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The magistrates reserved judgment until various documents were produced, and the evidence did little to ingratiate Hunt, Stabb, Preston to the court.

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In the late 1810s, for example, Hunt, Stabb, Preston, an English mercantile firm operating out of Renews and struggling to keep its head above water in the post-war depression, learned to their chagrin (and considerable financial disadvantage) that their interpretation of the law of property and inheritance from the home country was not always shared by the magistrates in Ferryland.

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In 1818, for example, Hunt, Stabb, Preston, an English mercantile firm operating out of Renews, discovered that they had relied too heavily on the application of coverture when they brought a collection action against the estate of Thomas Beaves to recover a balance of £70 (raised to £78.9.0 the following month).

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Elizabeth's late husband had never exercised any right to the property; furthermore, Hunt, Stabb, Preston had never demanded it as security, operating under the misapprehension that all real property of the wife was, under the principle of coverture, the property of the husband, and thus would automatically be attachable for his debts.

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For example, the local court excepted any property of the wife over which the husband had not exercised any control or act of possession, as occurred when the firm of Hunt, Stabb, Preston tried to attach property belonging to Elizabeth Beaves to pay her late husband's debts.

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Sources: PANL, GN 5/1/C/1, Ferryland, 109 and 123-24, Hunt Stabb Preston Co.v. the Estate of William Brandy, 25 April and 6 November 1820.

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Note 20: After the death of Thomas Beaves of Renews, his account with merchants Hunt, Stabb, and Preston was continued under the head "Elizabeth Beaves and Son," and the firm tried to attach Elizabeth's fishing premises to pay her late husband's debts.

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See PANL, GN 5/1/C/1, Ferryland, 124-25 and 162, Hunt, Stabb, Preston and Co.v. the Estate of Thomas Beaves, 6 November and 11 December 1820. back

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Sources: PANL, GN 5/1/C/1, Ferryland, 124-25 and 162, Hunt, Stabb, Preston and Co.v. the Estate of Thomas Beaves, 6 November and 11 December 1820.

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Note 19: PANL, GN 5/1/C/1, Ferryland, 124-5 and 162, Hunt, Stabb, Preston and Co.v. the Estate of Thomas Beaves, 6 November and 11 December 1820. back

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