Case of Trespass.
[By Telegraph.] (Per /'/■•■« Ass'/iiatiou.) Wellington, March 19. In the Supreme Court, in the Palmerston North case of Kiddiford v. Norman, a nonsuit was entered and the appellant allowed ten guineas costs. fn the original action Norman, a butcher, recovered LI 01 l-">s from Kiddiford for alleged loss of business through his pigs acquiring diseasb from a cow which was condemned by the Inspector of Stock and burned on the plaintiff's land. Kiddiford appealed on the ground that it was burned by the servant acting under the control of the inspector and not under the control of his master. His Honor allowed the appeal, holding that the appellant's servant Shirley had committed pure trespass in burying the diseased carcase on Norman's land without permission of the owner, but that no authority had been given Shirley by his master to commit such trespass. Norman could not recover against the appellant's servant Shirley.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 276, 20 March 1897, Page 3
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