HIBERNIAN DISPUTE

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1934, Page 2

HIBERNIAN DISPUTE

COSTS IN COURT CASE DETERMINED SUM ASSESSED PLAINTIFFS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Nov. 22. A supplementary judgment concerning the claim by the Northern (N.Z.) district of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic-Benefit Society against the New Zealand district was given by Mr. Justice Ostler to-day. Plaintiffs asked for judgment Of £5452 Is, with interest, and an order for vesting in them £B4OO 4s sd. Mr. Justice Ostler gave judgment in favour of plaintiffs on September 26, but suggested that instead of the judgment being entered the parties should try to come to an amicable settlement. The supplementary judgment to-day states that the parties having failed to agree on the question of the costs of the action it fell to him to determine the question as justly as possible between them. He gave judgment forplaintiffs for costs as on a claim for £5OOO with witness’- expenses and disbursements. He allowed three guineas for an affidavit of discovery and three guineas for inspection of the documents. As plaintiffs and their solicitor were domiciled at Auckland and the case had to be heard at Wellington he allowed the agency charges incurred but not to a greater amount than £lO.