SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 211, 6 March 1914, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

MAGISTRATE'S DECISION RE v ERSED By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the Supreme Court to-day, Mr. Justice Hosking reversed the decision of Mr. J. S. Evanß, S.M., in the case of M. Demuth and Co., land asents, v. Richard Quinn, ihotelkeeper, a claim for £IOO commission on, the sale of his hotel, or in the alternative damages for breach of agreement to give plaintiff the sole riglit to sell. The magistrate verdict for Demuth and Co. for the amount claimed, but His Honor upheld the appeal of Quinn against thst decision. No costs were allowed. The Bengal Iron and Steel Company applied to Mr Justice Hosking for an order eo that the word "Bengal" be deemed a distinctive mark 100, and registerable in respect of pig-iron manufacture by applicants. It wa3 contended on behalf of the Registrar of Trade Marks that if the application was granted there was a danger that it might hamper other manufacturers in Bengal selling pig-iron in New Zealand. The Court reserved its decision. INVERCARGILL SESSIONS. Invercargifl Last Night. At the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr Justice Sim, William Preston, charged with robbery -with violence, was found gnilty and remanded for sentence. Herbert Watson, charged with committing perjury at the Magistrate's Court, in connection with a judgment summons case, was fined £3O and ordered to be detained until the amount was paid, but not exceeding six months.