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Strother v Willan and Others

Nominate Series English Reports Cited authorities 2 Cited in Precedent Map Related
Vincent
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1816
Date01 January 1816
CourtCourt of Common Pleas

English Reports Citation: 171 E.R. 8

COMMON PLEAS.

Strother
and
Willan and Others

common pleas. strother v. willan and others. (The entry in the office in Somerset House for licensing stage-coaches is no evidence to prove that the persons named in the licence are owners of the coach.) (o BuUock v. Domm-iU, 6 T. R. 650. (b) Vide Howell v. Richards, 11 East, 633. * Vtde Gardtner v. Gray, post; Laing v. Fidgeon, post, Parkinson v. Lee, 2 East, 314. 4 CAMP. as. DAVENPORT V. NELSON 9 This was an action against the defendants, as owners of the Stroud coach, for the loss of a parcel. To prove the ownership, the counsel for the plaintiff put in the entry in the book, kept in the proper office in Somerset House, stating the defendants to be licensed as owners of this coach, and contended that as the entry was made in pursuance of an Act of Parliament (a), it must be presumed to be accurate, and was at any rate prima facie evidence. Gibbs, C. J,-This entry not being signed by the defendants, and nothing being shewn to connect them with it, I am [25] of opinion that it is no evidence whatever, to...

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