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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 32, 29 May 1914, Page 5

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HAWKINS-LAMASON CASE.

JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT.

Judgment was given at the Court this morning in the case \Y. H. Hawkins v. T. I. Lamason, a claim for £BO, wage s at £5 per week for sixteen weeks for acting as auctioneer, or alternatively for £BO, as reasonable remuneration for work done.

There was no doubt, said Mr Kenrick, that plaintiff was in the bus:r.e»s from November Bth to December 6th purely with a view to going into partnership, and it had to be shown that after December 6th the relations of the parties had been materially altered. It was not enough for plaintiff to allege that the amount claimed was reasonable remuneration for the work done it was necessary for him to show that he could reasonably expect to be paid. Plaintiff and defendant gave directly opposite evidence on the relationship regarding partnership, but it was in defendant's favor that one witness had stated that as late as March plaintiff had spoken of joining the firm. He (His Worship) accepted defendant's statement that the cheques offered were on account of board, defendant having offered but been unable to'put plaintiff up at his home. Plaintiff failed to prove that there was any change in relations after December 6th, and there was nothing in any act of the parties which could justify the implication that plaintiff had been engaged as auctioneer.

Judgment was therefore given for defendant, with costs £5 Us.