Dunlap's Adm'r v. Wright

Appeal from Victoria. The contest in the Court below turned entirely on the questions whether Mrs. Wright had .authority to convey, either in fact, or by operation of law, during the absence of her husband from the country; whether there was an actual rescission of the contract, which involved the question whether Alexander Dunlap purchased for himself, op as trustee for Richard G. Dunlap; and whether the defendants, failing the other defences, could hold the land by virtue of the statute of limitations. The briefs of counsel, so far as they related to those points, are omitted. The facts, so…