INJUNCTION DISOBEYED
WRIT OF ATTACHMENT ASKED FOR
An application for writ of attachment following an order of the. Supreme Court, which, it was alleged, ‘had been ignored, was heard by His Honour tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) yesterday. ' The case was one in which Maurice E. Denniston had applied for an injection of the Court to prevent Philip Waters from laying noxious refuse, or "pie,” consisting of animals* offal, on his land in t’he Hutt Via Iley, the reason for the objection being x that near-by landowners wore subjected ■ to the offensive odour from the substance. An order of the Court prohibiting t’he laying of the refuse was made one,October 31, 1919,-and yesterday it was alleged that the defendant had not complied with the order. ' Mr. J. F. Scott appeared for the defendant and Mr. T. Neave'for the complainant. After hearing counsel. His Honour adjourned the case until Friday. He intim.nted that if the defendant and his father and brother did not enter into an understanding not to spread any more “pie,” he would, according to law, send the defendant to prison. His Honour added: “We live in a settled community, and the law cannot be defied .with impunity.”
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 6
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200INJUNCTION DISOBEYED Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 6
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