DISTRICT COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3905, 30 August 1875, Page 3

DISTRICT COURT.

Monday, August 30. (Before His Honor Judge Bathgate.)

Wii. Gregg and Others v, the Shotover Goldmininc Company (Limited).— Judgment was given herein, a complaint and request to have names struck off the Company’s registered roll. His Honor concluded a lengthy judgment thus : —“ Of consent of parties I direct that the names of A. T. Dunning and Edward M‘Glashan«be struck out, there being no transfer, and that the shares in_ their names remain in the names of the original shareholders ; also, that 100 shares transferred by Alexander to Gregg be altered from Gregg to Alexander, there being no acceptance of transfer. In the cases of Dunning, M'Giashau, and Gregg, I find costs due by the Company to the applicants.” M‘Landress, Hepburn and Co. v. Driver, Stewart, and Co,—Claim L 166 10s, dim on the following account: —August, 1874, John H. Campbell warehoused in the Otago Rond six cases of lampware, ex Sam Mendell, from London, received by defendants, the proprietors, who issued five warrant bonds, promising to forward the goods to anyone to whom the bonds were endorsed on their presenting the bonds. The warrants were made over by Messrs Calvert and Campbell to plaintiffs, who presented them to defendants, but the latter refused to deliver up the goads.—Mr Haggitt appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr Barton for defendants, who pleaded not indebted.—Mr Haggitt, in stating the case, stated that when tho goods were bonded defendant’s. manager handed Campbell tho customary warrant promising to hand the goods to anyone by endorsement. The bonds were afterwards placed in M’Landress’s hands by Campbell, who wished to sell the goods. In doing so he requested an advance, and plaintiffs, in accordance with the invariable custom and believing that the goo da in the bond were Campbell’s property, made him an advance amounting to what they understood the goods would realise by auction. Plaintiffs on presenting the warrants were refused the goods, defendants’ manager saying tlxat tho goods had been already delivered. Defendants now submitted that the goods did iio(j become transferred by tho endorsement on the'warrant.--His Honor: Has the point never been raised in the Supreme Court ?—Mr Haggitt; No; only in coses of bankruptcy.—Mr Barton : Oh,, yes it has ; X got three hundred guineas for fighting the point— (laughter)—the only time I received such a large payment. [Left sitting.]