SUPREME COURT.
SITTING IN BANCO. Wednesday, March 24. (Before His Honor Mr Justice Chapman ) ROSS V. KEITH AND OTHERS. Application for new trial. Mr Scout moved for a rale nisi for a new trial in this case, on the ground that the finding of the jury on many of the issues was contrary to the weight of evidence; that the question of custom, one of the principal ingredients of the case, had not been established; that the question of dismissal had not been satisfactorily proved, and that the damages awarded were excessively small. After hearing th* -pplication at length, his Honor granted a rule nisi, OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY V. BURNS. On the application of Mr Smith, it was resolved to hear the arguments in this case tomorrow morning. o’KANE V. THE WASTE LAND BOHRD. Mr Howarth for the appellant. Mr E. Cook for the respondent. This was a case stated by the Waste Land Board. The appellant applied to the Court that the Board should be compelled to make over to him certain lands on which he had paid a deposit, but which had afterwards been withdrawn from sale.
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Evening Star, Issue 3460, 25 March 1874, Page 2
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191SUPREME COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3460, 25 March 1874, Page 2
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