SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143769, 18 April 1912, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

NATIVE LAND CASE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 18. The Chief Justice gave his reserved judgment to-day in an involved Native laud case in which distinct allegations of fraud were made. The parties were Martha MacGregor (formerly Martha Mahupuku) v. tho District Land Registrar, and William Harris and Thomas Harris, sheepfarmers. His Honour held that the lease to defendants Harris and also the confirmation were.: both null and void. Defendants must have known they were acting in a way morally wrong in obtaining the lease. Judgment was for plaintiff, with costs.