MARTIN V. EASTON.
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF TO STAND. On Friday, at Palmerston Mr Justice Hosking gave ment on the motion heard before him in Wellington recently in the case of Nicholas Martin v. Frederick Spencer Easton. At the last sittings of the Supreme Court in Palmerston the jury awarded Martin ,£IOO damages and special j£iß 19s 4d for malicious prosecution. At the close of plaintiff’s case Mr Cooper moved for a nonsuit on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to support the allegation of want of reasonable and probable cause and no evidence of malice. This was refused leave being reserved to defendant to move. The motion came up for argument in Wellington. His Honour dismissed the motion, and allowed the judgment to stand.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1368, 2 March 1915, Page 2
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126MARTIN V. EASTON. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1368, 2 March 1915, Page 2
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