CLAIM AGAINST GOVERNMENT

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 42, 13 November 1926, Page 10

CLAIM AGAINST GOVERNMENT

CAMBRIDGE TERRACE LAND : . ... DEAL ... £15,500 AWARDED . . The case in which Anthony Harper, claimed £2o,ooo.irom the Minister, of. Public Works as compensation for 01 feet of frontage in Cambridge Terrace, taken by the Crown by proclamation in August last for the purpose of erecting a new post office to replace the Courtenay Place Post Office, was continued in the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice MacGregor. Mr. T. C. Hislop represented the claimant, and Mr. A.’ E. Cgrrie the Crown Law Office, the respondent. Air. H. E. Leighton was assessor for„the Crown and Mr. J. Stellin ..assessor for the claimant. , G. - Halliday, - Land -Purchase Officer, said he had inspected the property, the capital value of which he estimated at £10,462. The buildings, he said, were worth £1476. Eraser McKenzie, Government Valuer, said-he put a capital value of £10,350 on the property, and on the buildings £l5OO. : ' ’ ' After hearing further evidence, tne Court adjourned. Upon resuming, it was announced that the claimant would be awarded £15.500 as compensation on all counts.:• ... ■ . '■ The assessors were also awarded £lO 10s. each per-day. The respondent was ordered to pay to the claimant £l5O costs. . , .