CLAIM BY WOMAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21879, 15 August 1934, Page 13

CLAIM BY WOMAN

BUSINESS TRANSACTION SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT [by telegraph OWN correspondent] WELLINGTON, Tuesday "Although the evidence seemed con« elusive in proving tjjo 'claim against Hollings, there has been nothing to show that his reputed ex-partner, Eagar, had entered at all into the transaction complained of, or was in any way blameable,',' said Mr. Justice Ostler in giving judgment in the Wellington Supreme Court to-day on a civil claim again William Perry Hollings, a former solicitor, and Edward Fitzgerald Eagar, a school teacher. The case against Eagar was non-suited and judgment against H'gllings,' who had entered no defence, was adjourned until further consideration by the parties concerned.

The proceedings were brought by Mrs. Agnes Elizabeth Powell, of Johnsonvillo, who claimed from both defendants £4OO principal, plus interest. She alleged that, without her knowledge or approval, the £-100 had in 1929 been invested by Hollings on properties owned at that time by himself and Eagar, and she had not recovered it. As there had been many involved legal points outstanding in the proceedings His Honor agreed to supply a written judgment to add to his oral decision.