A NOVEL LAW POINT.
Per Press Association. Wellington, Wednesday. A novel point of law was raised in the Magistrate's Court to-day when a claim for board and lodging and money lent was being heard. Mr Wilford said the debt was contracted in South Africa twelve months ago. He did not deiiv tlint a. summons could be issued, but the law of South Africa was the law that must govern the transaction, and he understood that in that country could not sue for debt that had been owing for more than six months Mr Jackson, for plaintiff, argued that the pnrtms to the suit were domiciled here and that the law of New Zealand applied to the case The Magistrate, Mr Riddell, reserved judgment.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 24 October 1907, Page 2
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125A NOVEL LAW POINT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 24 October 1907, Page 2
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