PASTOR V. ELDER.
A church dispute between pastor and elder was. ventilated in the Court ..here on Friday lust, when Robert Laing, an elder, of St. David's Church, Haberfieid. sued Rev. Angus King for £IOOO compensation for saying at a church meeting. "You lie! You never did speak the truth. You don't know what the truth is. More than ihat, Mr Laing, you have committed perjury in the church, and the churcb holds the records oi it." Elder Laing considered that such presumption was worth a thousand pounds to him, but the Court assesssd it at a fanning, and a verdict for same was given by the jury after a lengthy hearing. ■ I 111 l ■■Will—B»~aB»
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Otaki Mail, 4 January 1922, Page 4
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116PASTOR V. ELDER. Otaki Mail, 4 January 1922, Page 4
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