COMPENSATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 10

COMPENSATION COURT.

£> evjdinceV:relating - to L y ..broughtvby-.VGeorge.: , ,Henry -Baylis; , :.'Michael-"/ '; George Phelan,- v George\\Villi3'Harvey,'.arid Wai-' !v ° ;ter: j W]iitehouse.'against: v tbe:.:City,,;Connbil; : for.' ; - 11 -land taken;at ilsland ; Bay -for the purposes' of Ox ■• a':recreation..'gr6Md;Was,ii6ai'<l.: J yesterdaj; 'by-;-;':' i the ..Comporikafipn .'Court;'which* consists *of : 'Mr£t' ;.Justico. Chapman: (President), Mr. : J,;. C; iaFKers' :'■■ ■ e ■ row (assessor-for ithe. claimants), and ..the Hpa;> : ■.; T. ,K.. Macdonß'W)-tassassoicfor : ••■' 'The. ainp.utft^pfi . »■ " £12,560 ;^lkGV..o)h.elaa,3 l £l3Gs} : WvrWiiitehbussfc' h ■■■■ ■" and G/W. Harvey,' J2ll22;'grand-,totaL-'': I >'■;; : .:?:\\ ;>v,v: Vv, ?\z3i'- ' }■ !,• Mr. : j Gray.; (vitli :.hir« •! Mr. TW^'ston); 'atipeared-i . • ?. :pn.lDehaU:ofL;the'';clainiaritSi ! -and i :MT: i >M.or l is<>ii- ■' -' ;{with'.hiiri:-Mr.. , O'Shea)"forHhe : ''resp;oMentsVi: i i.:;. ; : '■; ;; iibbert;.R. : ;Riphmo"nd; cml-'engineer;csaid-"th ; at ! ." , ,to); make ..the) property. safe :; .would .•costiaboiit-'■:'.' > \JSUOOO,-with ; no,perinauent.-guarantee; ■ i ;:y)&;,-i'"> '\ .■ B ; CMries.:'SmitK/. , 'gaYe , ve^dence' ; ; : as'. , -j^i/etotinv- : . , . ; _ : effect;qn-January^lie. i i-* l :v;r-i^-:i' ; , y-;,/ , :;v'K,: f: 'v " '.-'i. James..'Ames, , -.city 'valuer, stated he 'advised'-.'■ : " the .council 'in'l9o7 'to-give" ,£IOOO for ';' ien'acres,.including,the whole.of-the foreshore;U-.: * Previously, he 'had. valued. 22J acres of. the'prpi , ; ;. .■ ■perty'at £iW. .TV.' :: >,';&?■:-^y',::. . : -t :-' ; /-v; ; ;:' r. .■ Cro'ss-eiaininedK:b'y:. , Mr..Gray;;, , vritness..'stated.':•■■'.' a that the land .was:-required by,the. council,'lie";:,-' b believed purely a ; .recreation.^round.ii-.,.. ■*,<■.'■ '''.'-" ; e -1; Harry, .A,:' Shepherd, :-cbmi , .iissipii' , .agent:?and i : valuer, , .-desbritte'd jthe"state of : .;the\lan'q and- r th(j'.-;'■ .•■ : V road at'lslahd^BayyhOTlie-mado^ah'in'spectio'n'^. :• ■ of .bn ; ©huary"/16/:'. a .;'-':-".■ :' 1 .' Ernest':Beeohey. c6rrbborated : - ; the>: : previoifav■ - : i. 'xvituessesa'S'- (a .toughness' of;. tiib' : r v 16;,and;'Williain; JaniesyPoster,':derk;-and-e'ngi-'t -' f neer tovthe i.old:Jtelro'se.:Bbr'ough.. : .Gbuiicil l T':alse::..; e> ; gave'evidence;:i --'■i/'v!-''-?' , -: : ;'-'■■•v:';vi-' ;^-.';; ;^ ':&-;■. '-.- e .. ■■'An'drew! - .' ; lington,.said:'thaf;Bayhs's. land ajilslahd : Ba-y r --:i;;. f was .of no yalue.(for.buildingfpurposes, a.nd'he,',.\- -: did hot' think 'it , ; wouldVmake':if saleable."'';!' '~;',•'' ; :" .'.;•-A: land igenf, .'L.'HJ'B.' Wilson, said 'he'- " not .advise people 'to buy-'Baylis's land , . , -.' -. " :'■'..