A DOUBTFUL FIGURE AFFECTS COURT CASE.
(Special to the “ Star ”) AUCKLAND, May 20. The faulty striking of a typewriter key was responsible for the setting aside in the Supreme Court by Mr Justice Her dm an of a judgment given by Mr Justice Blair for £325 commission in favour of Ernest Cartier, farmer, against James Lyon, Tu Lawson, Mary Mason and James and Emily Brady. Mr Milne appeared for Cartier, Mr Leary for Lyon and Lawson, Mr Sellars for James and Emily Brady and Mary Mason. Mr Leary said that on the typewritten notices of the date for originally hearing the case a figure “0” appeared more like the figure “8,” due to the “0” key on the typewriter having been struck twice. Defendants, therefore, mistook the date of tearing—Apri 1 10 last—by eight days, and judgment had been given against them by default. His Honor heard counsel for over aa hour on the legal position, and then granted a motion to set aside the judgment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 8
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