SUPREME COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2596, 19 October 1915, Page 9

SUPREME COURT

A FULL BENCH DECISION Judgment of the Supreme Court (Pull Bonch) was delivered yesterday by His Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert btout) on an appeal from a decision of the Magistrate's Court in Christchurch Ihe case was that in which the appellants were Bowron Bros, and Co., Ltd C }m istcluiro ' 1 ' wl "'le the respondent was .Thomas Morland, sheep-farmer, of Rakaia. At the hearing in Wellington recently, Mr. S. G. Raymond, K.O° of Christchurch, with him Mr. S. A. Atkinson, appeared for the appellants, Mr. M. ■n Bresson, °f Christchurch, and Mr i. lotmg representing Morland. From the facts set out in the stated case it appeared that on June 23, 1914, Thomas Morland as second sold to Bowron Bros and Co., Ltd.,"some 6030 acres of land near Wellington, known as the Happy Valley Estate. Tbe price was £35,000, and possession was by agreement to date from May 15, 1014. Later Bowron Bros, discovered that £88 17s. was owing oil tho land as graduated income tax levied to March 31, 1914 In order to protect the property, Bowron Bios, paid the amount, and then sued Morland to mover it. The Magistrate (Mi. H. W. Bishop, S.M.) gave jud<*ment for Morland, holding that Bowron iiros. were not entitled to recover from r m i?r S ,, 0 graduated tax was owing bv £' a '' ac !J' the 01 ™er' of the land oil March 31, 1914. From this decision Bowron Bros, appealed on tho ground that it was erroneous in law. The. appeal was dismissed, with costs agreed ÜB!lS ' cos^s printing as

PRISONERS SENTENCED. His Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) dealt yesterday momin<r w tli the cases of two young-offenders lirif n™ I,im 011 Saturday. Wnt«l rII ® noflr » v.'ho was con\icted of attempting to commit a sexual oifonce, was sentenced to tlireo years' reformative treatment, with the idea that ho shall be sent to the Burnham Industrial School. A Maori named Wi Erimana, who had admitted charges of theft, was sentenced to two years reformative treatment. His Honour will recommond that he be sent to the Wereroa Training Farm.