THE COMPENSATION COURT.
AWARD IX THK FOREST GATE CASE. [Per Phess Association.] NAPIER, Oct. 1. In notifying the award of the Compensation Court, in the Forest Gate case* yesterday, Mr Justice Edwards said that under I ordinniv circnmst.inces tls-o offfr of ilie. | Claimants to fell ao £Q 10r- would, in his i opinion, properly be taken t %s a prima- facie •' fixing tho value of tho estate as not ox- ; ceeding that Mini, bufc it appeared from <-vii denco.anl was not disputfd by fns respn-n---i dents, that, tho reason which nctiiat-ed the ' claimants in making tme offer was that they j had an opportunity oi " purchasing another estate -on very advantageous terms. The I Government refused to purchase at ■'■■he j price named, and the Trustees of the Forest i Gate Estate. wfretJms prevented from denl- ! ing wit-li the other property. Costs totalj ling £500 were awarded.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7217, 1 October 1901, Page 3
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