J. T. LANG WINS CASE
SLANDER ACTION NOT REOPENED.
ECHO OF THE BULLI BY-ELECTION.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 8.30 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 28.
Tire High Court, by a majority, allowed the appeal of the former Prime Minister, Mr. J. T. Lana, from a majority judgment of the State Full Court granting a new trial to Albert Charles Willis in an action for £20,000 damages against Mr. Lang for alleged slander contained in speeches during the Bulli by-election. The High Court restored the original verdict in favour of Mr. Lang. Mr, Willis .was ordered to pay costs.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1934, Page 5
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