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The Case of His Grace the Duke of Portland. Respecting Two Leases, Lately Granted by the Lords of the Treasury, to Sir James Lowther, Bart. With observations on the motion for a Remedial Bill, for quieting the possession of the subject.
BENTINCK, William Henry Cavendish, Third Duke of Portland & LOWTHER, Sir James.
Published by J. Almon. 1768, 1768
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Add to basketHalf title. [54]pp. 20thC boards, cut flush, black cloth spine. Bookplate and stamps on e.ps. & boards only of L.A. Law Library. ESTC T65045, BL only in UK; Boston, NYPL, Newbery, Chicago only in USA. Collation given as 52pp; the final leaf, G, p.53 with verso blank, 'Extracts from the Constats' present in the copy offered here…is not mentioned by ESTC, but is indicated as being in the second edition. A complicated property dispute in Cumberland, fuelled by political enmity. Portland took out a case against Lowther and the Corporation of Carlisle accusing them of compromising his interests in the fishing grounds leased to the defendants. Portland lost and a pamplet war ensued.