COURT OF APPEAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 3

COURT OF APPEAL

NATIVE LAND CASK. In the Court of Appeal .yesterday. Their Honours .Mi. Justice Edwards, Sir. Justice Cooper, Mr. Justice Chapman, and Mr. Justice Sim heard mi action m which lilwiii itonry Hardy, of Te Ivuiti, surveyor, was appellant, and To Akapairama and Te Uuia Fairoma, Native women, were respondents. Jir. C. B. Mori.son, K.C., with him Mr T. Neuve, appeartd for the appellants, and Mr. ]i. P. liunny for tho respondents. It was pointed out that the respondents wero the owners of a certain section against which an order was made charging survey fees duo to Hardy. In 1913 Hardy applied to the Native Land Court for an onl&r vesting a portion of tho land in him. This onver was made, nnti subsequently Hardy sold the land. Respondents stated that the order was made without their knowledge, and that tho knd was of considerably higher value than tho survey foes -which were a charge upon'it. They applied to the Supremo Court to have the mler set aside. His Honour the Chief Justice made a declaration that respondents were entitled to redeem the land on payment of the survev fees and five years' interest. Respondents would, however, have to proceed further to obtain possession of the land from tho man to whom Hardy Against this judgment the respondents appeaJed. ~ , , , Argument wf?l bo continued to-day.