A DISPUTED DEAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14442, 31 October 1917, Page 8

A DISPUTED DEAL.

The: case of O. ti. JW.. Scott jind \Vil-, liam Branson v. "W. M. Sherratt, R^h-' ard Sherratt, aiid David. 'Barry y las trustees of the Poverty' Bjiy Hunt'Clup), claim £200. was-'concluded ot the Aliigv istrate's Cfc*urt y'esterdl.ay afternOohijudgment being- reserved.-. .Additional evidencje for tho defence' was/as* follbwiß*: . Ashtbn S. Wachsmann deposed thathis,firm was agent foi* wt. H.\ D** Buchanan,; whb^putup.'ijhe'stsabiers^ifded room, and exercise ytuJd m- . Ootobfer, j 1*913, the, cost being £50^; 3s- Id; . Wlien : Jie saw it last he' wonl'd; -have written' it down at £16 to £20 V^iy knew; tihe cost of materials ihad'einceT increased. The building to-dajj- woifldT;cosfe;^Bso.; Percy Walsh, stated thSt* prior s j to October, 1913, he was huntsman, TaSid lived m the. cottage. • Last, year it **?a_' m poor condition, lealchig badly, -. and' often he had hiad do ge. up at night and' moye the bed. T Tlie -timher was prai-fr cally rotten. The lean-to was about the. size .of the yitness-bb}.. He said *'he. could hot live^n , it another winter. Tflie: s"nia,ller t'oom, Bft ;by Bft';. was erectefy four,or;five years ag^- Yi He. it would hp/ye b.e_*A' -^saible^ to* hd% v d' S'e-, paired it. ' '. '' V V '/' '"■'''. 1' \" Edward ci*riE^hj6iV icVeman to Mr Haisman,j b^derV : T^ap6"led; that .he was engagenT^de^b^n)^^'.' ihe cottage. It was jix^ ( yeryba9 Yobnditiph. The timber was -.^hi-td' pine ;*illl though. The borei v was, all through •^eTold/'ph.rt and star-ing hi tlje^n^w. . fljie 'o&ttige. was hot fit for habitation. TH^was^n*prised to -see a* „P%i§ ■ Mke '-tnis. "y?nieu they took the iron oft tli^ .r^f the s philcl-; ing collapsed. He would* h6tYpl*ae6*"mbre than £20 on it-. .Thei. stable W9S unpainted and .suh-cfacked | ''lie -valued' ' it at £10. He .valued...t he iron on the kennels at '£S,\ anct tlib copper ..^ £2Y The, iron was not fit; to be 1 used, on the new building, and xwm used Tfor;.putt]ing

round tho bottom of the kennels. Ho valued the total iron at £15.

William O. Skeet, builder and architect, stated that he examined the building m October, 1916, and found it m a very dilapidated state, right on the ground. Tlie building was of white pine, with.-. /the borer through- it.- He recommended that none of' the" material be used. Its full value was £20. Tlie stable was; m aba < bad -.state and he valued it. at £11 l'Os 'to '.£_&,■. antl kennels £9 to £10. The iroii. on the -. th**ee • buildings was, worth £i3.-r^To _dr . Wauchop : He could have erected a, stable an, less than the original price.* TIW co.tagfecould not be. repaired!.. , '■■'■. 4fte'r counsel addressed tlie court his Worship reserved judgment.