FARMERS AND SCRUB.
CLAIM FOR FIRE DAMAGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.i GISBORXE, this day. The Supreme Court has been occupied for three days in hearing an action which James Horace Wilson, mortgagee of a station property sold by him in 1919 to the late John'Witcliell," sued the latter"s trustees for alleged negligence in setting fire to standing scrub, thereby occasioning damage to property; also for damage through the removal and reconstruction of buildings. Much evidence was given as to the practice of farmers in the district dealing with scrub. The special jury, after a few minutes" deliberation, returned a verdict for defendant.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 65, 18 March 1925, Page 5
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