NOT HIS WIFE
BUT AUTHORITY IMPLIED. MAN LOSES CASE AND JOB. [Per Press Association;] . WELLINGTON, Last Night. A case of interest-wos heard in itha Magistrate’s Court regarding a drapier’s bill incurred by the reputed Wife of Randolph Percy Sims, and Was decided to-day by Mr. Page,’'S.M.-, 'in favour of plaintiffs, , * The claim was for £34. . Special interest was aroused by the fact that Sims, who came from Canada-and was a high official In the Railway Department, with a salary of £926, ac J fended the claim, on th e ground that Betty Sims was not his wife and had ho authority to pledge his credit. The Magistrate, said, in the course Of tho hearing, that this was Immaterial. She had implied authority to do so. Counsel for Sims stated yesterday. that as the result of the puo* Uclty, his client had loqt his position.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3309, 1 April 1926, Page 9
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144NOT HIS WIFE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3309, 1 April 1926, Page 9
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