AN INTERESTING CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 253, 24 March 1914, Page 8

AN INTERESTING CASE.

COMPENSATION FOR LAND TAKEN. H.v Telegraph—Press Association. Westport, Last Night. A case of some imnortance to the West Coast was brought by Hugh Taylor, of Inangnhua Junction, before the Compensation Court, Taylor claiming £IO3O as compensation for lands taken for railway purposes, for loss of sawmill site, loss of water rights, and injuriously affecting the land. During the hearing of the case, the Crown contended that claimant was entitled to the value of the land taken, but the Crown was entitled, as a set-off against the' claim for injurious affections of the land, to the betterment, that is, the increased value to the land, bv reason of the railway being brought to the district, even though the benefit was shared by other residents. His Honor (Mr. Justice Dcnniston) held that the Crown must show special benefit to the claimant's land over and above that shared by his neighbours, but after further discussion His Honor agreed with counsel's contention. The Court, after a short retirement, gave judgment for claimant for £lO5, claimant to pay the assesovs' fees (totalling CO guineas).