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IOR/L/L/2/993-1170

Record Id:: 038-000207983
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000206655
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x00021e
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/L/2/993-1170
Title:: Lawsuits between Coopers' Company and East India Company
Scope & Content:: In January 1837, the Coopers' Company wished to buy the lease of the saltpetre warehouse from the East India Company since the local gas company was interested in the premises. The East India Company, however, sought permission from the Coopers' Company to sell an underlease to Thomas Ward, who had put down a deposit on the property following a contract agreed in February 1837. The deposit had to be returned to Ward in May 1837 when the Coopers' Company refused to consider the grant of an underlease. The Coopers' Company believed that the East India Company was in breach of its covenant by the grant of a lease of land and two houses to David Trinder in 1773. A bill was filed in May 1837 by the East India Company in the Court of Chancery for settlement of the dispute. The case hearings spread over several years with a number of different actions involved: East India Company versus Coopers' Company; Attorney General versus East India Company; Coopers' Company versus East India Company; Attorney General versus Melvill; Attorney General versus Coopers' Company; East India Company versus Boyer [L/L/2/993-1146]. Actions were also begun in the Court of Queen's Bench: action of ejectment in the Queen's Bench: Doe on demise of Coopers' Company versus Roe [L/L/2/1147-1158]; action in Queen's Bench: Coopers' Company versus East India Company (action for rent) [L/L/2/1159-1170]. A settlement was finally reached in 1846 whereby the East India Company surrendered the lease to the Coopers' Company in return for a lump sum in compensation.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000206655
036-000206738
037-000207953
038-000207983
Is part of:: IOR/L/L : Legal Adviser's Records
IOR/L/L/2 : The Property Records Of The East India Company And The India Office
IOR/L/L/2/969-1170 : Ratcliff Saltpetre Warehouses

IOR/L/L/2/993-1170 : Lawsuits between Coopers' Company and East India Company
Contains:: IOR/L/L/2/993 : Copy will
IOR/L/L/2/994 : Copy grant of probate
IOR/L/L/2/995 : Copy surrender
IOR/L/L/2/996 : Copy decree of Lord Chancellor
IOR/L/L/2/997 : Extracts from Coopers' Company books
IOR/L/L/2/998 : Extracts from Coopers' Company books
IOR/L/L/2/999 : Extracts from Coopers' Company books
IOR/L/L/2/1000 : Copy assignment of agreement
IOR/L/L/2/1001 : Copy lease for 71 years
IOR/L/L/2/1002 : Copy agreement
IOR/L/L/2/1003 : Letter
IOR/L/L/2/1004 : Copy lease for 260 years
IOR/L/L/2/1005 : Plan
IOR/L/L/2/1006 : Extracts from East India Company books
IOR/L/L/2/1007 : Reports of Committee of Warehouses and rent receipts
IOR/L/L/2/1008 : Copy lease for 257 years
IOR/L/L/2/1009 : Plan
IOR/L/L/2/1010 : Copy grant and plans [with draft abstract of grant]
IOR/L/L/2/1011 : Copy land tax documents
IOR/L/L/2/1012 : Plan
IOR/L/L/2/1013 : Extracts from Coopers' Company minute books deemed immaterial to case
IOR/L/L/2/1014 : 3 copy elevations
IOR/L/L/2/1015 : Copy correspondence
IOR/L/L/2/1016 : Extract from report of Commissioners of Charities
IOR/L/L/2/1017 : Schedule of title deeds
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Hierarchy:: 032-000206655[0002]/036-000206738[0024]/037-000207953[0006]/038-000207983
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Record Type (Level):: SubSubSeries
Extent:: 178 files
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1540
End Date:: 1844
Date Range:: 1540-1844
Era:: CE
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