COMPENSATION CLAIM.
PRIORITY OVER MORTGAGES
(BY TELEGRAPH rBESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 7.
A claim 'by Harry Mandell under the Workers’ Compensation Act of 1923 has, disclosed an interesting position in ownership responsibilities, which was set out in the reserved judgment of Mr. Justice Ostler entered to-day. He held that under section 57 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1594, a claim took priority over mortgages on the' vessel on which the accident occurred. The plaintiff was injured at Wanganui on May 8, 1920, by an accident arising out of the course of his employment on board the steamer Huia. At that time there were four mortgages on the register.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 August 1925, Page 9
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108COMPENSATION CLAIM. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 August 1925, Page 9
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