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-.. suIaUUn or ULue argument n tnts casetoo up tne greatcr part of the day. The parties are sons of General (;ordon, whio died abroad, leaving four sons wvho were supposed to be illegitimate- Provision was maidc in the will for the eldest, who died before he could comne into possession; but for uo ether of the children. A diistant relation claimied the estates, whiich lay chiefly in North Ame- rica and the I cat Indies,while the Crown claimed then as escheats. The defendant xhowed to the plaintiff a certificate of {he marriage of the parents, dated subsequent to the plaintiffs birth. Convinced of the ract of his own illegitimacy, ?he plaintifff entered into an agreement, which left himt some ad&antages in point of present pos- session, but secured the proper interests of the defendant, as the legitimate lieir in psint f succession. The plaintiff afterwards dis- covered a certifiate ot a private marriage of his parents, whicil vss datect prior to his own birth. Proceedings were instituted at law and Ti equity. whicil, atter years of liigtion. resulted in a verdict which established thc legitimacy of the pflaintiff; and u decree, which annulled the agreement and required the defendant to refund all the money which he had received untder it. The defendant discover- ed another certificate of his parents' marriage, which secnemd to make it clear to the aefendant, that the marriage was after the birth of his eldest brother. Upon thiis he brought a bill of review, which formed the subject of the present ar umuent.-Judgrtelit postponed. LA IV REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDiESDAY. JULY 11. GORDON V. GORDON.