DISPUTE OVER TERMS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 7

DISPUTE OVER TERMS.

AGENT’B EMPLOYMENT. 1 REFUND OF £lß9l CLAIMED. ‘ AUCKLAND. Monday. An action for the recovery of £lß9l with interest arising out of a dispute over the terms on which a Dunedin agent had been employed by i 1 company associated with the MeAr’thur group to purchase shares in certain other groups was ventilated in the Su—preme Court. yesterday before Mr Justice Ostler. Plaintiff was the Transport, Mutual and General Insurance "Company. Limited. in liquidation (.\ir Hubble and .\[r \Vallace), and defendant was Cyril Ernie Richard \\‘ehher, agent. of Dunedin (Mr liampson). Mr lluhhle said that the Public Trustee was the liquidator of the. plain—tiff company. The action was really a claim for the liaianre of moneys rerrm'ied by defendant, for whirh, plain—tlti' said. he had to aerount. The plain—tift‘ company was one of those asso—elated \\‘ith the investment. Executive Trust of New Zealand, Limited. now under the control of the Pulille Trustee by virtue of two Arts of Parliament. ‘liet‘cndant admitted receiving the moneys, lie said in fact that he hart accounted for them, that there was no balance owing by him, but that there was a balance owing to him. i i Terms of Engagement. It was not disputed, said Mr Hubble. ‘that defendant rendered services to the company, but there, was a dispute {ls to the terms at his engagement, it ‘was this that the Court was asked 10 laecido. The. original defence filed said that iarrangmnents for one of the 13pm. ‘amounts in dispute had been made with ‘ihe tlht'istrhurrh solicitor. lilr linhhh' added. x\li amended statenwnt of de—fence, however. [iii-d jx't‘Slt‘l'tlily morning, Law an entirely different Sini‘V. In the et'frrt that the fll'l'llnflf‘liu‘llf.hm] llt‘l‘it made will: the I“\'|‘h“]][‘l|f mprutim Trust as agent for the plaintiff L‘Umpnn)’. (:yrii Ernie tiirhnrd \\‘ehhex: do—fvndant. said that in January. 193 i he saw Mt‘ssl‘s lirArthur and Alwyn; and agreed to lil‘tlliii‘t' shares in [\\‘n runipauies fur a salary of 531.)” a year. This \\‘as to he raised to £IOOO a vear when it) per cent of the Dunedin >h.tl'«‘.\' had lit‘l‘li ulitainetlt He had done rousiderahle preparatory work {up whirl] he. understood he was to receiw £SOO. Subsequently he went, to Sydney where it was agreed to pay him £IOOO a year. The hearing was adjourned until this niL‘l‘lliliE- «.../A7 w