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CLAIM AGAINST “DIGGERS." NO CONTRACT WITH COMPANY. Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., gave reserved. judgment .in the Magistrate's Court yesterday in the case Claude Haigh v. G. Fama, Frank Perkins, Stan. Lawson, and Victor Beck (manager) of the New Zealand “Diggers” Company, in which a claim was made for the Bum of £2OO for alleged wrongful dismissal. It was on behalf of the plaintiff, that hq- was engaged as tonring manager for the defendant company in August, 1920, at a salary of £l2 per week. On February sth he alleged that he was wrongfully dismissed from the service without notice.. For the' defence, it was contended that the plaintiff was not engaged for the tonr, nut merely temporarily until Mr Beck was released" from other employment in order to take, the position.
In giving judgment for the defendants, His Worship said that the weight of evidence wae that the plaintiff had been employed by Beck, and thp onus lay on the plaintiff to prove that he had a direct contract with the company. The plaintiff had not carried out that obligation to Hie Worship’s satisfaction. Plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10897, 11 May 1921, Page 5
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