THE HOUSE SHORTAGE
TENANT SUED FOR POSSESSION. fly Telegraph —Msociat.'in. ChristchurcH, July 28. In the Magistrate's Court' to-day the owners sued a tenant for possession of a property of Si acres at St.' Martin s.* One of the owners said he had sold the property and had given the defendant notice to quit as from June 1. Efforts had been made to obtain another house for the defendant. The man who had bought, tho property (a boardinghouse. keeper) said he had found difficulty in obtaining an adequate inilk and vegetal)]® supply for his boardinghouse, and had bought the property as a source of supply. The delay in obtaining possession had been a great inconvenience and no little loss to him. Counsel for the defendant submitted that the' -property occupied by the defendant came under the definition of dwelling-house, and that the land was an accessory to it. The defendant had seven voung children, and found it very difficult to find another louse suitable for their occupation. _ . , , , The defendant said his wife hnd been born in the house, and they had lived there a very long time. He had applied to every house and land agent in Cliristchurcli, and had been unable to get another suitable dwelling. The plaintiff was granted an order for possession within seven days.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 4
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217THE HOUSE SHORTAGE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 4
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