Companies Act, 1862

Special provisions as to court of vice warden of the Stannaries.

18 & 19 Vict. c. 32. s. 11.

116. If, after an order for winding up in the court of the vice warden of the Stannaries, it appears that any person claims property in, or any lien, legal or equitable, upon any of the machinery, materials, ores, or effects on the mine or on premises occupied by the company in connexion with the mine, or to which the company was, at the time of the order, primâ facie entitled, it shall be lawful for the vice warden or the registrar to adjudicate upon such claim on interpleader in the manner provided by section eleven of the Stannaries Act, 1855; and any action or issue directed upon such interpleader may, if the vice warden think fit, be tried in his court or at the assizes or the sittings in London or Middlesex, before a judge of one of the Superior Courts, in the manner and on the terms and conditions herein-before provided in the case of disputed debts and claims of creditors.