A Claim for £15,000

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 October 1915, Page 2

A Claim for £15,000

jtilUiEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE BOA. Tiio London County Council last August claimed £15,3 ( J ( J damages agahret .\le*sr.s ami Co. (Limited) lor alleged breach ot contract to advertise oil Liu- Council's tramway ears.. The defendants denied that the contract wa,s made with their authority. .Mr i-liuvke. Iv. 0. appeared for the defendants. The plaintiffs contended that the contract wars ina.de for a iii'rnimiiiii period ol three years and that it had been made witli tin? defendants' advertibunieiit. manager. In the toiir.se of Mr Hawkc's address his Lordship from time to time expressed the opinion tnat tliere was no ijuehtion of fact to submit to the jin'y. Ho said that the defendants had put forward their advertisement manager, M.I U T. Nathan, as their representative, tim! hail acted on the. contract made by him and they could not now repudiate it. Mr F-Jawke asked tile jury tt, t'lL'fjfmiiie the facts for themselves. Kiiially. Mr Hawke drafted some (|iu (it ions uhieh he asked his Ixjrdsliip to leave to the jury. His Lordship declined to do so, and said that there was no answer to the plaint?ff\s claim. His Lordship directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiffs. The foreman.—Speaking on tahalf of some of my colleagues, ive think that ihi« lias been a travesty of justice as fai , a.s the defendants are concerned. Mr Justice 'Ridley.—-1 must ask you gentlemen to be more respectful. I will not have that. Will you kindly leave the hox?

The foreman ami anotfier juryman then loft the box.

Judgment vrns cntorod For ilic plaintiffs for tlie amount claimed.