WHOSE LAND?
A COMPLICATED CIVIL ACTION.
A gather complicated civil action concerning the ownership of a piece of land ■?' i- Stakl dlstl>ict came before Mr •Tustice^Ostler at the Supreme Court today. The plaintiff was Thomas Hillard a farmer, of^Ohau, and tho defendant was George. Bevan, of Pukehou. \ Mr. ; i, S;,™ appeared for the plaintiff, M T cr <^ endanfc was "presented by Air. d. S. Haiina. .
i 1 Ckim sefc out to* ov r t e^d. exe r^ P i^ a rfe Sff Ul%defel^' t0 -^ute 'to the" plaintiff a transfer of the land free of tailed to do. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant should execute to the plamfff sufficient transfer of the land *fSfJ incuMbrances, and shotid pay i,IOO >y way of damages. AlterTp^' '$" P aintiff claimed «>e sum «s^=[K a a^ Statute of.Frauds, and,also the Statute dlvi F'^-f such breaches and soVnt ™dlsentltle *>>«»■ to' the relief fpnS t }ure^ s an alternative defence that the defendant was a-Maori L™- Q- ,e, meaTS of the Ma°" land Administration Act, 1901, and that any agreement between the parties (if such an agreement was made) had not been formed m accordance with law. . . . (Proceeding.)
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 6
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193WHOSE LAND? Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 6
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