UNSATISFACTORY PROOF
“It is a pretty worthless way of proving service,” said Mr. Justice Callan in the Auckland Supreme Court when a husband with some hesitation identified handwriting on an affidavit of service. "Some day someone is going to fall in about it,” His Honour continued. “This business of the spouse standing up and saying, ‘That is the handwriting of the other spouse,’ is developing into a meaningless farce, and some day it will be pronounced insufficient.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 5
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77UNSATISFACTORY PROOF Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 5
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