IN OTHER PLACES.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17015, 11 December 1920, Page 6

IN OTHER PLACES.

DAMAGES AGAINST ORCHARD SUPERVISOR. (press association telegram. ) NELSON, December 10. After a. sitting extending over seven days, tho hearing of -tho action Joseph Samuel Thompson, bank manager. Blenheim v. Charles Edward Lowe, .of llaralceke, orchard supervisor, in which a. claim wa& .made for damages for . cJloged . neglect- of plaintiff's orchard, lias partially l concluded. The j'.iry found e verdict for plaintiff for £iZQ. The question of lav.- aa to whether the proper party, had boen sued ig.to be submitted to Mr Justice Hosking at Wellington. CLAIM FOR POSSESSION OF A RA'CEHORSK. (PRESS ASSOCIATION" • TELEGRAM.) ■ HAMILTON, Deoember W. At. the Supreme Court ' ITravij< Morley sued' John Hetit for of tho racohorao. Taimtrc-a, which recently disappeared from Te Aroha. and £3.10. alleged, damages. Hetit counter-claimed for £200 for alleged daniHges and wrongful detention. Mor'ey 'claimed that he leased . the horse to Hetit {or. two j"?sir?, and wn.g to reccive half the -n-inninas. Hetit claimed that the hois© was given to hirii unconditionally by. JJorley. The Judge commented strongly -at or.o stage on Uo'rley's evidence, and said it vra« a dishonest thing to - claim possession when he admitted under crops-examin&lior. that ho knew the whereabouts of tho horje, having received possession of it nt 4.20 on the morniny of its disappearance, Th-5 Jtidsre also asked Morley how could he expect him to believe his evidence ■when be admitted tellins: .'this to people. Tho jury returned a. verdict for Hetit in bcth esses, Hetit t<-» r<v ceive the horse. Xo damages were awarded.