Magistrate's Court, Greymouth

Grey River Argus, 1 August 1903, Page 4

Ma gistrate's Court , Greymouth

\Before 8,. S."Kawkiris; JEsq., S. .TI.) Friday^July 3ls)vl§o3. ... . ■'■ Tflfi SHitSE DBAIiISeJOASB. | / „!-: IMPORTANT DFOISId^. ; G lii^the ii4aj?ii^rate'B morn- - iag, R. Sv Hawkios Esqr, %M. gave his ; decißi()n iini the i c3Sf ■ Jones v «^The 'Wrifc^ri^judgmen^^as ft long %%$~ ■■k^v^^M-'^^ft.^}^ llll^ ,-■ othei facts ; and la^ r « It held' thW' ! t^buigh :. there - ; no Hojabfe transfer, |fas legally informal under Section 3^9 Mining , j^o'mpinies Act 1894, itftsmnclvas the plaintiff hadA^ot-peisoratly. attached j the date of signing,- yet (on 7 t|ie authority^of Boring v^Davis,* 'a case cited by-.counstl-iter ? this Informalitydid^hdt *ffect : >fche : e^uitab'Pr rights of the parties tinder the* contract 'for •sale'-0f • the <; *hareßj and'ttjvt as the plaintiff nchatT *d6ne / oil ;^haf he was aske^Jta^do, to gijrp. 'he deendant Tjonld'mjt relyon the iniof malfty irivthe document of transfer as a defence, SPeing^^aTT^ha'i aoce|»ted the- tran^i fer withottb qulstiipn and paid the-pfiee agre^ei *. upph^f -The defendant wwars r tliefofore. equitable owner of the shares an^jt^ponisifOie for all calls made subsequent to the sale even though he hadrf-oled ; td register the transfer yi{hin the statutory time. " Judgment was given . for the ' the full amount, claimed 12< costs ;.£ns further; costs of LI Is on the defendants eounier claim' which was dya^ldwe^l Mr A P H«rper appeared for and? Mr > Kitchingham (instructed by J Messrs Stringer and Cresswell) for the defendant. - : ,' U J.^ ;