PICTURE FILM CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 2

PICTURE FILM CASE.

Hearing wa* roiiimejl at the -Magistrate's Court ytsUrday by Mr (.". ('. Kettle, S_M., of the rase brought by Walter fJwryr Williams ami Francie Hurman Williams, trading ix* tinvrrwil Film Supply Company, against Itotiert L. Cleland, proprietor of the King (ieorjre Theatre. Auckland. The claim wan to nnWTr £123 10/ fi>r films deutroyed by tire while in fxisneiwjon of the defendant. After hearing Icpal arjnimpnt. Mr. Krttle t-Ai,] he <iiil not rotuiicW it noccs»»ry to reserve hm decision, except ins on the question of damapp*. ito ■•».u* nati.-rtfl that the pl&intifT vran entitled to recover v, hat, wan decided to bo the value of the films destroyed. Tt w.is clear that where condition,, wero on a contract the parties to »iirh contract were bonnd hy the terms of mich conditionn. In tfiifi cane the tcmiH were an absolute guarantee to keep and return the Illmii in crood order and condition. An these films had hern burned, the defendant mimt pay the value. That mi-rtrt be hard, but it \va* the contract. (In the law. therefore. plitintitT tvns entitled to judgment. Thi , only quewtion left was that of damage*. He would reserve thjit point, and siipgc.ited the parties miffht arrange that matter between them»e!ve«. Mr. Ontlcr said his client wae willing to confer with the object of arriving at a reasonable upttlemenf.