SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 2

SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.

PALMBRSTON CASES. (DT TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL ; ' CPEBESPONDENT.I . / | : ■ • Palmerston North, March 20. ; I Tho sittings of tho. Supremo. Court -.vera [ continued to-day before; Mr. *Justice Cooper. Edward . Joshua Riddiford entered a.claim of £2200; against>.tlio/Minister •for, -Railways ' for 2 acres 1 rood and 30 perches of land taken at 1 Loiigburu andlvested' iu -the Crown for the -purposes.'.-'.of the mouth Railway, ; and for idramta'hr respect of the loss of' rro'ntaga to other lands, adjoining. -The land comprised Valuable sites, and tho "loss - of: frontage had precluded, claimant)'' ; • from . subdividing the rest of his property intoVbnildirig. allotmeuts. The';'issu.es .for.the ■ Court to consider were: What wasithe valuoof- the land at : the' time it was taken, aiid ■ :; what was the damage sustained by severance? Evideiice.. was takfen-, at considerable \ length 'as to the. value of sections .in tho vicinity. The sum, v of £300 was awarded as compensation to claimant, and it' was also brdpred' that' he , bo'given' access ' to'-his. perty. by two crossings",' each, party to pay '£15'155. towards,-the:expenses' of the 1 assea-. ( .sors;,: ! U ; ' ', ; r'-U' v v'-'v?: '\ / , (BY TELEGRAPH—rHES3j ASSOCIATION.-) . ..; Christchuroh, March 20. ' Mr. Justico Donmston-will sit-on Monday' in.the Supreme' Court to'.sentence: J.'- A. Sheard for' perjury; Arthur DuffeV, alias Dunkey, oil charges of- theft;- and Ernest Vauglianv alias Dyer,.for forgery and uttering^-.'\ ''p/v:'4'. -