EQUITY CLAUSE USED TO SETTLE GREY CIVIL CLAIM
A civil claim which was before the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth yesterday afternoon was settled under the equity and good conscience clause, which permits judgment where legally a complete case has not been made out. The case was one in which Schaef’s Ltd. (Mr L. E. Morgan) claimed from Clive M. Mathieson (Mr J. K. Patterson), oi’Reefton, the sum of £B5 Is 4d, alleged to be owing for repairs carried out to a Bedford vehicle in 1940. The amount claimed was reduced to £37 as a result of instalments paid by the defendant. The defendant opposed the plaintiff’s claim by alleging that the work carried out was defective and that certain amounts had been duplicated. After hearing evidence by Leonard Schaef and Allan Christenson, for the plaintiff, and the defendant on his own behalf, together with lengthy cross-examination, the Magistrate, Mr A. A. McLachlan, entered judgment for the plaintiff for £2O with £7 7s costs.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 March 1947, Page 2
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