A JUST DECISION.
A peculiar libel case was before tho Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday in which a young man was awarded damages against his uncle, owing to
the/fact that the latter- made public the fact of his nephew's illegitimacy. The uncle's act was deliberate an:l i malicious and therefore he got no more than, his deserts—in fact he was fortunate in. not having to pay heavier damages. So long as the elder man had his nephew working for him for low wages he kept the accident of his birth to himself, but after a quarrel, tho nephew set up in business on his own account. To "get even" the uncle inserted an advertisement in a newspaper stating that the younger man had no claim to the name by which he was known. Such an action from someone not connected with the family would have been characterised as mean enough, but in a close relation it was extremely despicalbe. No m.*>.ri should be judged by the sin of his parents.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11977, 14 May 1914, Page 4
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170A JUST DECISION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11977, 14 May 1914, Page 4
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