SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 9

SUPREME COURT.

I ; 'an exchange of land. CtBD.MISHEPRESESTATm. ■' y-. ';... Tqt'ther hearing, of the claim- for damages . ; :,l : i■.VferVsisßt'i;. /misrepresentation - j 'l witfc an exchange of land occupied the Supreme ( ■■■■KI- : ® plaintiff 'was .John :] shipping agent, and he ] fiojn ! Charles Batista, ' . ' y '';V j ?k',i ; • ;for .plaintiff, and -Mr.' j i ■<■■ M.. Chapman, K.C., with him Hr> S. A. Atkinii';•?;edhi';tlit; 'defendant, j-•;■ '/}: ■'.' - ■ /.. injido '....out;/ by tho : ,• ' ••:. evident)!', was:ithat an. 'exchango;■ agreement .. '■• ■ :by,.thp:patttC3 .on May 1 V ;ii;<l7j.4!)b7. . Defendant, who was. tho owner of a. ■; J.;?;: : prfis£i|ty" in'. Owen - Street; ';Nowtown,- (-• agreed, ; ']■' '= <\tpJtM property :'plaintiff ( ;iii . ex?. .j j:'V ; , at- Trentham.- i ; 'espressed:tho: price ;paid for :tho" j --v : i -^'v'.^!--o.piM- , ;-SiTe6t '-Lgi7uo, ' but. -defendant • ! '.;i\lib'- was really transferring tho .pro- - . •'• ', perV. tat .-£ISOO. .Tho difforehco was settled / ..- . : howdteri and. defendant sighed 'the 'agreement,; : . by iffHlSh hb uhdertcdk to pay, in addition to •. ' ths ,siiius montione'd, in.. tlio /exchango'. ajjree- ■ : iVmiSij^ihe vsuiu'- jbf I 'dJ2od, -iii tho event 01' his •KC ■ itSiiitfi'.Katisfied. 'thatplaintiff's / property at: • : lVentham was worth.•-tho-extra-' X2Uo...This ; r ; Uwtilitim was-to-be tiaid within, a year, and. :5 v'-':- 'v'dtftijidcitit was-to'be: the solo, jiidgooi: whether' ■ MVBM(ild 'be : paid or - not. -' M'h'e;. first'. 1 alleged ! Srbpr)DsentationMvo's':that.'duriug : ,tho negotia- • oj:.'»'ti#M:;^tdndant : represented' to plaiutitf'.that he ; : litld.*S.V;viilpation of tho Owon.Street property ■ ■i'V '_This 'representation ' r/as made : . • . ..'. piior.'Uo.- tho sale, and. it was on-' 1 the v: ,this:ropresentation ; and others" that. • ■.'plaiutitf went into the exshaiiif'e.v.iAnother; re^' : - th&t ith£:il.\t.ol]%-Kiiusb; • '. . . iniOwen .Street was less than .eight years, old bttt Hit .jWould ,'be" proved: that tho house . was -.. .built.,in.lßo3. Dry rot was in tho house, in •. . .. tlie-/looring.board^'and verandah posts. Ono : 6f had': was. a' V- ;'ierr|rbuiit" plao'e/ ; Thp'-;rain : ciimb ; through >V- v.v'lntir.'liliiiost all ofjthe.robtns.' It was overrun '. ffi'h - rits. : i . ' vAt-';'thb; conclusion.' of/plaintiff's;, case, Mr. ' 1 Chapman applied for a non?uit.. ; , ;: - vHiSj Honour (Mr.' -Justico..Ohapman) remarked .. that it was for him to deoido whether n wil- . j. fullr falso and misleading statement had been. ■'" niaab.jbx: the defendant, which resulted in tho bargain <,being clinched. It.was-l'ncunibeht ? upon, the plaintiff i to' prove that the defendant - Vi> r;-n,au;'rijh_de. awilfully .false ..statement. V-A mis- , •v - hav« ■ the estimate ' ; - y atr6.of-'the;hbuse,i:and:itiwa's open to ' ■j"'jflfi'i.PWihtifftd hAvD taken & builder with hiw >■ V t toitijspe c t;' tho J-Hbiisc;-. _ It. would haTe been ~-'-:-v, o Wl:'^i'.- ln . |l 't6ryof ti .guinea, Vfind Srould- have. thorough examination. v -His Honour 1 :. '.-eaid that it would bo ; difficult for him to find •, .-J'- I '.:-sW r ® had been fraudulent misTepresenta- •• ' J ha part of' tho defendant. Ho was' " "Sfinilo conclusion. upon the ■::i; r:- Pl«!n|iff S|otto «vid«nc«. - and it wottld un- : 'V: - : riee|«ShrilytAkinft up the time of tho- Court - . , . te *hear.' cvideuce. for thi defendant. Plaintiff ' ' v v . .-i-' - .' is: :f Kr. Costs ;.'WMO allowed as per scale :-Sccond ;:.o ', nay, .twelve gmneasi- second: counsel, first-day nve guineas, Second day-ftbreo guineas;-'-xrit- .■ : v - •'. .^.ne«w fq. be' fixedi.by ; tho registrar.. :