GAVE UP HIS FARM.
SOLDIER SETTLER’S TROUBLES. Pjkr, Paxss Association. AUCKLAND, December 11. In the Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Stringer, a soldier settle! named George Edward M’Evoy claimed from the Crown £2OO on an agreement alleged to have been made with the Crown Land Commissioner whereby, it was stated, plaintiff, after being incapacitated through illness, surrendered his farm to the Crown on the understanding that he was to get £3OO. Plaintiff had received an advance of £6OO from the Government, and put about £I7OO into the farm of his own money. His counsel stated that tlu stock on the farm was valued by the Department at about £llsO, but it was sold by the Department for between £250 and £3OO. The Crown denied that the alleged agreement had been made, and said that the Commissioner had no authority to make such agreement.
The Judge, in nonsuiting plaintiff , said that it would be remarkable if the Commissioner had authority to make such an agreement. His Honor’s experience was that the Commissioner had shown every solicitude for the returned soldiers, and endeavoured to help them in every way possible.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17220, 11 December 1923, Page 8
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