OLD RENT ACT
“A RELIC OF THE PAST” LANDLORD’S SUCCESSFUL CLAIM LAW OF KING GEORGE 11. [ Per I'ress Association ] WELLINGTON, July 28. On a claim based on the provision of the Distress for Rent Act of 1737, passed in the reign of King George LI., under a section described by Mr. McNeil, 8.M., as “a relic of the past,” James Dean Davidson, a land lord, succeeded at the Magistrate >• Court in establishing the right to obtain from a tenant, W. A. Hamilton, double the value of his furniture owing to the fact that Hamilton was held to have removed it from Davidson’s house when he knew Davidson intended to seize it by way of a dis tress warrant, for arrears of rent. Mr. McNeil, who heard the case, also held that in addition to the sum of £lB5, which was Davidson’s esti mate of double the value of the furni ture, Hamilton was apparently liable for arrears of rent amounting to £62. Although Mr. McNeil held that the plaintiff Davidson must succeed in his action, he reserved the matter of fix ing the amount actually to be paid by the defendant, Hamilton, until the position had been discussed by solicitors for both sides, and the defendant had had an opportunity of giving his estimate of the value of the furniture. Mr. McNeil said that he would like to hear argument as to whether or not both the rent and double the value could, under the circumstances, be claimed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 177, 29 July 1932, Page 8
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248OLD RENT ACT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 177, 29 July 1932, Page 8
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