WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4346, 5 December 1882, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day

A number of important judgments were delivered in the Court of Appeal yesterday. In the case New Zealand Land Co. v. Patterson, depending upon the construction of a guarantee, judgment was given in favor of plaintiffs. In

Maitland v. Mervyn, the Court held that

Government had no right of action to recover instalments of deferred paymenttheir only right being to forfeit. In Reynolds v. Napier, the Court confirmed the judgment of the Court below, holding 'hat a bare right of action for dilapidation under lease was not assignable. In the case Robt. Cooper v. Coleman, tje appeal was allowed, with the costs of all Courts, and Cooper's adjudication as a bankrupt was reversed, upon the grounds that it was against the policy of the bankruptcy laws that a debt should be bought for the purpose of adjudication. Judgment was also given in tbe case Proudfoot v. Turnbull. So far as relates to certain land in Eattray street, Mr Proudfoot was decreed to give a title for one^half to defendants; as to the Mussleburgh land case it wan remitted back to the Supreme Court to ascertain the interest, if any, of George Proudfoot; David Proudfoot to pay Turnbull's costs of appeal, and Turnbull to pay Geo. Proudfoot's costs.