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Cause: Drake v Symes Papers relating to affairs of International Life Assurance Society...
Catalogue reference: J 90/1015
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This record is about the Cause: Drake v Symes Papers relating to affairs of International Life Assurance Society... dating from 1838-1859 in the series Supreme Court of Judicature and former Superior Courts: Central Office and predecessors:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- J 90/1015
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838-1859
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Cause: Drake v Symes Papers relating to affairs of International Life Assurance Society (formerly National Loan Fund, Life Assurance and Deferred Annuity Society), and claim brought by Mrs. Mary Drake and others against its Chairman, Edmund Sheppard Symes, M.D, and John Elliotson, a Director; including print (1852) of original deed of settlement. [Deposited 11 January 1861].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Order in Chancery: 1860 December 2.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Mutual societies
- Pay and pensions
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