HAMILTON SUPREME COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15557, 14 March 1914, Page 5

HAMILTON SUPREME COURT.

CLAIM FOR EEL PAS. ADJOURNED FOE ARGUMENT [BY TELEGRAPH —OWX COIOffiSPOKDEXT-]* ■">>- Hamtxtox, .Friday.* The hearing of "the case in .which eighii . natives claim £1500 from the Kawa Drainage Board for the destruction . of an " eel pa"' W'.s continued before the Supreme Court to-day. • •.•-•'.'-. At the conclusion of the evidence , .His., i Honor said it was quite impossible, 'until ._ the question of law were decided" to decide upon the compensation.'He "there*.' fore suggested that the - Court should be adjourned'till Monday, * June 15, and that the questions oLJaW..; be argued in Auckland at a suitable date. In accordance with the decision of 'thai Supreme Court, settling the.rights of the parties, the Compensation Court would , subsequently consider its award;: : Soma' extremely interesting questions/ of law* " 3rose. The two important ones 'seemed tc<., him to be: (1) How far the question, of betterment arose, assuming the claimants 'l to be. entitled to compensation; > 'how far the legal right had been interfered 14 with, if at all. There might also be' sub-., __.■ ordinate questions arising from- the c«h '' sideration of leases. There was no con- ■-* flict of evidence upon this question, • bub' there might be on the amount of' injury; and the question of betterment. Meanwhile,'the assessors and His' Honor would " keep their minds perfectly open. - —, The case was accordingly adjourned, -, *•-»