SUPREME COURT OF THE CANAL ZONE. Apr. Term,

were engaged in a lawsuit with Dr. Bonis in regard to certain property in the city of Colon; that an action had been brought for restitution in the Circuit Court of the Republic of Panamai at Colon; that at the time the acts complained of took place, a suit was pending and undisposed of. The Burats realizing their inability, by reason of the delay incident to trials in the courts of Panama to obtain prompt and speedy relief, retained the services of the relator to assist them with the authorities of the Canal Zone and the Panam6 Railroad Company in righting their wrongs. The relator, as attorney for the Burats, on January 28, 1908, wrote the letter which is set out in full in the petition, to Mr. R. Yung, land agent for the Panama" Railroad Company, Colon. In this letter the relator, in general terms, informed Mr. Yung of the nature of the wrongs which the relator claimed had been perpetrated upon the Burats, and closed his letter as follows:
"As indicated in our prior conversation, I desire to make the following request and proposition for your consideration and submission to Mr. Slifer:
"1. The Railroad Company to grant me permission to institute the necessary proceedings to cancel the leases and extensions thereof, heretofore given to Moril Burat and Martha Burat on lots numbered 621, 623 and 625.
"(a) After the termination of the proceedings, possession of the property being again vested in the Railroad Company, that it make such disposition thereof as the facts and circumstances will justify, but if there has been no misrepresentation on the part of Mrs. Burat or her attorney, to again lease the property to her under the terms of a lease or leases such as the Company may be able to grant.
"If there are any further requirements on the part of the Railroad Company, for which provision is not made herein, as a condition precedent to the granting the above request, she will gladly comply with the same, if in her power so to do.
"Thanking you in advance for your favorable consideration of this somewhat unusual request and in the hope that Mr. Slifer will not find it incompatible with the duties of his position to render the desired assistance, I am,"
Mr. Yung on receiving this wrote a letter to Mr. H. J. Slifer, General Manager of the Panama. Railroad Company, giving additional information. Its general tenor was favorable to the proposition submitted by the relator.

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