Supreme Court.
(united pbess association.) Invercakqill, April 27. In the Supreme Court to-day the case» O'Hara v. Eq jitable Insurance Company, claim £160. balance of amount due on. stacks destroyed by fire, ended in a nonsuit. Louis Rodgers v. Robert Smith* claim of £1000, damages for slander, was heard. The parties had a qnnrreL in a railway cairiage arising out of defendant addressing plaintiff familiarly us "Louie," which he resented, defon - dant being unknown to him. The altercation, it was alleged, culminated in an inucudo that Rodger's; premises recently burnt were over-insured, and that the fire had been a good thing for him. The evidence of one witness was to'thu effect that the best thing that could have been done with the disputants would have been to call in the guard and give both in charge, their language was so offensive to each other. Th© heariug of the case created much amusement in a crowded Court, plaintiff becoming much excited under cross-exami-nation. The juiy returned in five minutes with a verdict for defendant, with costs on the highest scale.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 123, 29 April 1885, Page 3
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179Supreme Court. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 123, 29 April 1885, Page 3
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