Jury Award Damages Damages amounting to £2187 were awarded by the jury in the Supreme Court at Christchurch yesterday to an hotel-keeper, John Daniel Henry McCurdy, against Ballin Bros., wine and spirit merchants, in respect of the purchase by the plaintiff McCurdy of the Pier Hotel, Kaiapoi, The plaintiff alleged that he had been induced to buy the hotel on representations concerning the business done in tho hotel, made by Ballin Brothers and their agents, and that the defendants had made the representations knowing them to be untrue, or made them recklessly without regard to whether they were true or not. The jury found that the representations had been made recklessly without regard to the question of truth or otherwise. Both counsel moved for judgment on the findings. His Honour reserved the question Press Assn. AN AWFUL NIGHT! Who cannot recall a night of misery caused by raging toothache! Even today someone in the house may become a sufferer. That is why Barraclough’s Magic Nervine should always be at hand. It kills the nerve, and stops the pain Instantly Barraclough’s Magic Nervine has, for 35 years, proved the best remedy for toothache. If it does not relieve the pain, money will be refunded—l/6 everywhere, or post free from Barraclough’s Pty., Box 1247, Wellington. Progandr a kills Corns quickly—l/0.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 256, 12 October 1932, Page 2
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