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struggling against the Goverment and trying to keep his land, or to get higher Compensation than that awarded
competent authority.
It
was
by
not till Govenment
conceded what he asked and
had initially by so doing.
doing had put
had but
an end to the implied
Contract, that he suddenly changed
position
his
force the
Sale
declived. I consider
and endeavored to
which he had previously
it
then
that, was too late and that he had abeady
shut the door on
himself which opened
no
in that direction- and that he had power to close and open it at pleasure; I therefore
regard his Memorial as
do not at all
appeal "ad misericordiam" but as a
an
challenge.
29.
In accordance with his
first protest
and paid
excercised rights of ownership rent to the brown for it long after
the
period fixed for resumption. Now even
admitting. M. Duddell's
have insisted on
Pully
original right to
the browns
of his land, I cannot
confers power
such
at
Oce
resumption
how that
right
one time to elect to resist
resumption and when his views are met then at a later period to insist on
the opposite Course
30. It is I believe the first time that any question of the Kind has arisen in the bolony
I think it" profible that
and
the Acting Attorney General may not have
qwen
due
weight to the exceptional
eiveumstances of the Case whilst he appears
his
oww
Agent did retain the property.
to have treated so
lightly
all that tello
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