S.M. COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 70, 21 March 1908, Page 6

S.M. COURT.

iRICHARDSON V. ABEL, DIKES AND COMPANY. t~ ALLEGED OVERCHARGE. f , In the case of William Rieliardson v. 'Abel, Dykes and Company, to recover the sum of £163 2/4 —money alleged to have Jieen overcharged for work done in connection with the priLting of the "Auckland that 12/6 a thousand was a fair price for the work. Frank Kotherham, one of the partners of the defendant firm, admitted that plaintiff had hwn overcharged from "£IS to £10, owing to a clerical error. "Witness hfld offered to s triko off an amount of £41 then owing by plaiuuxl to make Kood in an honest way all mistakes. The plaintiff, giving evidence, said that be received invoices from time ■> I<> time, and paid the accounts. He first knew he hart been paying an overcharge in November last, when he saw that the charge hart risen ftrndually from 13/6 to / 35/". He. admitted that there was a certain '.- laxity on his (witness - ! part. When the case was resumed to-day, Kobt. \ S. Abel, one of the defendants, stated that after the circulation had declined from 2000 so about 1300, plaintiff agreed to pay 27/ for the smaller number. The prices were above those of the cheapest printing houses. Toe plaintiff had lieen overcharged, by mistake, but when this was discovered be had agreed to rectify the matter. They had offered him £43, the amount of his cheques -ami bills outstanding. to settle the differences. They had increased the price in 1205 to 30/ a thousand copies. The plaintiff had ben notified of the increase -~ He considered. that it was a reasonable * thing- to -double the -price of printing, and shat plaintiff was getting a full return for iiis outlay. - - ". Henry Wilson, manager of the "Herald" , Printing Works, considered that a fair and a paper would be 27/ to 30/ for the first thousand, and 12/ to 15/ for each succeeding thousand. Mary Gilmour, accountant for defendants, prated that she w*vs present when plaintiff: was informed that the price for printing was to be mised to 30/ a thousand. j His Worship reserved Judgment. A PLAINTIFF XOXSTJITHD. Plaintiff -eras nonsuited in the case in ■which Chas. Brown-Parker, advertising agent, claimed from C. 11. Woodhead, proprie'toT'6f:the Brilliant' Shine" Company, £8 10/ as-the value of a -quantity of tinfoil Bold to defendant.