4"40i.VED. LAW CflURTS SEQUEl.1 In the Chauc»ry Division to-dav Mr. Justice Joyce coul:uuoiI iiio h?arin,j of the action which is m mg brought by Lord Ashbv St. Ledger against Emily Charlotte To Unit, with regard to a mining lease at. jjlangyutvyd. Plain- tilf's acsion was to,- damages tor alleged breach oi a coveixaa- to constinue wor- king. This morning his Lordshjj) asked Mr. Upjohn, K.C., tm: t-he defendant. wiietht;r client ntsaul to work the mine again. Mr. I pjohn Tor the moment we have stopped working. }' Lordship: Mr. Upjohri: liecavsse Miss TalLot has lost £ '90,000 in ,!u> last iive or six years. Miss Talbot herscli cvner ot. about 700 acres. She let that to a man named Lindley, who?e titie to her le<\sc, became vested m The Jones's. 'lhe Joneses did not work the colliery, and she had to bring an ejectment. Then it boraxne a question oi closing the iiary, where there weiv some 500 or tiOO iorkpeople, and they elected a deputa- tion which wont tD her and said, "Xow.j rou are a rich lady, a great lady to the leighbou; hood, are you as a I-c,iilt .his ejectment going to throw oOO men aut of work! Mi*s Talbot said. I won't; I will take it on myself. Miss Talbot's Generosity. I She therefore continued the working of her own coal, and in connection witri j which she had to t«ke? the working of two ,siiiall pil.,6, the Toaer Mine and' the plaintiff's. Mis:> Talbot has worked j them, year aiter year, at a- loss of seme-1 times £ 12.001) and sometimes £ 13,000. Over five or six yean; the loss on work- ing alone has been just under £ÔO,OOÜ,. and if you add to that the capital ex- penditure she has had to make by way of plant and development, the total Joss is £ 90,000. Of course lalbot iN a rich bdy, but —— oke. Mr. Upjohu No, and she put the matter into the hands of her mh-isers, and under their arh-ice dIe werking was stopped pending the arrival 01 better t.mtft. His Lordship: Times are good, now. Mi. Upjohn: Coal sells tor twice as much now as it used to. His Lordship: Ot course vou are a1- na-s having trouble with your work- people Mr. Upjohn: We think it will sell for twice as much again, and then we I will be able to work, if not at a profit at least, not at a k-ss. I An Agreement Dropped. I Proceeding counsel said that lozers ) had agreed to drop the agreement on the understanding, and it the working was commenced again they would go on with the agreement. His Lordship: Why does this not pay. Is it not a first ratA coal? Mr. [pjohn said it was a good coal stittx a great many diiffculties. The I great dithe,ilty was the inclination of the seams which enormously increased the; quantity of small coal, and limited the output. Of course there were times when small coal could be sold at re- munerative prices, but the defendant was advised not to go on working at present. The plaintiff, however, stood on hfs rights. Miss Talbot accord- ingly now said to him, "You won't meet me in any way, although I went into this from philanthropic motives, and although you are one of the great lr.nd- | owners of the district and a heir and so on I His Lordship: And a Government official. Mr. Upjohn: Yes, a member of the Ministry.—"You won't help me. Xow do your worst. What your rights are vou will have, but I am not going to submit to a payment of £,W(J, in order to be quit of this liability." H is Lordship's Suggestion. I Proceeding, Counsel said that Lord St. Ledger claimed damages amounting tooting of Miss Talbot j never working the mine again, and he supposed his lordship also wanted his j coal back again. His Lordship: What part of Glamor- gan is this in? Mr. Upjohn: Not far from Swansea. His Lordship: It occurs to me that you are prepared to submit to an enquiry as to damages up to now. I think It w ill have t(,' go to s<-m-o i in par- tial engineer for that purpose. Mr. Upjohn: Of course we invite an open enquiry. We sav the damage." are nil. Proceeding, counsel suggested that if the question of damage.s were to be referred, perhaps the most con- venient course would be for the judge to make a declaration whether thai plaintiff was entitled to damages on the footing that he had lost 8011 the .royalties pajable during the lease owing to the defendant's eonduct, or whether the plaintiff was only entitled to what- ever damage he had suffered at the date; of the payments into the court by the defendant. Then a rather nice question I as to cmtt, might arise. Base of Plaintiff's Claim. Mr. Hughes, K.C., for the plaintiff, flaid his client had been distinctly in- formed that the defendant had no in- tention w hatever of working the mines further, and it was on. that the plain- tiff based his claim for damages on the fooling of the repudiation of the con- tract. After Mr. Upjohn's statement he could not persist in asking for damages on that fooling. hV would suggest that he should have the costs of the trial and that the costs of any inquiry as to damages might be re- served. Inquiry Ordered. In the end his Lordship ordered an inquiry as to what damages the plain- tiff had suite red, to take place before an engineer to be agreed upon by the j Mtfties. or. failing that, before the li I 11-efLre?e. ?r, ( c),, ? I sA-ere re- f?nci'?1 R?tcree. All costs were re- | served.

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