CUTTEN APPEAL CASE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17215, 18 January 1918, Page 8

CUTTEN APPEAL CASE

VALUATION REDUCED BY £5776. Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., delivered judgment yesterday afternoon in tho appeal of tfrancea A. Outten against the valuation of lands in Dunedin and North Otago, which was made for the purpose of assessing death duty in tho estate of tho late Eebecca. Cargill. At tho hearing, which occupied seven days, Mr S. Solomon, K.C. appeared for the appellant, and Mr W. o' MacGrtgor for the Government Valuation Department. . His Worship said that after careful consideration he would detennino the valuation at £77,368—a reduction o! £5776 on tho Government valuation of £83,114. His valuaiioi. was baaed on tho unimprovt'*! valuo of tho land. On his Worship asking whether counsel had anything to say on the question of costs, Mr Solomon, for the appellant, claimed that as the appeal had been successful his clients were entitled to costs After discussion, his Worship said that, as the reduction in valuo was a substantial one, the appellant was entitled to costs, which ho fixed as follows:—Fee to appellant's counsel, 60 guineas, with witnesses' expenses to be fixed by his Worship subseoaej«tly if the parties could not agree upon them.