SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 15

SUPREME COURT.

' . IN CHAMBERS. ' Sitting in Chambers; Mr.vjustjoo. Doonifrton heard an application brought on bAalf :;■':ofi jlaintiff • that .-tfie,- ciweTaW: w Stringer/ K. 0., versus John Norton—a oUim for £2000 .for -alleged '• libol—beheard Before a special jury. Mr. Skorrott, K.C., who appeared on behalf of plaintiff; submitted- that a special necessary; on, the'ground 'that.difficult questions requiring • expert. .'knoWlciigo would arise. 1 ' Mr. Dunn, for the aofend&nt,', contended : jmrfessional /know-: ' jledgo was. ■ not required on tho' piirt of tho ■ juryr also .that a: speehl jury 'at Christchurch' ; woiild riot be; impartial, • • ' , •; ■" iHis .'Honour said that' ho' would take time •'. to .'consider the application. : ..' ;;; 7v~. CLAIM TINDER A CONTRACT. ' ;v^A: mcjtion aside the judgment, in> the • caso-of/H. J. E. Dutton versus Arinio Brccn ...and E. ; P. ;Breon came boforo Mr. Justico Denniston jesterday. Mr. Dunn appeared, on •behalf of- plaintiff ... and i Mr.i Bcere'for defendant/ s - ,i .- i'4s;an notion by plaintiff,'who is a . builder,-to recover, from dof6ndints;: who are building owners, the sum of £351, balance alleged '.to be . due on a building contract An order, was'made in Marehlast granting jud£;- ! - .ment for; plaintiff,'.it' being told that .he had a hen on. the property of defendants.. : Th#' • ground on which it was sought-to havo ths wm : that there.had. beeii' : ■ a misunderstanding as to tho filing-of affii , ;.idayits,' : and the'judgment had gone .by dfr- ; y;:faoltr;'<--:vo .'V:,'-" ..His Honour .ordered that;issues of fact . should be set down for trial at fthe-'rie'it'.sit-.7. tings of: the, Suprotae. Court. All questions ! '■' us to costs were reserved. '