LAND COMMISSIONS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 10 September 1913, Page 5

LAND COMMISSIONS.

THE RIGHTS OF AGENTS

[Pek Press Association.] , Wanganui, September 9

The right of a commission agent to recover commission from both parties in an exchange of properties was the point at issue in a case heard at the Supreme Court to-day, when \V. M. Ashton and Son, land agents, sued J. J. Hills, of Palmerston North, for the sum of £IOO. The evidence given hy Ashton, junr., was to ,the effect that the' whole position- had been fully explained to Hills) and thai the commission had been fixed at £IOO in consequence of his "firm receiving commission -from the other side. ■ His- Honor Sir Robert Stout accepted plaintiff's evidence and gave judgment with costs.

The same parties were concerned in a second case in which £142 16s 3d was at stake. This wrs"for coifnfiission on another land deal. The main point in defence was that the instructions as to property had been given verbally before coming into force ol the" legislation dealing with land agents, that the sale did not take place till after this, and that though the instructions were confirmed afterwards, they were not signed by the person to W charged as the Act specifies.

After hearing legal argument, His Honor said thatt-as. the case was the first under the Act, he would take time to consider his decision. •