A PECULIAR CASE.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Napier, Friday. The civil business of the Supreme Court commenced to-day with a peculiar case, in whioh Mrs. N. Williams sought to have the lease of a section of land to D. Hitchman declared void on the ground of alleged fraud. The defendant had bid for the lei, at auction, the conditions being a rise of irent every seven years. The lease made out by a solicitor now dead, contained no provision for such increase, but it was completed, the omission not being discovered until recently. Plaintiff had instructed another firm to draw up the lease and denied authorising the solicitor in question, who was employed by defendant. The latter, however, denies that he gave any specific instructions, leaving the solicitor to find out terms of the lease from plaintiff's agents. The case occupied all day, and will be continued to-morrow.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8928, 17 December 1887, Page 5
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