13.--In the Court of Queen's Bench, before the Lord Chief Justice and a
special jury, an action was brought by Mr. Costerton, solicitor, of
Yarmouth, against Sir Edmund Lacon, M.P., for a scandalous attack made
upon the plaintiff by the defendant in the course of an election speech.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s.
25.--Judgment was given by the Barons of the Exchequer in the cause
Morant _v._ Chamberlin. It was an action between the Corporation of
Yarmouth and Mr. G. D. Palmer, who claimed a right to a portion of the
south end of the public quays. Judgment was for the plaintiff, damages 5
pounds 5s. "This decision thus settles this long-pending dispute, now
nearly three years from its commencement, and decides the right of the
Corporation to the soil of the quays and the right of the public to the
free use of the same without any of the inconveniences which for so long
a time prevented the proper enjoyment of the part in dispute. The
verdict gives the plaintiffs the costs of this heavy litigation, except
on two unimportant issues. The defendant will have to pay somewhere
about 2,800 pounds."