A WAITARA CASE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13351, 17 December 1906, Page 7

A WAITARA CASE.

T'he'.'.iS.Mv ;_d«li^red' judigmisnt on ' Monday Miornajn.^it'.'ithe Case.^.J. ' WdljHamsqn. v.. S.",'l^iriq?a^rick, _\yhich was .heaixi ; at W^tara. At the hearing plaantiffi,- was by,,Mr'.To^' lnseiid awd.Mr Rdy api?eared. for-defend-ant. Tto claim r ~waß for £48, balance! dv« on'tTie eate'di. an ail launch. TfA'f defendant' coiintor-claimed '" for >£22 S^ Gkl, ' ans. 1 V»id' " C4b6 *&\ ffe'renco ' . WtHveerif claim, ara'd counter-claim into Courts Th« first . itonT^on " the co'uitfer-clainj was £17' 10/, which alleged th|-plaintiff'agrend-to pay to the defendant bn'th'n sale of the launch.- The d 4 fendant alleged that the plaintiff fuif ther agreed ti~> »H< )| w him a iurtlier re! J (bate ol 2^ per cent, to allow him t<j make repairs to engines, but tJ*<j plaintiff sslid tiliat be promised -to givi tHi3. rebate' if "no qowmissio-n was ol»arged on the sale. Plaintiff was 'obliged to pay • commission to an a •gent, «©■ that his premise n'jver h®. ,<?amo. e%fiiv;e v ,-. TJ*is ".promise, r^gard j ' ed as"a.'^eri3'al''^ariaticra of.tliuAvritJten 'contract or 'a ' t indepen' deni . was inadmissible. 'Aq item ?;'t|ic cdu^ier-'claipi' for 18/6 wliifcli/w^sj incy(rtod' in" 'cbt? l a^iavr t a dWhvr'on the laulich' to a lifeboat wo^ild also be, disallowed— it yras *■ in| curi>yd to* enable tTie^launclf to ' , Havi the certificate, stipiilatod. in the ' conj tract granted to Ker. It was a niatf t'er •betta&n, .the -clafcndant arid t>4 "Marine '-UepaVtment,*' and cVjcl not afi feet the 1 plairitttff. Judgment vroulijf 1 there^ct^" be jgiveh f cur jp'lain tiff for £ 2x 8/6 w!tti'i3offlS' s on.' th« anirounfc. i_' %