DISPUTED DUTIES
BIDDIFQBD case continued. Before the PnU.CWt yesterday the hearing was continued of the appeal brought against the assessment of the Commissioner of Stamxia in connection with the estate of the (ate E. J. liiudifofd. On the Bench were their Honors Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice), Sir Joshua ■ williams. Mr Justice Denniston, Mr Justice Edwards, Air Justice Cooper, and Mr Justice Chapman. The parties were Eleanor Caroline Riddiford, Edward Vivian Riddiford, Daniel Henry Strather Riddiford, Eric Leslie Riddiford, and Oliver Ashby Bnnny, executors cf the will of Edward Joshua Riddiford. deceased, appellants, and the Commissioner of Stamps, respondent. Air C, P. Skerrett, K.C., with him Mr Alyors, appeared for the appellants, and the Hon. A. L. Herdman. with him Mr H. H. Ostler, for the Commissioner of Stamps. _ The amount involved in the action was the difference between £89,240 (claimed bv the Commissioner) and £61,000 claimed by the appellants to be the amount due. Argument had not concluded when the court adjourned for the day.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8399, 9 April 1913, Page 2
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