CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS. ACTION BY SHIP’S COOK FAILS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 26. The Chief Justice gave judgment today in the case in which John James Stuart, a ship’s cook, claimed £667 from William Young, union secretary, and the Wellington Seamen’s Union, alleging that, as a result of a conspiracy of defendants with the crew of' the steamer Tees, he lost his employment. “In order for plaintiff to succeed, said His Honour, “it must be shown that Young or the Union _ conspired with the crew to have terminated the cook’s contract with the owners, and that defendants aided and abetted tho crow in an unlawful strike with the same object.” After discussing the evidence, the judge said it was proper for him to point out that Young owed 119 legal duty to plaintiff to be helpful in this dispute. There was a duty he owed to the Union, but tho sole duty he owed to plaintiff was to abstain from any active steps in inciting others to secure plaintiff’s dismissal. He was unable to" find any trace of any such incitement, and judgment would accordingly be given for defendants with costs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 176, 26 June 1926, Page 10
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195CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 176, 26 June 1926, Page 10
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