DISTRICT COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 December 1880, Page 2

DISTRICT COURT.

■ . » Fbiday, Decehbeb _, 18S0. (Before His Honor Judge Broad.) On His Honor taking his seat at 10 a.m., Mr Lynch, the resident counsel, rose and said that he had great pleasure in welcoming his Honor to tbis important district. He had no doubt but that his Honor would find that the Bar would do its doty towards tbe Bench by renders ing it all possible assistance in maintain* ing the dignity of the Court, and he trusted that the relations between the Bench and Bar would always remain of such a satisfactory nature that the busi« ness of the Court would be expedited, and the onerous duties of the Judgo and counsel would be performed to mutual satisfaction. Ifis Honor thanked Mr Lynch for his cordial welcome, and said that he fully recognised the important nature of his office, particularly in a place like this, where such vast interest frequently in the ordinary course of things, would be involved, but as he had dnring a long experience of seventeen years, received the . most cordial assistance from the Bar, be had no doubt but that his. relations with tbe Bar brre would continue, of a like satisfactory nature. On bis part be would try to do his duty, and would look forward with pleasure to further acquaintance with the district. He would take this Occasion also to recognise and bear testimony to tbe eminent, social, and judicial abilities of bis predecessor, and trusted that bis own future exertion would prove satisfactory to tbe Bar Bnd the country. The following case (In original Jurisdiction under tbe Mines Act) was then called :— Beechb v. Welcome Company. Claim for £900 damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff throngh tho act of the defendants in cutting away a dam on the registered ereek claim of plaintiff at Boatman's Creek, whereby valuable tailings, stored against the dam, had been washed away and lost. Mr Perkins for plaintiff, and Messrs Lynch and Guinness for defendants. This case had been partly gone into 8t tbe last sitting of the Court, but had come to an abrupt termination owing to ' tne expiration of the commission of the then sitting Judge, and was now commenced de novo. The case occupied the Court the whole day, and a great deal of evidence was taken, and some important law points raised, when tho Court rose ot s*lo p.m., and adjourned till 10 p.m; tbis morning.