INVERCARGILL SUPREME COURT.
[BY telegraph.—press ASSOCIATION.] Invercargill, Wednesday. At the Supreme Court to-day, Henry Beckett, of Waimumu, farmer, claimed from Charles and Edward Marshall £200 damages, on the ground that, by reason of the dredging operations of defendants, water had been diverted on to plaintiff's land. Plaintiff also sought an injunction. Defendants counter-claimed for £25 damages, alleging that plaintiff had cut a ditch on defendant's allotment* and tapped the water required for dredging. Judgment was given for defendants on the claim and coun-ter-claim with Is damage* on the latter, costs on the" lowest scale against plaintiff on the claim, and no costs on the counterclaim.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13625, 19 December 1907, Page 5
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105INVERCARGILL SUPREME COURT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13625, 19 December 1907, Page 5
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