“This is the sort of case that a Magistrate should not be called upon to decide,’’ said Mr. G. N. Morris, S.M., in tho Whangarei Magistrate’s Court, when hearing a. claim for possession of a dwelling. “What I am asked to decide is whether an elderly, delicate lady should spend her declining years in unsuitable quarters or a married man with his wife and three children should be turned out. of their home,’’ continued
Mr. Morri 1 should lj
This is not a question that ked to decide, but the law
says that I must. Tlio younger people havo their lives in front of them. The old people have uot very long to go and I am going to give my decision on age.’’ Mr. Morris then made an order for possession of the house within six
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 3
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