LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 261, 28 July 1908, Page 4

LAW REPORTS.

/ .COURT OF APPEAL. W AIM ARAM A LANDS DISPUTE. ; ONE MATTER STILL UNSETTLED. ' ; ; Tho sittings of the Court of Appeal wore rcsume'd yesterday., -.morning, .whon. his Honour Mr!) Justice Williams presided, and their Honours Justices Edwards, Cooper, and Chapman were also in attendance. Tho first business dealt with was an appli;. cation With reference-to a: ponding case 'between Arini Donnelly and Gertrude. E, Meinertzhagen. . • Mr. Morrison, who appeared,on.behalf of Miss Meinertzhagcn, said that an application had been mado on behalf of Mrs. Donnelly to remove into the.Supremo Court tho report of tho Native Land Commissioner fixing tho 'boundaries of cortain AVaimarama lands. ; Counsel for tho parties had, ho said, conferred on tho matter, and it had been arranged that ho should apply for the caso: to './•/he taken by the 'Full Court: : The point, 111 • dispute'related to 60 acres of tho homestead iblock. ■ Delay, in'.tho• hearing of tho motion would result in the hanging up of his client's, title : 'to 'the'sooo acres'awarded'her ■ . tinder statutory authority. . •/' .. . . , . ' Mr. Skorrett said .that the. and-Mr. Bell represented Mrs.Donrielly. He said that since the • interview between tho,parties, Mrs. Donnelly had returned".from, Sydney, .and a-difficulty had arisen .in . connection-.with the .matter, which he was not permitted to make public. !All other matters in connection with the long-. . ' standing dispute .between tlio .parties had - been settled by, agreomcnt, but the ono'in question was not capable of .amicable settlement! 'It might bo that something would , transpire which; would prevent Mrs.; Donnelly from entering upon further litigation. Mr." Bell, and himself had at present no m- • Btructions. to proceed in the matter. . ~ • Tho Court held that the caso w-as one.which ought:to bo disposed: of promptly. Tho decision, whichever way it went, could not prejudicially affect Mrs,: Donnelly in connection. ; with tho matter which she how had under consideration.:' :The effect of delay would-be. . ' . the hanging up indefinitely of a title which Miss Meinertzhagcn desired to obtain. Tlio Courtvwould hear argument with-respect to the motion* on tho following afternoon.