Mercer v. Hogan

The history leading to this litigation may be stated in a very few words. Wm. Hogan, sr., who was the father of the female complainants and of the defendant, was the owner of a tract of land situated in Australia. In 1856 he employed the defendant, his son, to go to that country, with powers of attorney authorizing him to manage the property and make sale of it. When he first went, his absence was intended to be only a temporary one, but it turned out that he remained a number of years in that country. He collected rents from property and made sales, and out of these moneys made sundry…