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...Government which usually attends allegations of fraud, for, in the case at bar, no attempt has been made to show that the lease in controversy in itself was a bad lease for the Government, except perhaps theoretically by counsel; but, on the other hand, the testimony of the plaintiff's own witnesses who are competent to speak upon the subject tends to show that it is a lease much more favorable to the Government than they as oil operators would be willing to assume...
...admitted that the transaction arouses suspicion, but further than this the Court does not feel justified in going toward a finding in favor of plaintiff, in view of the principles of law announced...
...subsequently married her after the death of her husband in India. The General contended that John Hudson, husband of Leonora, died in 1786, was buried in Calcutta on Sept. 17 of the same year. On Sept. 3, 1787, Francis Seymour married her, became the ancestor of the plaintiff...
...during the trial, showed that Mrs. Dennistoun lived as the mistress of Sir John Cowans with her husband's consent (denied by defendant, but supported by evidence) and, as Sir Ellis Hume Williams puts it, enabled her husband to live on her immoral earnings. It was alleged by plaintiff, denied by defendant, that several important Army positions had been secured by Mrs. Dennistoun for her husband through the General...
...brought suit to recover ?952, which she declared she had at various times lent Colonel Dennistoun. She charged that, in 1923, Dennistoun was living in a luxurious flat in Sackville Street and could afford to pay her. Counsel for defense denied that Colonel Dennistoun had any money from which plaintiff could collect, called the case attempted blackmail of Lady Carnarvon, said that defense had been entered because Mrs. Dennistoun would have continued to demand money if her claim had been paid...