SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143782, 4 May 1912, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

THE MATAKANA CASE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Alay S. Before Air. Justice Sim in the Supreme Court to-day, legal argument and counsels’ addresses were heard in the Taranaki case of Morris Carr Robison v. Henry Sanson, juu., an action for specific performance of an agreement to exchange farm lands. Air. H. D. 8011, K.C., with him Air. J. B. Roy, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. 0. I'. Skorrett, K.C., with him Air. H. Spence, for the defendant. Evidence in the case was heard in the course of a four days’ -sitting at New Plymouth. The laud involved in the case is Alatakana Island, some 80UO acres of land which were purchased by Robison in 1910 at 12s (id per aero. Robison effected a fow hundred pounds’ worth of improvements, and, after eleven months’ occupation, sold to tho defendant for £3 lUs per acre. As part payment Robison took over defendant’s farm of 1200 acres, a few miles out of Stratford, and a largo sum remained on mortgage. Defendant took over Robison’s mortgage to Uayly (the original owner of Alatakana) of £5470, so that in reality it was contended he paid £30,000 for a property which changed hands loss than a year previously for under £5470. When it came to completing tho agreement Sanson refused to proceed, alleging that plaintiff had been guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation. His Honour reserved judgment.