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parties agree upon the person who shall decide as arbitrator &c, & upon his decision there is no appeal.
Welcome to use it Pauncefort's phrase, the "Machinery for ascertaining the value" which is fixed by Land (Clauses) Act is here fixed & the contract of the parties, and one decision cited in the leading Authorities generally are to the point that except by mutual consent neither party can rescind upon notice. We Duddell might run straight, as they did, for the sake of the case, a more favourable consideration but it is clear that he did not dispute the notice, or the power of the Surveyor, and I can entertain no doubt that the Court, if it had suited its purpose, could have compelled Duddell to abide by the terms of resumption & could have taken the land upon payment or tender of the compensation fixed by the Surveyor.
Perhaps the best course would be to take the Law Officer's Junior, Mr. Macdonnell, into consultation who will be in a better position to deal with both Duddell's difficulties. It is not desirable that the matter should be left undecided.
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