LAW REPORTS.
SUPREME.COURT. CIYIL SIXTJEXGS. ' ' ALLEGED BREACH ■ The Civil Sittings were r&>urned c yesterday'' morning,■ His Honour-Mr. GliSpnlan : - taking his seat at lO.Sft-o'clbck. r; wn**> .- •' i'lio case sot down for, hearing..was thatbotwoon. 8.. H. Fisher,; of ..WeUingion, ; cbm-. mercial traveller, and , [CJioni'Mj/Beaumont , Dtfan hnd Lamartino land and estate agents, carrying'"on-'business-as Dwan Brothers.: \ .ri,fjivmn.>x'A. .nvw '«• Tlio statement, of claim.-,.sqt n fortli jthiit-oni Juno 17, 1907,-. tho defendant^.-purchased. from . plaintiff «cti_on'l72,:blcck ,15.,'.| > alniprston North, (xmtaining^J-"acre?,", j" tho fojlowing terms- 1 -£o0 : dno-'6n ; 'Jiinc""20/19Q7, £150 on October 30, T9o7>!ind"-l)a)anco to .bear interest- at tho>rrntb>?.o£i!:s' per contvi Defendants had paid J/ho.first v instalmpnt,,but. not tlio second instalments,ißa'.!.^i t ,'" being amount duo for. ,xates„ptci. ;i - Tho defendants, .in their statement) of-.'de-: j fenco._ set forth that they; jinffjiced/by .j plaintiff to. enter into tho ngrocnip.nii.purchasn by means of misrepresentationtho lands .and tho .subdivjsioii. 'they.!'.wero' capa.blo of, .and tho. matjnflf,!,in.''wh'ictvifc, was! possible to .Toad tho landjs.laiid uopij the mis-'. representation by. plain'tiff^t^at^t^.o.^mprti-r gages on the .land .coukl jbo; off , at .nny. timo. Defendants from the plaintiff tho instalment -paid-—viz, £50. and costs. ,f /' . .Mr. Myers appeared' tilt, and Mr. Young fqr...iho':"d'e'fen'dAhts"; Evident:? was ;given by tlw. defendants m support , f pf,tfr!cir r ., Xcspeptiyo.cases. .. Mr. \otmg, had agreed to purchase, tion made by plaintiff tbaji;' "pAidd Jjo". put through the. Propgft^' purposes, whereas tliero-was. a by-law'.'which, prevented, tho cutting of.; plaintiff was, bound by tli,p ,'irilifepro,s^.n tatioil,'* and could ndt compel defmdaiits. to coinpleto ' tho purchase. ■! ; fi -'~ " ; 'Mr. Myers, on tho other jiandj argued, that if there was ."any' jlft'Jias'! one of law, as know the:contents of % 'Jy-lb Mr. Myers, contended Miaj :.th«f.fey-\aw. • jft question did not- apply te' that; if it did,. it arid' therefore ultra.,vires... ; His Honour rcsb^ed - Tiie ease, Kirkealdie ,r arid"-Stalh'l£"Ltrt*', r' tho Collector of! for . duty alleged t-o' lift-ve; Iteon-'-overpaid— which was set -down for yesterdayj'was settled , out of Court.' -.w .wV
"../'■IN . His -Honour; -Mr;:;'JtisKiice sittirtg iii Chambers yesterdaVifwrnirid'"! .»■!, Probate of tho ■wills cqased persons was grantedWilliam-Archi-bald Logan, legal' practitlto6r^tiondßn^' ; foV' : merly. of Wellington i "\lrssrs Meok md Von Haast); and Charles Totvnlov Biowno of Wellington, ' gentleman* (Meslrs? ; »Herdiiari'' and-Kirlccaldio). ■ ad# to saw- n - :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 124, 18 February 1908, Page 9
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