COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR HOTEL

Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1946, Page 7

COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR HOTEL

^ INVERCARGILL, June 7. j A claim for LiOOU against the Invercargill Licensing Trust was made in tlie; Coiiipensation t'ourt before J\tr. Justicej Kenneily and assessors, by the Public j i Trustoe as executor of the late Mari■aiine Ecliiotel Hiinou. Tlie claim was j | for compen.saiion for land takeu b v ; j proclamation under tlie Public W orks | Act. The Licensing Trust made an oiier of £20(10 which Miss Himoii, before j lier death, did not aecept. Llaimanl soiight coiiipensation as follows: — j Cife'rood of land takou £3000. i Dislurbaiice and lossof inconie, £1000. | In 1914 Aliss >S'unou. owned pro[)erty on wluch tlie Appleby llotcl Siands. ( The. property was acpii red by the i Trust ou JJecember 7, .1944. 13y ar- : rangemeiit with iMiss Simou, before any slop was takou under the Act, tlie Trust i went into possession in June, 1944. The! land was on a corner iu a worth-while situation. | ! As the result of the . taking of the, l property Miss Hiinon liad been deprived ! of the land and buildings and of a net , | inconie of between £120 and £*130 a! ivear, said eounsel. Pespondent had' ; paid to -Miss Einion £1400 and lial | agrecd to pay interest to claimant at 41 per ccnt. on any ampunts of coiiipensation remaining unpaid after June, 1 1944, until the actual date of payment. | After inspecting the prcmises the Court awarded claimant £2500 13s— £2200 for -land aud buildings, £200. for disturbauce aud loss of iucome, plus 1 £100 13s interest unpaid on tlie balance. { The costs are -to be pald by respondent. I