£ AERATING MACHINES
LENGTHY HEARING. ' , /- The Supreme Court, the Chief Justice ' '(Sir Robert Stout) 'presiding, was occupied to-day in the hearing of the action Jor £10,000 damages for alleged breach ©f agreement. The parties were William de Renzy and Fraser Ramsay (New Zealand), iLtd. There -was also a claim by Charles F. Spooner against de Renzy in respect of the Pelmerston North agency. . Mr. C P. Skerrett, K.C., with him Mr. G. H. Fell, appeared for de Benzy, Mr. C. A. Loughnan for Spooner, and Sir John Findlay, XC, with him Mr. J. A. Tripe, for defendants. The following non-suit points raised by Sir John Findlay were 'reserved by his Honour; — (1) That clause 12 (stating that the agreement with de Renzy was upon the same terms and conditions as the agreement with the Fascina Co.) made ithe existence of plaintiff's agreement dependent upon, the existence of the Fascina agreement ; (2) there was nothing in the agreement binding defendants to continue the Fascina, agreement, and, if they lost ' the agency or gave it up, plaintiff had. no right of action ; (3) that •under the agreement there -was no obligation on the pctrt of the defendants : (a) to supply machines and goods at all ; (b) Jo supply them for aiiy fixed term. The hearing of evidence had not concluded -when The Post went to press.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 141, 14 June 1912, Page 8
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