Thursday, 11th September. Compton v. Daniel.
This was an action of rt-plevin. The "defendant avowed f.»r a year-and-a-half's rent of a section on the Hutt, at £50. The ulaintiff pleaded a plea in bar denying the tenancy. Mr. Hanson, for the plaintiff, contended that * the defendant having commenced an action of ejectment, had theieby disaffirmed the tenancy, and could not distrain. The learned Judge stated that the service being set aside, he thought the tenancy was not put an end to. He should, therefore, so put it to the Jury, giving Mr. Hanson leave to move to set aside the verdict (if necessary), so as to give him, the learned Judge, time to consider the affidavits in the ejectment, the affidavits to be used for the purposes of the motion. There was evidence of two years rent being due. Mr. Justice Chapman left to the Jury to say what was due. They found for defendant with £100 in arrear, Mr. Hanson having leave to reduce it £25, if the learned Judge should be of opinion that he could nut amend.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 50, 20 September 1845, Page 2
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180Thursday, 11th September. Compton v. Daniel. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 50, 20 September 1845, Page 2
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