SENSATIONAL SEQUEL TO A LAWSUIT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 136, 12 June 1900, Page 2

SENSATIONAL SEQUEL TO A LAWSUIT.

— ♦ — SUICIDE OF THE DEFEATED PARTY. [OSITBD PRESS ASFOCIATION.I Invercargill, June 11. At the Supreme Court yesterday the action E. Saunders and D. Zander, of Ashburton, v. Alan Jones, a claim of £350 for breach of contract, resulted m a verdict for the plaintiffs for £179. Saunders had arranged with one Jones, a farmer at Drummond, to buy Bheep for him to transport to Canterbury. Jones did so. Saunders came down, saw the sheep, and gave Jones a cheque with which to pay for them. The statements were conflicting, it appearing that differences arose, for Jones considered the whole affair off, and that the sheep he had bought reverted to him, as he had entered into an engagement with the vendors. At all event 3, Saunders' cheque was returned to him. The defence relied . . ' ■ i ... i.. - i — i. .. .i oii ioicera tv v utn.nt-i, «io., anaoug these being one from Saunders, after the rupture, advising the banker to hold the cheque at his disposal. Mr Sim, for defendant, applied for and got stay of judgment for a fortnight, to give an opportunity to apply for a new trial on the ground of misdirection and excessive damages. A painful sequel to the notion was the suicide of Jones, the defendant. He left for his home by train, and sat writing, his wife being beside him, till 11 o'clock, when he rose and went out. As he did not return m reasonable time, the household made search, and found his body m a water-hole near the house. Jones was m the prime of life, and well-to-do, having two farms, and the monetary damages of the action would have affected him but little. He was a leading man m his district. Wade's Worm Fige, the wonderful Worm Worriers, never (ail (or aduUelor children. PriQe, le,