NATIVE AGENT SUED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 927, 21 March 1930, Page 7

NATIVE AGENT SUED

SHARE-SELLING CASE RETAINED PROCEEDS TE KUITI, Thursday. before M t'. F. W. Platts) S.M., a MaraKopa native. To Waaniu Tanahiri, of s*o shares’ in Trad! Counsel fon plaintiff, Mr. m. t. Morton, said that in November; 1928, plaintiff employed defendant to sell 50 >• hares. Those were duly disposed of i U tr the. purchase money on plaintiff’s behalf He had failed to account to plaintiff, who now claimed the amount Of £l9 Ts 6d. plus £ J 2s 6d interest. Plaintiff, on aged native who is almost blind, denied authorising defendant to take some of the money us c >sts for valuing certain timber for plaintiff’s family. * Defendant said that when he met the natives at his house the timber case was discussed, and £2O was agreed upon for valuing two blocks. The shares were to be sold to defray ex--1 lrf\-iving judgment for plaintiff the magistrate held that while an agreement had been made between the par,,es t 0 dispose of the shares, there was nothing authorising defendant to uevote the proceeds toward expenses n the timber valuation. Defendant would be allowed a fair amount (£2 2s) , 01 . bis .-orvices in connection with the ale of the shares, and judgment would ].,* -ivtn for plaintiff for the balance, iess interest, with costs.