CASE BROUGHT TO SUDDEN STOP

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 64, 9 December 1926, Page 9

CASE BROUGHT TO SUDDEN STOP

4 PLAINTIFF’S DEATH AFTER GIVING EVIDENCE. Dominion Special. Auckland, December 8. The sudden death of plaintiff in a Supreme Court action to-day caused an abrupt adjournment of the proceedings. The case was that in which Samuel Hardy, retired farmer, of Cambridge, proceeded against Arthur Cleave, printer and company promoter, Auckland, and Wairakci Limited. He alleged that through fraudulent misrepresentation some shares held by Cleave, a director of the company, had been unloaded on to him in place of the original'shares he had applied for, and he asked for the removal of his name from the share register and a refund of moneys paid, totalling £lOO, and damages £6.3 16s. Plaintiff gave evidence in the morning, and legal argument was being heard in the afternoon, when advice was received that plaintiff had died in his hotel. Mr. Justice Adams expressed svmpathv with the relatives and formally adjourned the hearing until a decision was made whether the case will be continued bv substitution of another plaintiff or discontinued. 'The only evidence called was that of plaintiff, 'the parties tendering to the Court the printed evidence, mid documents prepared for previous litigation in which the company has been concerned.