DAMAGE TO LAND.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 714, 18 March 1933, Page 9

DAMAGE TO LAND.

Farmers Sue County Council. JUDGMENT OF COURT. Judgment was given this morning in the Supreme Court by Mr Justice Blair in th% compensation cases between John Thomas Hay and Oliver Hunter, both of Charteris Bay, farmers, plaintiffs, and the Mount Herbert County Council, consequent upon the making of the Charteris Bay-Purau Road through claimants’ land. J. T. Hay’s claim was for £5lB, to which the council replied with an offer of £144 Is 3d. O. Hunter claimed £382, the council’s offer in his case being £73 4s. Both claims were based, broadly, on the value of the land actually taken for road construction, and on the damage estimated to the remainder of claimants’ land. The award gave J. T. Hay £247 3s and O. Hunter £207 Is Id. Details of the awards were:— Oliver Hunter.

£ s. d. Land taken 45 6 0 Injurious" affection to land itself 132 14 7 Loss of flr trees, fences, gates, etc 5 0 0 General disturbancy 10 0 0 Maintenance and upkeep of fences 45 4 0 Total £228 4 7 Deduct betterment » 50 0 0 £188 4 7 Add two years’ interest at 5 per cent 18 16 6 Total £207 1 1 John Thomas Stay. Land taken 90 1 0 Injurious affection to land itself 80 10 0 Loss of iir trees, fences, gates, etc 80 0 0 General disturbancy 20 0 0 Maintenance and upkeep of fences 29 0 0 Total £249 2 11 Deduct betterment ... • •>:« M 24 18 0 £224 12 0 Add two years’ Interest at 5 per cent 22 10 0 Total £247 8 0