HIRE PURCHASE

Southland Times, Issue 20043, 3 December 1926, Page 8

HIRE PURCHASE

TROUBLE OVER A CAR. ALLEGED WRONGFUL SEIZURE. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, December 2. A case in which a plaintiff claimed compensation for the alleged wrongful seizure of a motor car was heard in the Supreme Court to-day before Mr Justice Stringer. H. H. Cook and Company Ltd., land agents, the plaintiffs, claimed that Herbert Henry Cook, a director of the firm, agreed to purchase from defendants, W. L. and H. E. Shiel, of Dunedin, a car for £535, taking in another car for £230 and giving two promissory notes for £152 10/- each for the balance. Defendants later seized the car, claiming that Cook had broken the terms of the hire purchase agreement under which they claimed the car was sold. Cook alleged he had signed a second document not knowing its contents and asked for a return of the car and compensation. After lengthy evidence had been heard the parties came to an agreement whereby plaintiffs would pay the first instalment and give security for the second. His Honour said Cook was not entitled to compensation and must pay his own costs.