The Mis-sent Nominations.
[Pis Press Association.! WELLINGTON, Fbb. 21. Mr Justice Richmond delivered judgment in the suij; brought by Mr M'Kinnon against the Racing Club, to recover the value of the Telegraph Stakes won by the horse whose nomination was sent to Dunedin in error. He held that the receipt of the nominations at the Post Office did not fulfil the conditions laid down, butthe nominations should have been in the hands of the Secretary at the Club Hotel by the appointed time. The action of the Stewards in accepting them was ultra vires. Judgment was for plaintiff with costs on the lowest scale. The decision involves the Wellington Racing Club in the sum of .£l9O, exclusive of costs.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4575, 21 February 1893, Page 3
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