A PECULIAR CASE.
(By Telegraph.-Press Association.)
NAPIER, this day. At the Supreme Court this morn mg a civil action in which Geor»«; David Hood claims £1,500 from Wen ley and Lananze, as damages for in juries alleged to have been received by plaintiff while in defendants' em ploy, was mentioned, Hco.. applying for adjournment of the lu-aiinw. jell objecting- to this application lielny granted, counsel for defendants' pointed out that two years had elap v ed since the action opened, and that Mr Jellicoe's statement before the Court in Wellington, that he had ex; hausted the list of Napier solicitor--' in his endeavours to appoint someone to accept service, was incorrect as there were three lawyers who had not been approached, while only one had been applied to in Hastings, In granting the application, providing, the sum of £15.15/ costs is paid, tha-o Chief Justice said he had been mi s » informed in Wellington, and had he known the list of Napier solicitors- ' had not been exhausted, he would - not have made the order he did.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 114, 15 May 1902, Page 4
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