When the ease in which Mr. L. K.
Kentwell, barrister, was sued by the Municipal Council for Ti, 128 for land taxes in respect of ten B. C. lots came up before Mr. G. W. King, Registrar, at H. M. Supreme Court on Monday, it was announced that the defendant, seven minutes before the bearing began, had filed an affidavit making certain allegations against Mr. E. T. Maitland, the Council's prosecuting solicitor. They were described by the Registrar at the close of the proceedings as allegations of rudeness and animority, and his Honour said he thought it was a great pity that any mem ber of the Bar should put on record such an affidavit.
The Registered Owner Mr. Maitland, in stating the! claim, said he wished to make it quite clear that Mr. Kentwell only the registered owner of ti property and naturally the summons had to be cil saying that the beneficial owners who were Chinese wished to defer payment" Of Gourse, that could not be recognized as an excuse for nonpayment, instructed on July 31 to issue a sum-In all cases of this sort he id not issue summonses immediately, but wrote a letter requesting payment within seven days, which the had also done in this case. In ply defendant wrote on August 8 ing "In acknowledging the receipt of your letter T must humbly beg to present my compliments to secuiting thank you you, the Municipal Council's pro-
the special attention paid to the matter In your and August 4. 1 tioned in my previous letters to you that the owners of the B.C. lots were Chinese and I am forced under the circumstances by instructions of the beneficiary owners to defer pay ment. On my part T have always paid my: personal taxes.
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