STORY OF LOST CHEQUE.
LICENSEE'S FUTILE CLAIM. AN INTERESTING POINT. PEIt PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND,. TTmrsdav. A Police Court case, bearing oil lialiility witti respect to a lost eliecpie, was decided by Mr Knvser S..M. S. Carey *drew a "lie pie lor €3, which lie lost. Six months later, it was presented to John Kelly, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, by a person, not identified. Kelly cashed it. and nov sued Carey for the amount . The magistrate stated that there had been no authority deciding the point involved, since 1882. Lord Halsbury, in 187.'*, absilutely declined to give, a decision. He i'Mr I'raser), however, decided the case on the rpiostioii of stnlencNs. An open cheque in which the che |Ue for L';s. ■ presented in the place in which the parties resided might be expected to be pan! into the bank promptly. The lapse of six weeks rendered it stale and overdue. Kelly was noii-su'ted v, iili costs.
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Waikato Times, Issue 12868, 15 May 1914, Page 6
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156STORY OF LOST CHEQUE. Waikato Times, Issue 12868, 15 May 1914, Page 6
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