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heard her rnother nicntion thici xvish, h~r aunts had told
her, and no doubt correctly, that shehad expressed it.
Thcre is no evidencc ~hatcver that the Appellant was in
any way iruposed upon in making the giftu.
In Aiigust, 1872, the Appellant, Marie, whilst resident
in England, marricd Le Marquis de Bassano, a French 8ub-
ject. After thcir mnrriage the Appellants residcd cither
in France or England. A child of this marriage was born
in Xovcml-ier, 1873, and n second in November, 1874.
In letteis written by La Marquise, whilst iesident in
Europe, to her uncle Mniirice Cuvilim, bcfore and after
lier msrriage, one bcing aftcr thc birth of her first child,
ahe spoke of and recogniscd the donations. In a letter of
the 9th of xovrr~~ber, she says :-
'II also want to arrange so that thc capital of the dons-
tions niade Iiy me at my coming of age to you, iincle Austin,
aunt Luce and nunt Delisle, should be paid dom and
given to each of you respectively, so that if 1 marry my
husband cannot interfere, or know anything about it."
The in~tdmcntu of the income of the donation in ques-
tion in this action were'duly paid down to November, 1875.
In January 1876, the Appellants went to Canada,
and la Marquise, au she states, and no doubt truthfuliy,
then lcarned for the first time that, according to the law of
Canada, (as she was advised) her donations u7ere revoked
by the birth of her children. She thereupon resolved to
repudiate them, and made no fiirther payrnents.
It appears that on an investigation of accounts it was
found that Mr. Maurice Cuvilier, the gunrdian of the
Appellant Malie during her minority, and who had mane,
ged her pioperty aftcr shc came of age, had misrnanaged
it, by which some losses weie incuired.
The two uncles of the Appellants and her aunt Luce
have renounced the giftr made in their favour, thus lea-
ving as done in question the donation to Mrs. Delisle, in
trust for her five daughtern.