The Blackmore Case
This case terminated yesterday at the District Court, Palmereton. Tho verdict was for the plaintiff, with £40 damages and costs. An opinion has prevailed among a goodly number of ratepayers that this case could have been compromised by the Borough Council by paying a small sum to the plaintiff, sufficient to have put the land damaged by the flood in good order. This opinion does not appear to have been founded on legal, but only on sentimental grounds. The law which governs Municipal Bodies, Road and Town Boards, distinctly forbids a compromise, and makes bach individual member of a Borough , Council or Bioad Board liable to any. ratepayer- who takes the trouble to sue, for the amount of suck money as may be paid to compromise an action* brought against any of these bodies. It is probable that a proposal to appeal against the decision of the District Court may be brought up at the next meeting of the Council. Wo are distinctly opposed to such a proceeding, and think tse first loss is the best. ...The ratepayers cannot afford to spend any more money for I tho benefit of "the gentlemen of tho long robe." . ■ I '
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 97, 31 January 1885, Page 2
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200The Blackmore Case Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 97, 31 January 1885, Page 2
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