LAND AGENTS

Evening Star, Issue 15539, 8 July 1914, Page 9

LAND AGENTS

APPEAL COURT CASE. The Appeal Court, .sitting at Wellington yesterday, heard arguments in the case of Hills v. Ashton. The case raised an important question under the Land Agents Act of 1912 —namely, whether the engagement or appointment of a licensed land agent in respect of a sale or other disposition of land, which engagement or appointment is required by virtu© of section 13 of the above Act to be in writing, signed by the person to bo charged with the commission, must be signed personally by such person, or whether it can be signed by an agent ior such person. Mr Cooper appeared for the appellant and Mr IV. .1. Treadwell for the respondent. The appeal was from a judgment of the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), who held that a land agent was entitled to recover. The Court did not think it was necessary to decide- the first question as to whether tho signature by rui agent was sufficient, but decided to atlirm the decision of the Chief Justice that there was in the correspondence an appointment actually signed bv the appellant. The appeal was dismissed, with costs on the lowest scale.