BOWLING CLUB CASE.
VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF
(BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. Feb. 20.
The reserved decision of Mr. Justice Ostler was given this morning in the case in which James Dickson Sievwright recently proceeded against- the Wellington Bowling Club, Ltd., claiming that the club had expelled him from membership, unjustly, and asking that jt be declared that he was still a member of the club and that be had not forfeited his shares in the company. Damages amounting to £25 were also claimed. His Honor said that the three conditions to be satisfied were : (1) Whether the member expelled had hadl due notice and opportunity of being heard; (2) whether there had been want of good faith on the part of the directors; (3) whether there had been some cause for the expulsion which a. reasonable body of men might consider reasonable ; (4) whether the rules had been strictly complied with.
His Honor held in favour of the club on the first three questions, but decided that the rules had not been strictly complied with, and on this ground gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff. Nominal damages amounting to £1 were granted.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 February 1925, Page 7
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193BOWLING CLUB CASE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 February 1925, Page 7
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