QUESTION OF RIGHT-OFWAY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8192, 6 August 1912, Page 9

QUESTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.

An important native land cose affecting titles arising irom partition under the 1894 Native Land Act was heard by his Honor Mr Justice Chapman yesterday. John Alexander Pearson, engineer, o 1 Palmerston North, and Waikari Karaitiana, aboriginal native, proceeded against the Public Trustee, Jessie Burridge, wife of Bamnel Vickery Burridge, farmer, of Petone, Walter Dawson. judve of the Na. live Land Court, and the registrar of thf Native Lands Court at Wanganui, for an order that a-writ of certiorari be issued to Judge Dawson tor the purpose of removing into the Supreme Court an order made by him on January 19th, 1911, whereby it was ordered that the subdivision of the lands known as Dangipo Waiau B. No. 7 A should be subject to public right-of-way for tne purpose of access to another section. ■ Mr C. P. Skerrett, K.C. and Mr E. T. Hadfleld appeared for applicants. Sir John Findiar, K. 0.. and Ur J. V». Macdonald for the Public Trustee, and Mr M. Myers for Mrs Burridge. The other parties submitted to Judgment. • After hearing legal argument, hla Honor reserved his decision.