_Qui facit per alium, facit per se_, is good law, Sir Reginald; but the principal must have power to act, before the deputy can exercise authority.

It appears to me that this is a case, in which each party stands on his own rights, at his own peril.

The possession of the farms is safe enough, for the time being, with the tenants; but as to the Hall and Park, there would seem to be no one in the legal occupancy.

This makes a case in which title is immediately available." "Such is the law, Mr.Furlong, and I advise Sir Wycherly to take possession of the key of the outer door at once, as master of the tenement." No sooner was this opinion given, than Wycherly left the room, followed by all present to the hall.

Here he proceeded alone to the vestibule, locked the great door of the building, and put the key in his pocket.
This act was steadily performed, and in a way to counteract, in a great degree, the effect on the domestics, of Tom's promises concerning the legacies.