LAWYER AS DEFENDANT.
THE CASE DISMISSED. —:— Psb Pbesb Association. Wellington, April 8. An unusual claim was heard at the Magistrate's Court, before Mr W. G. Itiddell, S.M., to-day, when Patrick Shivnan, of Wellington, sued J. R. Lundon, solicitor, of .Auckland, for a refund of £5 on, being a fee paid by the plaintiff to the defendant.
The action arose out of a case against plaintiff's son, which was withdrawn from the Magistrate's Court at Auckland. Plaintiff alleged that the fee had been paid for legal services which defendant had never rendered. As to the work, he and his clerk had carried it out in connection with the Auckland case.
In giving judgment for defendant, the Magistrate said he had no doubt the claim had been made by the plaintiff under a misapprehension, as he resided in Wellington and was therefore unaware of the extent of the services rendered in Auckland by defendant on behalf of plaintiff's son.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 80, 8 April 1915, Page 6
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157LAWYER AS DEFENDANT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 80, 8 April 1915, Page 6
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