The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 10, 1902. NATIVE LAND LITIGATION.
The result 01 the eases recently before the Ai>peul Court seek ini; to upset the titles of laige areas of laud will he welcomed by everyone who has ti.e good of the colony at heart. The Judges, our telegrams inform us, were unanimous in finding for the defendants. There was no hesitation. It was a clear, straightoub decision, indicating that in the opinion of the Appeal Court the plaintiffs had not a leg to stand 011. The decision possibly will not prevent litigation on somewhat similar lines 111 the future, for unfortunately experience has shown that there is no end to litigation in regard to the title to Native land. In the 'eases now under notice the grounds taken were exceptionally bold, ami must have come as a great surprise to even those who know a great deal about what has happened in the past in the way of attempting to upset titles, it has often been said that the condition of titles to Native land has proved the bane of the North, and there can be no question that it has often proved to be so. We hail the Appeal Court decision with pleasure, and hope that the lesson will not be lost.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 469, 10 July 1902, Page 2
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