THE APPEAL COURT.
The Court of Appeal was occupied yesterday with the case Brogden v. Queen. Pleadings of counsel were concluded. Judgment is reserved. The case comes before the Court in the form of a demurrer to defendant’s pleas, in answer to a petition under the Crown Redress Act, 1871, preferred by John Brogden and Sons, to recover L 2,335, alleged to be due to supplicants under the Waitaki-Moeraki Railway contract. Messrs Brogden and Sons’ contention has been that the agreement made by Dr. Featheraton, under which they contracted to send out immigrants, is bad, inasmuch as the Governor had no power to delegate to Featherston the authority he used, and that, therefore, the Government cannot, in respect of the immigration contracts, detain any moneys owing to Brogden on account of contracts for work. The case will turn upon what construction is put upon certain clauses of the Immigration and Public Works Acts. 1870 aud 1871.
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Evening Star, Issue 4119, 10 May 1876, Page 3
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156THE APPEAL COURT. Evening Star, Issue 4119, 10 May 1876, Page 3
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