AN IMFORTANT DECISION.
Timaru, to-day. An important case was decided in the Supremo Court here to-day before Mr J ustice Johnson and a special jury, ft was the case Miles, Archer and Co. v. Hoarse and wife. In a previous action it was decided that the personal property of the female defendant was security for advances made by the plaintiffs, hut a newtrial was granted to determine whether real property could be placed on the same basis. To-day Mr Justice Johnson ruled that real property could be made liable without being specified in writing, ami in this instance the jury returned a wnlict that the property of the female defendant both real and personal was liable, and a verwas given for plaintiffs with costs on the highest scale.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4488, 29 January 1886, Page 2
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128AN IMFORTANT DECISION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4488, 29 January 1886, Page 2
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