IN APPEAL.
FOSTBB V BUSBBLL. . His Honor the Chief Justice delivered judgment in the case of Foster v Russell, to the effect that the Court had no power to grant a nonsuit and that the rule should be made absolute with costs. MINIIIB T HAH. Judgment was also delivered in this case. It was held that; by the terms of the demise to Elizabeth Minifle, Mr Hall had the right of purchase to theireehold j but that not having eseroised that option, he was no longer entitled to do so. The costs of the case to be paid out of the residuary estate. SUPBEMB OOUBT BULBS. Mr Travers drew the attention of the Court to an ambiguity in the rules of the Supremo Court, and asked whether it would not bo bettor to remove or correct what might be open to misconstruction, and instanced rules 129 and 207, which did not agree as to what should be held to be the record. After going into the question, and comparing the practice obtaining at the different Supreme Courts, their Honors thought that no practical difficulty would be found to arise from the reading of the rules as they stand. The Court then rose.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3107, 26 January 1871, Page 2
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IN APPEAL.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3107, 26 January 1871, Page 2
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