Z450/310

In the Exchequer of Pleas. William Hunt and Scottish Union Insurance Company. Action on Promises. Brief for Plaintiff.

January – February 1851

From: 1851 To: 1851

Very detailed statement as to the facts regarding Mr. Harbett’s health and the circumstances of the insurance policy. Mr. Harbett was ‘eccentric and peculiar in his habits’. With proofs (statements) of various witnesses - John Anstee, Robert Hicks (surgeon) - Mr. Harbett died from lymphanitis (being drum bellied) from weakness of the bowels. [part of his evidence contradicted another]. Also evidence of Mr. Alfred Heale, Mrs Susan Ogden - he ate five meals a day. Went to doctor for medicine if unwell and also to Mrs. Witherington, wife of a veterinary surgeon, who was considered very clever. He obtained his Spirits from Powell’s the innkeeper at Toddington, who used to take butter in exchange. Also evidence of Joseph Baker, of Toddington, plumber and glazier, formerly of the Bell Public House. He never saw him drunk. Also of Robert Bell, Toddington, draper and grocer. Never knew Mr. Harbett as a drinking man. George Foxen, James Ellis, William Horley, Thomas Faulkner, John Bush, William Marshall, Elizabeth Butlin, Humphrey Adams - all never saw Mr. Harbett drunk

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Hunt, William,
Scottish Union Insurance Company,
Harbett, William,
Anstee, John,
Hicks, Robert,
Heale, Alfred,
Ogden, Susan,
Witherington,
Powell,
Baker, Joseph,
Bell, Robert,
Foxen, George,
Ellis, James,
Horley, William,
Faulkner, Thomas,
Bush, John,
Marshall, William,
Butlin, Elizabeth,
Adams, Humphrey

legal papers, Court of Exchequer, insurance, surgeon, innkeeper, TODDINGTON, Toddington Bell, plumber, glazier, draper, grocer, drinking