THE HIRE SYSTEM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 86, 11 December 1913, Page 6

THE HIRE SYSTEM.

TWO JUDGMENTS; [Per Press Association.] Auckland, December 11. The Supreme'Court case of Booth, MacDonald and Co. v. The Official Assignee, a claim for the recovery of two ploughs and a harrows seized in a bankruptcy estate decided by the Supreme Court, turned on the question of custom under the purchase of farm implements under the hire system. ; Judge Cooper held that the evidence in respect to the cheaper class of implement 'did not disclose the existence of custom to the point of notoriety as required by law, and gave judgment for defendant with costs. In the case of the National Register Company v. the Official Assignee, a claim under similar conditions for the return of a cash register, his Honor decided that the evidence did establish custom in respect to hire and gave judgment for plaintiffs with part costs.