CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY [by telegraph—Pit ESS association] WELLINGTON, Monday ' A claim for £I7OO damages was made in the Supreme Court to-day before .Mr. Justice Ostler by the Dominion Life Assurance Office of New Zealand. Limited, against the Australian Mutual Provident Society. The case arose from statements reflection on its financial position alleged to have been made by an Australian Mutual Provident agent and his sub-agent to three Taranaki farmers. The defence denied the alleged publication, denied that if made the statements were defamatory, and stated thai expressions of regret and unqualified assurances that any reflections would be without foundation had been written to the farmers concerned and published in two Tnranaki newspapers. The defence stated further that a cheque for £52 10s, representing the plaintiff company's legal costs, had been sent to the plaintiff's solicitors and had been returned. It was contended the plaintiff had suffered no damages. The hearing was adjourned until tomorrow.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23969, 20 May 1941, Page 8
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157CLAIM FOR DAMAGES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23969, 20 May 1941, Page 8
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