CLAIM FAILS
AGAINST UNION SECRETARY
(United PreßS Association.)
WELLINGTON, This Day
The Chief Justice gave judgment today in the case in which John James Stuart, a ship’s t-Gok, claimed £667 from William Thomas Young, Union secretary, and the Wellington Seamen’s Union, alleging that as a result of the 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 had conspired with the crew to have terminated the cook’s contract with the owners, and that defendants had aided and abetted the crew 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 no- legal duty to plaintiff to be helpful in this dispute. There was a duty he owed to the Union, but the sole duty be owed to plaintiff was to abstain from any active steps inciting others to secure plaintiff’s dismissal. He was unable to find any trace of any such incitement. Judgment was given for defendants with costs.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 June 1926, Page 5
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188CLAIM FAILS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 June 1926, Page 5
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