THE COURTS.
AN IMPORTANT RULING. jj By Telegraph.—Press Association. } Christchurch, Yesterday. In, the case Colebrook, Knight ail® Co. v. Skelton, Frostick and Co., Mr. Justice Sim's judgment was delivered to-day. Defendants cabled plaintiffs, their London buyers, to purchase 400 electric magnets to the value of £75 for the Christchurch City organ, but owing to an error in decoding a message from London and another error in coding, plaintiffs believed themselves instructed to enter into a contract involving ex« penditure of £4OO. The question wafl who should suffer the result of any loss, Justice Sim said that if a principal gave ambiguous instructions, and if an agent used reasonable intelligence in interpreting the instructions, the agent ought to be indemnified. On these grounds he decided in favor of plaintiffs, and if the parties could not agrea as to the amount for which judgment should be given, he would consider thq matter in chambers. Plaintiffs claimed £494. ■■ „
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 152, 6 October 1910, Page 5
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155THE COURTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 152, 6 October 1910, Page 5
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