DISPUTED RECEIPT

Evening Star, Issue 22804, 12 November 1937, Page 12

DISPUTED RECEIPT

IS STAMP ESSENTIAL? SCOTTISH LAW INVOKED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, November 12. Decision was reserved by Mr Luxford, S.M., to-day in a caso in which Independent Motor Sales was charged with failing to stamp a receipt. The evidence was to the effect that tho receipt for £3 was issued by a girl in the office, but she did not think it needed a’ stamp, as she regarded it merely as an interim receipt. She knew there was a dispute between the manager and Keith Elford Craig, who had purchased a truck on time payment. The manager had told him he was expected to pay £5 within a day or two, or the truck would be taken back. Mrs Craig came with £3. The office girl did not think tho manager would take £3, and she gave the receipt not on the ordinary form. The manager had the receipt ready on a proper form for £5, and both this and the interim receipt were put into court. The car had been taken back.

Counsel, supporting the claim that a disputed receipt did not need a stamp, quoted several Scottish authorities and referred to 1.0.U.5.

The Magistrate: It is rather surprising to know that they accept 1.0.U.s in Scotland.