1446 
EDMONTON 
DAILY
DEC 17, 1907

CONROY, H.A.
WILLIAMS, E.B.
ROBERTS, Ernest C.
CORNWALL, J.K.

At the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon the case of J.K. 
Cornwall, Lesser Slave Lake, vs. The National Trust 
Company, an action for $1,200, the face of a 
cheque issued by him, came up for hearing.  The National 
Trust Company are the executors of the late Ernest C. 
Roberts, a former partner of Mr. Cornwall in the northern fur 
trade, who died some time ago. Shortly after his death H.A. 
Conroy, Ottawa, who pays the Indian treaty money, presented to 
Mr. Cornwall a cheque signed by the deceased for $1,200 for 
money alleged to have been loaned him, and the cheque Mr. 
Cornwall paid, believing that it would later be made good. He 
afterwards secured from Mr. Comroy what purported to be an 
assignment of the debt, drawn up at Sort Cross & Biggar's office 
and witnessed by Mr. E.B. Williams of that firm. This 
however Mr. Conroy repudiated, claiming that he had signed 
nothing except the endorsement of the cheque that he had received 
from Roberts. The chief Justice, in giving judgement held 
that the assignment was valid and gave judgement for the plaintiff for 
the full amount of $1,200. O.M. Biggar, for the plaintiff, 
JAMES D. Hyndman for the defendant.  The jury, after an hour and a 
half's deliberation brought in a verdict for Frank Goode 
for $100 and costs in the Goode vs, The Journal liable 
case. J.R. Boyle for the plaintiff G.B. O'Connor for 
the defendant.