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Mr Clayton had an account with a banking firm, a partnership named Devaynes, Dawes, Noble, and Co. One of the partners, William Devaynes, died. The amount then due to Clayton was £1,717. The surviving partners, thereafter paid out to Mr Clayton more than that amount while Clayton himself, on his part, made further deposits with the firm. The firm subsequently went bankrupt.
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