DAMAGES AWARDED
AGAINST TIMBER MERCHANT BREACH OF CONTRACT HELD (By Telegraph—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Mr Justice Ostler’s reserved judgment in the case Reginald Gilbert Brown versus C. S. McCully Ltd., timber merchants, a claim for damages alleging faulty construction of an indoor howling rink, holds that defendant committed a breach of contract, and awards damages of £O5l to plaintiff on the claim including loss of profits £250, and return of progress payments £250, with costs on the highest scale. The judge said that plaintiff wanted a permanent floor on which bowls could bo played for a reasonable number of years, and never got what he bargained for. On defendant’s counter-claim judgment was given for defendant for £lO for work one. No costs were allowed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 22 December 1933, Page 2
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