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}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 JOHN ROBERTSON,}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ELLEN VIKOCI SCHEMMELL, CAROLINE SARA SCHEMMEL,}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 JESSIE CLARA SCHEMMEL, AND FRANK HICKES.
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\par }{\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 Originating Summons under Rule 6(}{\i\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 e}{\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 
) and (}{\i\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 g}{\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 
) of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1906 for direction as to transfer under the Real Property Ordinance 1876 to be executed by the executor and trustee of the Will of Em
il Carl Hermann Schemmel, contrary to the terms of the testator's will, the beneficiaries being }{\i\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 sui juris}{\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 
, having divested themselves as alleged, of all their interest in the land in question.
\par 
\par }{\i\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 Held}{\fs22\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12919308 , Court will not direct a trustee to execute a transfer in
 any case where he cannot give a good title - the Court has power only to approve a sale, not to direct a sale - trustee no present power of sale. - (Summons dismissed.)
\par 
\par In the matter of the trusts of the Will of Emil Carl Hermann Schemmel deceased.
\par 
\par And in the matter of the Rules of the Supreme Court (April) 1906.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Sir A.K. YOUNG. C.J.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  This is an or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 i}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ginati}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 g summons issued under Rules of the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  Supreme Court, 1906 - Rule (6)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 (}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid5002534 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ) and (}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid5002534 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
) - asking in the first place whether the plaintiff is entitled to have a transfer to her under the Real Pr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5002534 operty Ordinance 1876 executed }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 by the defendant John Robertson, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 of the land described in the su}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 mmons. The defendant John Robertson is the executor and trustee, of the Will of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 Emil Carl Hermann Schemmel, the}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 d trustee appointed under the Will ha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 ving renounced probate and admi}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 nistration.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par The testator, }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 inter alia}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
, expressly directed by his Will that the land (the subject matter of the summons) should not be sold or realised until after the death of his wife Vi
koci and the attainment of their majority by his children. Vikoci, the wife, is still alive, and of the remaining defendants, two are children of the testator and the fifth, namely, Frank Hickes, is the husband of another, a daughter, who died without iss
ue and intestate, all the beneficiaries under the Will are }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 sui juris}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par On the assumption that the before mentioned beneficiaries have divested themselves of all their interests in the land, in favour of the plaintiff Elizabeth Mary Faddy, an affidavit by th
e plaintiff with exhibits having been filed in. support of this assumption, the Court is asked to decide the question above mentioned. When the summons came on for hearing I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 requested counsel in the case to satisfy me in the first place, having regard to the decisions in the cases of }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Johnstone v. Baber & Beavan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , and }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
Want v. Stallibrass}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , L.R. Exch. cases, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5002534 Vol. VIII, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
as to whether the Court had jurisdiction to direct an executor and trustee under a Will to act contrary to the express directions of the testator. The summons being adjourned to enable counsel to consider the point raised.
\par 
\par Mr. Grahame of Counsel for the plaintiff submits that the Court is not being asked to direct the trustee to act contrary to the directions in the Will, but is being asked as to whether in view of the fact that all the beneficiaries, being }{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 sui juris}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , have divested the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 selves of all their interests in the land in favour of the plaintiff, she is now entitled to have a transfer executed by the defendant John Robertson, the executor and trustee under }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5002534 the Will. In support of this pro}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 position Mr. Grahame cites the case of }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Anson v. Potter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , 13 L.R.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12147871 ,}{
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atter of that case was a fund consisting of a sum of money subject to certain trusts, one of which was a life interest; and it was held that when a fund is vested by a settlement in trustees for A for life and over and the reversion has been subsequently 
s
ettled, the person entitled to the life interest and the trustees of the subsequent settlement are entitled to call for a transfer, and can give the original trustees an effectual discharge, although the settlement does not provide for a transfer or payme
nt by anticipation.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par Mr. Grahame submits that the facts in the present case admit of the trust being put an end to, for the reason, I gather, on the authority of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Anson v. Potter}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  that the trustee is discharged from his trust by executing a transfer to the plaintiff.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par Mr. Grahame further cites the case of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Wharton v. Mastermann}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  (1895) A.C. 186, a case which dec}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12147871 ided that a legatee may put}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
 an end to an accumulation which is exclusively for his benefit, on the principle that the Court has always recognised the ri
ght of all persons who attain the age of twenty-one to enter upon the absolute use and enjoyment of the property given to them by Will, notwithstanding any directions by the testator to the effect that they are not to enjoy it until a later age, unless du
ring the interval the property is given for the benefit of another.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par Mr. Crompto}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  of counsel on the other hand, in addition to the cases of }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Johnstone v. Baber}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  and }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
Want v. Stallibrass}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , has cited numerous cases in support of the proposition that a trustee cannot give a good title so long as he has no immediate power of sale.
