Stannaries Act 1855

VI As to Suits for Account between Adventurers.

In Suits on the Equity Side of the said Court for an Account as between Adventurers in Mines in the Stannaries, it shall be lawful for the Court, upon special Application in that Behalf, to order that Service of Process in any Part of England and Wales to compel Appearance and Answer shall be good Service on any Adventurers or their personal Representatives, or others who may be necessary Parties to such Suit, although they may not then be personally within the Jurisdiction of the said Court; and upon Proof of such Service, and of the Default of any Person so served to appear and answer the Petition within the Time prefixed by the Summons, it shall be lawful for the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs to enter Appearances for the Persons so served, and thereupon such Proceedings shall be had in the Suit, and such Orders or Decrees made, as if the Process had been duly served within the Jurisdiction of the Court, and the Orders and Decrees so made shall be binding on all Adventurers and others so served ; and if the final Decree shall be for Payment of Money or Costs, Payment thereof shall be enforced in the Manner herein-after provided; and after Appearance so entered all Notices, Orders, Summonses, Warrants, and other Process in the Suit shall be deemed to ie well served if served in any Part of England or Wales; and in all such Suits where any Adventurer holding a Share in a Mine or Adventure cannot be found, or is deceased and no one can be found who has administered to his Estate and Effects, then it shall be sufficient by Leave of the Court to substitute for regular Service a Service on the Mine in the usual Way, or at the principal Office or House of Business of the Adventurers, whether within the Stannaries or elsewhere in England or Wales, and Notice of such substituted Service shall be addressed by Post to the last known Address of the said Adventurer, except in case of his Decease, and thereupon Decrees or Orders of the Court in the Suit shall be binding on such Adventurer or his Representatives, and those claiming under him, as in case of regular Service.