OCCUPATION RENT ON ESTATES
■ In the Appeal Court this morning judgment was given in the Wright versus Morgan case. Delivering judgment,! Mr Justice Smith said: “ The sole question in appeal is. as to the basis upon which Douglas Wright should pay an occupation rent for the use of two estates at Surrey Hills, Windermere. The judge in the court below found that occupation rent should be based on the Government valuations ot land from time to lime.In doing so.he exercised his discretion as to w’iiat was practically just in the circumstances. We agree with that decision, and the appeal must be dismissed, Subsequent experience has made it clear that for the year 1921 even the Government valuations were excessive, and Mr Donnelly has offered to reduce the Government valuation for that year by the sum of £lB,500. The judgment of the court below will i be varied accordingly, and costs will bo allowed' to respondents on the highest scale as from a distance.
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Evening Star, Issue 19919, 16 July 1928, Page 9
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