A NEWSPAPER LAWSUIT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 655, 4 November 1909, Page 7

A NEWSPAPER LAWSUIT.

■■■'■■■■.:: ■..■■■; I ,V ! . ;■;/'JUDGMENT GIVEN; ;':,- ~'.'.'■ : (By Telegraph;—Sjoeclal Correspondent.) 1 ■'■.■" ■•'•'- ''•/.• .-.■>■ ■': Palmerston, November 2. ;! ! .In the, Magistrate's Court to-day, .judgment ' I was given .by Mr. A. :R. Thomson,- S.M., in < the,case W. R;Smith' versus. E. D. Hobem' Tin , j case involved two claims,; by Smith one for .£B6 'lis. Id., and another for JE42-10s'. In regard ttf the'Srst, defendant'admitted "a.liability of ,£SO l6s.- 4d„ and- counter-claimed for ]£17 7s. 9d., made up as,follows:—New gas engine and iu- ' stalling; same, ,£41.65.'4 d.l Lawson's /or . alterations; £U 2s ; .';' 'Barker/ : for staircase,' •■• 7s; 6d.j additional typo, £7 lis.■ lid. In the whole or these item's plaintiff denied-liability. ? The items in the claim l which■:were disputed '\ by v dofehdant were .£l7 12s. id.; insur- • ance, ; '.£lo ; 7s. 4d,j,'.discount, *C 7 65.-' 4d.j ex. c change on cheques, .fls.j .total, .£35 lis. :9d> , c The basis- of the 'second action was a claim ? for the occupation .-.'of adjoining'premises, or,- f in the; alternative;, for rent, or,, in .a further ■ alternative, for '. damages. for, .trespass.:. The ' defendant. disputed, liability on : any ground; a In the. first case,'judgment was- given for a plaintiff .for, .£58,25.' 6d., ~Ori,. the- counter- 6 olaim, Hoben. obtained judgment for £Zi ils. 5d.;. costs allowed plaintiff as on claim for £1h Is. 3d.; Court costs, £\ Gs.; solicitor's fee, £i 125.; each party •. to pay 1 their own .witnesses'expanses/';.';:" ' •";' ~":'