NASH-& DAVIES v. DEAKDS.
TO THE EDITOB. Sib, — I am sorry that you have not given a correct report of this case, as it is one the particulars of which ought to be known to the public. Moreover, your report is calculated to injure the trade reputation of my clients. You say that judgment was given "after hearing . the evidence on both sides," whereas; the Magistrate refused to hear any evidence on the part of the plaintiffs on the ground that they were bound by an arbitration clause m the specification which they had refused to sign. My clients -svere advised to appeal, but after hearing the appeal clauses of the Resident Magistrates' Act read over to them, they formed the opinion that these clauses were intended as a mockery. ' I think that we ought to petition the Government to get " these clauses amended. The present system of appeals is too expensive for small cases and not comprehensive enough for large ones.; An expression of opinion from the Judge ought to cost appellants three guineas instead of forty, and it ought not to ber fettered by useless forms, provisoes, and restrictions. I am, &c, Eliot Wabbubton. Palmerston JSTorth, 13th Feb., 1877.
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Manawatu Times, Issue 34, 14 February 1877, Page 3
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