A MINING DISPUTE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AVESTPORT, This Day
Mr. W. Meldrum, Warden, gave judgment to-day in a Seddonville mining dispute, in which J. T. Dove claimed £3700 for coal alleged to have been taken from hig lease by Morganti and party, and damages, and also nn injunction restraining the defendants from taking more coal; and a counter-claim by Morganti and party for £1700 for damages. The. Warden held that there was an expressed or implied agreement whereby the defendants were to work the area in dispute, in which area the plaintiff had a share in the profits. He disallowed the whole of the plaintiff's claim for damages, and declined to grant the injunctions asked for by the plaintiff. On the counterclaim, the Warden said he did not think negligence on the' part of the plaintiff in permitting or causing fire to enter the defendant's working w^s established, and he disallowed £1104 under that heading, but allowed other items in the counterclaim amounting to £144 0s Bd.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1926, Page 6
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167A MINING DISPUTE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1926, Page 6
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