VERDICT FOR CLUB
Holding that the club had acted in goo faith in the bona fide belief that tl: defendac.t'B attorney had power to grai the option of purchase, Mr. Justice Johi aton, at Hamilton, has delivered a reserve judgment entitling the Bay of Plenty an Kotorua Hunt Club to specific performanc of a contract with respect to the lease ( a property of 34 acres on the outskirts < Rotorua. The club entered into a five years' lea»s with the option of purchase at £1250, bi: in the action heard at the last session c the Supreme Court at Hamilton, th defendant, James Baker, contended tha hie attorney, F. Buckthought, was no authorised to include a purchasing claus in the lease. Defendant liimeelf wa* absent at the time the lease was signed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 177, 29 July 1941, Page 10
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VERDICT FOR CLUB
Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 177, 29 July 1941, Page 10
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