"MARIE TEMPEST" SALE.
The Court gave judement in the case of Craw versus Jarden. This case concerned a question of misrepresentation in regard to the sale of the trotting mare Marie Tempest, an appeal from a decision of Mr Justice Herdman, who held that plaintiff had • not discharged the burden of proof. The Court reversed this decision, holding that plaintiff had discharged this burdJen of proof that such representation' had been made. The appeal was therefore allowed, judgment to be entered in the Supreme Court for plaintiff for £100 without interest, and return of three cheques/ for £100 given to defendant, with costs in the Court below on a ofeim for £400 and disbursements and witnesses' expenses to be fixed by the Registrar. Appellant was allowed the costs of the appeal on the middle wale as ■, in a case from a distance.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9653, 9 July 1919, Page 4
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