DISEASED FRUIT.
AUCKLAND, June 12. Mr Kettle, 8.M., gave his reserved decision to-day in the case .Arthur Tooman and Company v. Rcilly, Scott and Gill, of Ounedin, claiming £77 7s lOd. Defendants agreed to purchase 200 cases of bananas to arrive, if in good condition. They appeared to be in good condition on arrival at Auckland irom Fiji, and were transhipped to Dunedin, but they were then declared to be rotten with fruit fly and condemned. The Magistrate said he was forced to the conclusion the fruit was not of good quality when it left Auckland. He ordered a nonsuit with costs, leaving the part cs to make an ami - able settlement of the counter claim for loss of profits on the bananas.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9114, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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123DISEASED FRUIT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9114, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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