SIEVWRIGHT V. WELLINGTON BOWLING CLUB.
£1 DAMAGES ALLOWED. Wellington, February 20. The .reserved decision of Air Justice Ostler was given this morning in a case in which James Dickson Sievwrighl recently proceeded against the Wellington Bowling Club Ltd., claiming the Club had expelled him from membership unjustly, ami asking that it be declared that lie was still a member of tlie Club and that lie bad not forfeited his .shares in the company. Damages amounting to £25 was also claimed. His Honour held that the conditions to he satisfied were: (1) Whether the member expelled had had due notice and an opportunity of being heard; (2) Whether there had been want of good faith on the part of the directors; (3) whether there lu*d been some cause for expulsion which a reasonable body of men might consider reasonable; (4) whether the rules had been strictly complied with. His Honour held in favour of the ( tub on tlie first three questions, but decided that the rules had not been strictly complied with and on this ground he gave judgment in favour of plaintiff with nominal damages amounting to £l.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2849, 21 February 1925, Page 3
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188SIEVWRIGHT V. WELLINGTON BOWLING CLUB. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2849, 21 February 1925, Page 3
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