LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1291, 21 November 1911, Page 3

LAW REPORTS.

SUPREME COURT. THE LIST Or. BUSINESS LIGET. Tho divorce petitions set down for hearing at the present civil sittings will be taken on J\eember (i. I'or Ihe convenience of a witness, evidence was heard yesterday in one cane, but. deei-ion will not be given botore December (i. The parlies io the action were Martha Harlow, of Wellington, petitioner, and Joseph Summers liarlow, of Dargavi Ho, respondent. Jlvidcnee was given by llio petitioner and by John I'erry, of Auckland. It appeared that' the marriage took placc in Auckland in I'ebruary, 18'J7. 'l'hero were no children. Dissolution of tho marriago was fought on tho grounds of misconduct and desertion. Mr. (J. W. Neilson appeared for tho petitioner. ACTION SETTLED. • A settlement was arrived at in tho caso of E. It. R. Burns v. Alico Scott, set down for hearing: yesterdav before the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). Judgment is to bo entered according to the agreement arrived at. between tho parlies. SPECIAL JURY REFUSED. Yesterday, tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) ■ delivered judgment refusing an application for a special jury in the ca?c of David O'llara. v. t.ho Victoria Insurance Company, Ltd.. a claim for .£7OO alleged to l>o due under insurance policies. The application was made by ilr. T. Young i'or tho defendant company and opposed by Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbou for O'Hara.