INTERESTING POI[?]

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 327, 14 September 1932, Page 4

INTERESTING POI[?]

IN MOTOR CASi BENCH OFFERS TO ADh CASE TO ADD % PLAINT1IFF. CURIOUS LEGAL ASPj; An interesting legal asnu raised in a motor-car case aji torua Magistrate's Court in , C. Bates and Son sued Walfe, storekeeper, of Te Whaiti, i in connection with the conditi^ .chase of a motor car. Mr. Carter, for plaintiff,u plication to add the New Guaraptee Corporation as plaintiff. Mr. Davys asked for Mr.) authority. Mr. Caiffer said that he written authority, :but thattjn' ration had forwarded a promissory notes to Bates i with the implied authority (i act upon them. Mr. Davys objected, askicj be suceeded and cpsts were; against the Corporation, wh be the p'osition. An assigm the promissory notes must If costs were awarded it 15 Mr. Carter in a very seriousi Mr. Carter: "We'll take th The Magistrate said hem the rule was that no pers® be added without his conset!

could not hold that the let duced hy Mr. Carter, which; of an agent according to Mr, was a sufficient consent. could b'e added as a defendr The Bench offered an adj; to enable Mr. Capter to 0!' consent of the New Zealand tee Corporation. Mr. Carter said that he wo: advantags of the Bencli's t did not thinlc this consent » withheld since he was acting: approval and under instrcc the N.Z. Guarantee Corpon The Bench then granted an: ment to September 26, allos witness' expenses and £2 2s s fee to defendant.