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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D504/41/1/3 |
| Title | Papers relating to legal case Webster v Bakewell RDC (High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1916 W. No. 16) |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | [case related to alleged removal of parts of road bank at Eagle Tor by council workmen; brought by Mrs Thornhill's tenant Mr Webster, at instigation of Mrs Thornhill's estranged son, against Herbert C Brooke Taylor as clerk to Bakewell RDC; case complicated by Mr Taylor's other role as Mrs Thornhill's agent; case dismissed with costs in February 1916]
Papers include correspondence of Mr Taylor as agent to Mrs Thornhill, Jan-Dec 1916; loose correspondence presented as evidence; statement of facts of the case; draft and copy affidavits; advertisement of public sale of furniture from Eagle Tor to fund the costs awarded, and auctioneers' bill of costs, May 1916; plus lawyers' bills to Jun 1916 |
| Extent | 1 bundle |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Client of Messrs Brooke Taylor & Company of Bakewell, solicitors |
| Thornhill of Stanton in the Peak; Cavendish, Dukes of Devonshire, of Chatsworth |