TEA MERCHANT'S CLAIM.
NONSUIT POINT RAISED. The case in which a jury awarded John Kilgoor Earle, tea merchant, of Auckland (Mr. Inder),-£25 damages against Thomas Hosking and Son, merchants, of Auckland (Mr. Anderson), for loss of business consequent upon £800 worth of tea being held up in Firth's Bond owing to the loss of bond warrants, came before Mr. Justice Stringer at the Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. Anderson moved for a nonsuit on the ground that plaintiff should have taken steps against the bond for the delivery of the tea. Mr. Inder, however, contended that it was the duty of the defendants to 11 get the tea out of bond. Bis Honor said that in his opinion the proprietors of the bond acted unreasonably in asking for a bank indemnity and in refusing the indemnity of the two firms concerned. Decision on the legal point raised was reserved. /.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 9
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