WARDEN'S COURT, GREYMOUTH.
Friday, February,^ '■ ''",' ,; : '.,-.. (Before, Mr t Warden Revell.) Cullen v. Byrne— -.Claim by plaintifEto .compel defendant t«>. carry out an agree ."merit, or to pay the snrni of LlOO.as 'daniages. .Mr Perkins\-for 'plaintiff. . This was ■an Hgreement'^y wh^h CiiUen7w*as tp' .rV- :- present. Byrne's; ahjievest' until ' ; a. :tuiinel -.-was yiit ,in , to, the, boundary, ,when CJiillen was to have half the share transferred tp him. In the meantime Cullen' was to receive 12s per week from the ; defendant, and , a. AVeek.. from the. outside shareholders, brtt' of tne latter he only received f L6, thereat having been wrongfully deducted for other than- the plaintiff's in- ; terest. The who' & question turned upon the alteration of th^- boundaries, by which tlie '•tunnel' could tiot.be I said J fo be .coin- ■ pie ted. 6ad : the ' original boundaries jStood, and not. been altered, the tunnel would hay6 li been s completed, bat |sfthe boundaries were with the consent of all the sliarelMdersl the plaintiff was, thereby bound to carry out the same. The plaitititf said; he: had not jb'een, asked^ to agree to that ; that he never was consulted, and -that . lie \v,as only there as, a • wages man. The "Warden, in«ttin.ming-up, ftinnd.that the spirit of the. agreement had been darned out^arid ; the funnel had been <(C>oniph3tecl. . A, ; verdict-, was. giVen ordering the'transfer, or in d^fatilt damages to the ■ainOunt' claimed. \
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 632, 5 February 1870, Page 2
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228WARDEN'S COURT, GREYMOUTH. Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 632, 5 February 1870, Page 2
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