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12147871 Although Mr. Grahame says}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12147871  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 I do not ask the Court to}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 direct the trustee to ex}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 cute a transfer in favour of t the plaintiff, a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 ll}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
 I ask is that the Court decide whether, on the facts represented, the plaintiff is entitled to have a transfer executed by}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
the trustee}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  yet he at the same time comes to the Court under Rule 6(}{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12147871 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ) which reads "(}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12147871 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ) directing the executors or administrators or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in that character."}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par Should the Court find that in the circumstances represented the plaintiff is entitled to have a transfer executed by the trustee, I can only regard such a finding as being tantamount to an order or direction of the Court to the trustee t
o execute a transfer in favour of the plaintiff; and this the Court has always refused to do. See }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Suffolk v. Lawrence}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , 32 W.R. 899.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15881170  (g), t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid15881170 he other sub-head}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  of the rule under which a determination of the question is sought, refers to questions arising in the ad
ministration of the estate or trust. Here I need only say that I have considerable doubt as to whether this mode of procedure is applicable to the case. Can the question, on the facts represented, be said to arise in the administration of the estate or tr
u}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15881170 st? I doubt it. It is not a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  question arising out of the trust contemplated by the Will (see }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 re Bowes}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
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s yes - the trust has been put an end to by all the be}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16329680 neficiaries having transferred t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
heir interests, which exhausts all the interests in the estate, to the plaintiff. In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid16329680 Anson v. Potter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
 a trust fund only was being dealt with, and the life tenant and the trustees of the settlement were held entitled to call for a transfer and to give the original trustees all effectual discharge. In }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Wharton v. Mastermann}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  the decision was directed, against accu}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ulations and permitted the legatee, the sole and exclusive beneficiary, to enter upon the enjoyment o
f the property on attaining the age of twenty-one, notwithstanding the fact that under the Will the testator had directed a later date.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par In this case we are not dealing with the question as to whether in certain circumstances the trustee of a fund may be g
iven an effectual discharge, nor are we dealing with the question as to whether in certain circumstances a legatee may put an end to accumulations; but the question for determination is whether the trustee is acting within the scope of his authority in ex
ecuting a transfer of the trust property in favour of the plaintiff or, to put it another way, has the trustee at the present time a power of sale and can he give a good and valid title. The trust is subject to the life estate of Vikoci,}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 and although Vikoci may have transferred her life interest }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14490228 to}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  the plaintiff, the trustee does not therefore become vested with such life interest. He clearly has no present power to give a good title, to the property.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 re Robinson Pichard v. Wheater}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
, 31 C.D., p. 249, it was held that Rule 3(}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid14490228 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ), Or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
der 55, does not give the Court}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
 power to direct a sale in a case in which it had no power to do so previously - Pearson, Justice pointing out that R. 3, O. 55, gives the Court power only to approve a sale, not to order a sale. Sho
uld I agree with Mr. Grahame's submission and should I decide the question in the affirmative, I should in effect be approving of the trustee transferring land with a defective title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3562538 ;}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  fro}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
 whatever point of view the subject is approached that seems to me quite clear.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par In the case of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 In re Bryant & Barningham's }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid3562538 contract}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 , 44 C.D., p. 220, it was submitted by co}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 se}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 t in argument that the vendors of the land, the sub
ject of a trust, could have made a good title, if they could have procured the concurrence of all the beneficiaries. Kay, J., without calling for a reply, held that the contract for the sale of the land could not be enforced, the trustees having no presen
t
 power of sale whatever. I am of opinion that the Court has no power either to direct a sale, or to approve or agree to the execution by the trustee of a transfer, in any case in which the trustee cannot give a good title, and on some of the authorities c
ited by Mr. Crompton, to which I have referred, it is clear that the trustee has no present power to give a good title.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par Mr. Grahame has re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3562538 quested me to consider question}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  3 in the summons, and refers me to}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 he case of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 Hope v. Hope}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  (1892) 2 Ch. D. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3562538 p. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 336. That
 case is cited in the Annual Practice, 1923, at page 1020 under the heading "And the following question}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
 have been held not capable of being so determined." }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 i.e., under Order 55, r. 3}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 (}{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid13189752 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ), of which our Rule 6(}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid13189752 g}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ) is a reproduction. In this case the question }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13189752 at issue was raised upon an}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  originating summons, but by direction of the Court a writ was issued and the case ordered to be set down for trial without }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 
pleadings. I regret therefore I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431  am unable to appreciate how the case is an authority for proceeding unde
r an originating summons with the issue raised in question 3 of the summons; nor does it seem }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
o me to be a question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, and therefore capable of being determined}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  under R. 6}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
(}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid13189752 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 ) of the Rules of the Supreme }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431 Court.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 
\par The summons must therefore be}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12395431\charrsid12395431 dismissed.
\par }}