Stannaries Act 1855

III As to Suits by-Pursers, &c. for Contribution against non-resident Shareholders.

In Suits on the Equity Side of the Court of the Vice-Warden, prosecuted according to Custom by the Purser or other principal Agent of the Adventurers in a Mine in the Stannaries against an Adventurer or his personal Representatives for Contribution to Calls or to the Expenses of working such Mine or Adventure, it shall be lawful for the Vice-Warden, upon special Application in that Behalf, to order that Service of Process on the Defendant in any Part of England or Wales to compel Appearance and Answer shall be sufficient Service, although he may not then be personally within the Jurisdiction of the said Court; and upon Proof of such Service and the Default of the Defendant to appear and answer the Petition within the Time prefixed by the Summons, it shall be lawful for the Plaintiff to enter an Appearance for the Defendant, and thereupon such Proceedings shall be had in the Suit, and such Orders and Decree made, as if the Process had been duly served on the Defendant within the Jurisdiction of the Court; and if upon Sale of the Shares or Interest of the Defendant in the Mine or Adventure according to Custom the Proceeds of the Sale shall be insufficient to satisfy the Debt of the Defendant, Costs of Suit, and Expenses of Sale, it shall be lawful to levy the same or the Residue thereof in the Manner herein-after provided for enforcing Decrees and Orders on the Equity Side of the Court; and after Appearance so entered, all Notices, Orders, Summonses, Warrants, and other Process in the Suit shall be deemed to be well served if served on the Defendant wheresoever he shall then be in England or Wales.