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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 July 1924, Page 4

The question as to who should bear the loss incurred through an error iii the erection of a memorial over a "rave- was involved in a case, which was heard in the Magistrate's Court at Auckland. Mrs Mary O’Gorman, u, widow, sought to recover £2C damages from Parkinson and Company, monumental masons. The Magistrate said that when plaintiff’s husband died she purchased two allotments at l\aikumete Cemetery, and in one of them her husband was interred. Plaintifl entered into a contract with the defendant to erect a memorial over the grave, including both lots. Subsequently it ' was discovered that the memorial was erected over Nos. 92 am f)4 allotments, leaving out No. 90. 11 would cost tl-1 10s to rectify the error. The claim was for £2O damages, the estimated cost of the shifting of the memorial to its proper position. Judg mmii for plaintiff was given for £ll 10s.