De Feucheres v Dawes

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 June 1843
Date01 June 1843
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 50 E.R. 733

ROLLS COURT

De Feucheres
and
Dawes

[46] de feucheres v. dawes. June 1, 1843. An order, obtained ex parte upon motion, discharged, on account of the suppression of material facts. Order of course for taxation discharged on the ground of the suppression of an alleged previous reference to arbitration, though the fact was disputed. In this case (reported, on other points, 5 Beav. 110, 144) Messrs. Pinniger & Co. had been employed by the Defendants as their solicitors, and the amount of their remuneration having come under discussion, an arrangement was come to between the parties that the amount should be left to the determination of Mr. Amory, a solicitor. Mr. Amory gave as his opinion that 7000 would be a fair remuneration to the solicitors for their services. There was, however, a contest between the Defendants and Messrs, Pinniger, whether, under the agreement between them, the opinion or award was final and binding on the Defendants. The Defendants afterwards applied ex parte, by motion, and obtained an order for 734 IN RE MOURILYAN 11 BEAV. 47. the taxation of Messrs. Pinniger & Co.'s bills of costs; but on the application, no mention was made of the reference to Mr. Amory. Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Kindersley, and Mr. Glasse, now moved to discharge the order for irregularity, contending that it had been obtained on a suppression of material facts. Mr. Tinney, Mr. Romilly, and Mr. Speed, contra, argued that there had really been no reference, and that all that had been done was, to submit the question of what ought to be paid to the Defendants' solicitors for [47] the mere opinion of Mr. Amory, and...

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  • State (Vozza), The v District Justice O Floinn and Another
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 29 November 1957
    ...2 K. B. 33. (19) [1946] I. R. 409. (1) [1953] I. R. 134. (1) [1946] I. R. 364. (2) [1953] I. R. 134. (1) I. R. 9 C. L. 300, at p. 302. (1) 11 Beav. 46. (2) 3 I. C. L. R. (3) 32 L. R. Ir. 201 at p. 205. (4) [1902] 2 I. R. 142. (1) [1945] I. R. 532. (2) [1953] I. R. 134. (3) [1946] I. R. 364.......
  • Atkin v Moran
    • Ireland
    • Exchequer (Ireland)
    • 29 July 1871
    ...ATKIN and MORAN. Holcombe v. AntrobusENR 8 Beav. 412. Feucheres v. DawesENR 11 Beav. 46. St. Victor v. DevereuxENR 6 Beav. 584. Motion Ex parte — Suppression of Facts — Effect of. Yu.. VI.] EQUITY SERIES. the whole of the apportioned part. The present Earl claims, not as a remainderman,......
  • Re Walker
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Chancery
    • 29 May 1851
    ...obtained upon a suppression [229] of the material facts, ought to be discharged; Lewis v. Cooper (10 Beav. 32), De Feucheres v. Dawes (11 Beav. 46). Secondly, that the solicitor ought not to be compelled to deliver up the papers, until the whole of his demand had been paid; Holland v. Gwynn......
  • Re Gedye
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Chancery
    • 12 February 1852
    ...of course ; and on this occasion the order cannot be supported on the merits; Holland v. Gwynne (8 Beav. 124), De Feucheres v. Dawes (11 Beav. 46). Mr. Roupell and Mr. Hardy, ccmtra. The judgment could not have been stated, for it had not been obtained at the time ; and such a judgment by w......
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