CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 610

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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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