| Reference Number | DSCAM/4/6/10 |
| Title | Miscellaneous litigation involving the Oakthorpe estate etc. |
| Description | DSCAM/4/6/10/1: preliminary statement of Wight's claim against Lord Donnington for unpaid mineral royalties under the lease from Messrs Piddocke to Benjamin Gibbons (acquired by the trustees of the late Marquess of Hastings, then purchased by the late Countess of Loudoun and descending to Donnington), with schedule of workings 1858-65, 1870-74 and calculation of royalties. |
| DSCAM/4/6/10/2: Copy case, and opinion of Joshua Williams, QC, in Piddocke v Moira Colliery Company re Oakthorpe mining lease, 29 May 1874. |
| DSCAM/4/6/10/3: Copy evidence taken at arbitration sittings between Lord Donnington and Messrs Bourne and Piddocke, 23-24 Jan. 1887, concerning Oakthorpe; gives details of workings and working methods. |
| DSCAM/4/6/10/4: Opinion of counsel (Arthur Underhill, 8 Old Square [Lincoln's Inn]) concerning purchase of fixtures from Lord Donnington, 7 May 1889. |
| DSCAM/4/6/10/5-6: Copy evidence of Joseph Eames, underviewer at Stanton Colliery and of Chareles Hammonds, formerly a deputy at Donisthorpe, concerning coal seams in the Moira coalfield etc., n.d.[ 1887]. |
| DSCAM/4/6/10/7-8: Copy case of Nelthorpe v Pennyman and case re adverse possession of a coal mine. Extracted from Law Reports. |
| DSCAM/4/6/10/9-11: Copy defence, opinion on evidence, and press copy proof of John Wynn Stanier Jones (sole surviving partner of Wight and Jones, solicitors, Dudley). Moira Coal Company Ltd v Joseph Hamblett, 1901. |
| Date | 1874-1901 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 11 items |
| Level | Item |