SUPREME COURT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 336, 24 June 1911, Page 6

SUPREME COURT

CONCLUSION OF THE SESSION. The New Plymouth sessions of the Supreme Court, before His Honor Mr. Justice EEdwards, concluded yesterday morning. ADJOURNMENTS. Joseph Henry Slight (Mr. C. 11. Weston) v. Charles Arnold and Lucy Hannah Arnold (Mr. Hutchen), claim for refund of a deposit of £SO paid under an agreement for sale of land and stock and for £230 13s 2d loss and damages suffered in consequence of alleged recision of the contract. —Mr. Weston applied for an adjournment until next sessions. The adjournment was granted, conditionally on plaintiff paying £5 5s allowance to counsel, and the costs of the attendance of defendants' witnesses, the costs to be fixed iby the Registrar, and to be paid not less than 14 days before next sessions. The cases of Quin Bros. v. South Taranaki Winter Show Company, Ltd., and Robert William Bond and Bond's trustees, a claim under the Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act, 1008, for £481? 16s 7d; and of Bennett and* Sutton (Mr. R. D. Welsh) v. the same, a similar claim for £303 12s 4d, t were adjourned until the next session, on the application of Mr. Hutchen. SOLICITOR TO SHOW CAUSE. In the matter of the/ Law Practitioners Act, 1908, and Walter Wilkes, a motion for a rule nisi to strike oil the roll of solicitors, Mr. Hutchen 1 appeared for the Law Society. Defendant was not present. A rule nisi was granted, the solicitor to show cause why it should not be confirmed at next sitting of the court. The question of costs was reserved.

OTHER CASES. In the inajtter of William George Malone (Mr. Johnstone) v. Henry L. Fitzhcrbert, Registrar of the Supreme Court, a motion for a writ of mandamus, his Honor declined to proceed until certain mortgagors were joined to the action. Mr. Johnstone was then granted leave to join the mortgagors as parties to the action. In tho case of Rasmus Anderson (Mr. Spence) v. John George Buchanan (Mr. Johnstone), a claim for £5Ol damages for seduction of plaintiff's daughter, which was to have been heard before a common jury, Mr. Spence stated to the court yesterday morning that an agreement had been arrived at by the parties. He therefore - applied for an adjournment until the first sessions in 1912, to enable the terras of settlement to he put into operation. IN BANKRUPTCY. Discharges from bankruptcy, the petitions not being opposed, were granted to Benjamin Marsh, jun., of Douglas (Mr. Roy), and Samuel Pn"';hurst, ol Waitotara (Mr. J. E. Wilson).