SUPREME COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

; ■ . .. - ~ • , ... ' ■: ": k ■'•'.-. THIS DAY.. ~. r m . ■ ' '• ,: ; a " (Before His Honor Mr. Justice at , Edwards.) >-~. '< le — -. ——— «£ CLAIM FQR COMPENSATION. . '=■■ ' ' The Court was occupied to-day in con " tinuiug the hearing oi a claim for £B3( ' 5/0, compensation for -land taken by tin "- Pukekohe West. Road Board under tin • Public Works Act for .'the;-purpose of -. ' j road. The claimant, .Charles Shipherd, i "f I Piikekohe. farmer, vra;3,represented bj c '« Messrs. J. R. Reed and Sharpies, and tin al respondents by Messrs.' , ! , . E. Baume; K.C. le and Walker.. Messrs. G.-L. Peaeoeke anj °* Reynolds were associated with "His Honoi es as assessors. , . ■ • '" Cross-examined by Mr;. Baume,* tiic ;J ~ claimant said that he valued liis land c " at £12 per acre,, but since the road was a " put through the property was not worth jso much for piirposes'bf subdivision, lie ie estimated that the cutting of jthe road 7 would' probably decrease.the 'value 'of the )f farm by £1200 to £1500." ie A very large number of witnesses we're 10 examined on the different points eriutne■<l rated by the claimant, the price of the -' farm per acre, and as a whole. ■ • •■:' n James E. West, chairman of the Puke.V i kohe West Road Board, said he owned d j the property adjoining that of the clai'mie ant. As far as the land taken for the c new road was concerned, witness valueH it s at about £10 per-acre. This was the -t price paidi for a continuation of the road a through an adjoining property. ,-The n various items of the claim were enumei. rated, and while disallowing several, of h tlie sums mentioned, witness considered s that reduced amounts should be paid in d J other cases. It was the intention of tae ci Board to make the road through the 11 claimant's property d thdroughly- good c one. Taking the farm as a wnole, _he :t thought the construction of the new road fc increased the value of the farm by 10/ c pej tiere. • : ; ' . :. !i To Mr. Reed: The actual damage sus- § tamed by the claimant would , be covered n by £130. The Board, however, had j. been prepared to give cpnsiderabJ}- more (j for the land, if they -could have "had it If I without delay and recourse to the Court: ~ J In liis evidence before the Commission on : . the subject, he had said that a fair j amount to pay the; claimant would be r £100 for land, £, 100 for fencing and j ;£3OO for severance: They- had paidilr. . Shipherd £ 150 for the fencing. 3 (Proceeding.) ' . -\', 1 PBISONERS FOR SE-VTBNCK - n ■ ■ ■. •' !J Sentence will be passed on the following prisoners at 10 o'clock to-morrow j morning: Frederick Sherlock Jones, thetc (three charges), Auckland; Arthur Watson, alias-Arthur Thomas, assault with J intent to.resist lawful apprehension, and 5 attempting to escape from lawful custody ' (Auckland); .lohn Watson, theft Irorn a v dwelling (Auckland); James Walter Wal- ' lei-, breach of the Bankruptcy Act (seven J charges), (Auckland).