[Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co., London bankers.] Signed Manuscript Document giving a barrister's opinion (Paterson?) on a disputed right of way between property owned by the firm in Grenville, Grenada, 'and a lot in the occupation of Mrs. V. Morrison'.

3pp., foolscap 8vo. 90 lines of text. Bifolium. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The signature, in a different hand from the rest of the document, is difficult to decipher: '<?> | Barrister at Law'. (The Paterson family were prominent on the island.) The document begins: 'The question submitted to me for an opinion is whether Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. are entitled to a right of way for carts drawn by cattle &c along a passage lying between a lot of land in the Town of Grenville the property of the firm, and a lot in the occupation of Mrs. V. Morrison. That Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. are entitled to a right of foot-way and a right of way for hand carts is not disputed by Mrs. Morrison; but she claims that no right of way for carts drawn by cattle &c. exists.' The barrister proceeds to give his opinion (that the firm do have a right of way) by presenting a mass of local information. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive.