INFERIOR PLASTER

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 15, 18 January 1921, Page 8

INFERIOR PLASTER

A dispute over the quality of fifteen tons of Australian pl.'ister of paris sokl by. Wilson and Shaw (Mr. 11. If. yon Haast) to Jackson and Co. (Mi\ 'IV C. A: Hislop) in September, 1918, was determined at tbo Magistrate's Court this morning, when Mr. W. G. Riddcll, S.M.. gave- his reserved judgment in favour of the plaintiffs, Jackson and C<.. Plaintiffs stated that tho plaster was defective, and that purchasers of eight tons sold by them had complained that tho material would not Bet, and in one case the purchasers refused to pay. The defendants contended that the defective condition of the plaster was due to its having been stored in an open shod for months by the plaintiffs instead of being used at once, but the Magistrate held, that tho store was a suitable place for such material. Then there was the fact that several persons had complained that the plaster was of inferior quality when delivered to tho plaintiff. , There was no evidence to show that the defendants warranted: tho plaster of paris sold as equal to English plaster, but ho was satisfied that they had stated that the quality was good, and tho plaintiffs had expected that it, could be used in the ordinary course of business.' However, they had been left with seven tons on their hands, which they could neither U6O nor sell. Judgment was given for plaintiffs for £122 153 lOd, with costs and expenses amounting to £17 9s.