■: s ' ".-;■ Gebrge/Frbst,'land.valuer'.:and-.builderj'said'). '•■ ;' that; he.•■was-, one vof: thei;-' party-of -city- coun-:"; il oillors,.who inspected:.the■'property'.at-'the-time , -; '• ■;." it'-. was s:offered tf.by:'.-.' Ba'ylis; -to,- tho '-City;:..: ■:'■■ -Council;- .''ln'p,its. ,:;pfesenti ; i.'condition,^-iht'.::. •-.'• land:, .value;: for , ; T ; .build-';-' ■'■' ing. isites.v and , h^f'would vnpi.Jike- to- risk -'■ .'■ '•'. : . ■money'iiif.endeayoufing to make~it'suitablel'' v, .. : [|-. ■':. -Joseph; ■GvTHouldsworth,■'•'■.'.'anpther ; /.yalueri;;. - tt would, place; no value- upph the' land' as 'biiilding; : \.'. y : sites,, even the 'evidence : ."of; thej , . li ■engiueersTpn...the.:.question"''of... protection .by :Vv :. . means, of a concrete:-.wall:-:v. ~-::y.-":, ;T/". '.\ 'VI 'J: , - ij * Other 'evidejnef ;-:as-T^^to^ given-iby , -;.-;"' ~ Cyril::l- ;,: Da;seSt,'who:was ofjbpimbn'that'-the.;'.'j-|j. -.land.-would' be well'paid:-lor uf '£Z6 : an 'acre— ■.':',' I 'it:--was bf.ino' value- for-;building■'on.Vi- ''-:'■.,■-'? •■: * ~; JphnVGrigg,r:a:.blacksmith:in;thfe:;eniplby'.'bf?'.- ; ' * the. Corporation, in ; i907,, described-.the:'■dam,-' : '.' ; - ;. ; , age done-to,.rhe road :by':'a"storm.in', that-'year, - ; - ' '■.Similar .evidence' was given.by- John : (l 7 ;-Ey l an. .'■'-:; -. '-.Oiie; of the.-claimants, Geofge iWv.'HaryejV a ;v ■•' bankrupt, said that at jthe time he.went bank- ■'•' rupt. he'ihad 'a' the '.council in re- ; - : ; 'sp'ec't'bf- this, land.-,, He"did: not; however,; in-. : '-".I oliide:. this :.in.. hisv assets, .'since had' only- ■"' ; paid a■ deposit':of iIOT and Up interest.. "Had ; ■ ' :.. .he .'been left to'himself , he'-would hot have put - ' :- in ~ d-'blaint-, , a't:"'aU., = .M.'": '-'A : '.'--V.V-.'V.;.:' v-> i-:: ; ;...-s iv '• , I'he Official Assignee;invßankruptoy (Aleian-:'' ■ dor. Simpson) sta ; redvthat,..in : Harvey's" '■'■ ■ pent of assets-.and. liabilities, no reference:had ;i•■'■ r bepn.'raade-:tp-;any. real.estate.-.vWitnes l ! had r y palled,a lueetiug of banlvvupt's-creditors -for' rr , luesday. next; when the position : w6uld'be con-'•■'■'■■" j sidered,:and:on ; .;.Wednesaayhe.:svbuld be"- 1 able"'-;'.? _ to inform tbe.CoUrt of. the decision arrived at •' '-'■ ■>: by: the: meeting.-^"Sv-j'S■■.-.... ~;,:.;... ..- ■. -y... ■;■.■',: ': a His.Honour remarked :that : in of:Har- : ' ' t vey's case.there was really.no claim before:the>'•' i Court, for no.vone; was-.represented;' and: there ■ " i w « re no. Avitnesses'.in;-attendance: .»-;:;.. : : • vAi'i > s , s hearing was adjourned un-'.:- "■ '-. :•"■ . ll o clock on •Mpnday.'ihpr'ningi-'the 'Court'- , "'-- j intimating 'that if would make':'au -inspcctidh- of : - -• 1 the propotty to-day. : "v- ■* .!•'., : -'- ;...... r■ :