A DISHONDRED CHEQUE.
EX-GISBORNEITE GETS DAMAGFS FROM BANK.
(Per Press Association \ '■'■ ' At n « AUCKLAND, this day. At the Supreme Court yesterday a claim for £1200 damages wa 6 made by Uiarles Augustus! Watson, a gum merchant, jigainst the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., m respect of a- cheque for iaOU ss, w hidi -vvias returned' ,to- the payee dishonored. ' *-« rllO i fa V ts -, f^ the ca «c were that plaintin who had recently started m business, for himself as a gum merchant, after havjmr been employed m charge of Mr A. -Natlian's business for over 20 years In « SSir^ ir c »£ acit yi gave « cheque to a Mr Millar. The cheque (va s duly presented by Mr Millar and dishonored; by tho bank. On the date the cheque was issued (a Friday) plaintiff left town, re-t-urmng on the following Monday. Plainttil had sufficient money to his credit at the bank at- the time to meet tlie cheque and the fact of its being dishonored was a mistake on the part of the bank. The plaintiff claimed that m consequence of the bank's action his credit had been impaired and his business practically ruined.' J The jury returned a verdict for £50 damages.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11142, 4 December 1907, Page 2
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204A DISHONDRED CHEQUE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11142, 4 December 1907, Page 2
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