WELLINGTON LIBEL ACTION
an application dismissed
[Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, Feb. 12
Mr. Justice Chapman this afternoon gave .judgment in the application of Me Lean and others v. tin 1 ‘•New Zealand Times” Company, Ltd., and the Wellington. Publishing Company, -Ltd. (the “Dominion”) for .a more explicit statement of defence in the action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants for £2OOO damages for alleged libel. After referring fo the loots of the “limes’ case, His Honor said: “I do not think, however, that the Court ought to order tho defendants here to supply in any particular form the information which is admittedly sufficient in substance.” Tho summons was dismissed with £2 2s costs. In the case of the Wellington Publishing Company, His Honor said that the case was the- same, save that tlu- information had not- been supplied promptly; at the same time counsel for defendant snhl lie was quite willing to supply it. The application in this case was also dismissed with £2 2s costs.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2425, 13 February 1909, Page 5
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166WELLINGTON LIBEL ACTION Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2425, 13 February 1909, Page 5
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