Legal technicalities were raised in HIM. Supreme Court on Monday before Judge A. G. Mossop ina civil action between' the Finance Banking Cor poration and Mr. G. Stevenson.
'Mr. K, E. Newman, who fs appear-ting' on behalf of the plaintifis, said that at the last hearing of the case, which was a fortnight ago, Mr. HA: Reeks, the defending counsel had complained that an insufieient afdavit was fled and termed the endea Your by the plaints " grote abuse the process of the cour, The case Was adjourned for fourteen days and Mr. Newman said he then took the opportunity "of making amendments trid placing & revised 'aMidavit on Ale.
ME, Reeks pointed out that. the ting of, a specially. endorsed._writ meant that the plaintiff, peo facta, were applying for a summary judg-tment and this, he contended, was {ross abuse of the court because. the Plaintiffs must know from the cor-Fespondence that there. were grounds of defence. He submitted. moreover that Inasmuch asthe assignor, the China "Finance "Fed, tne. and the Finance Banking Corporation, L4d, were in lave two separate entities, departs aftdeits shoul have. been His Lordship said it would help it the defendant's counsel should now Aisclose on what grounds he wai asking for leave to defend. Mr. Recks submitted that the endorsement on the writ showed the transaction to be a money loan, whereas it involved promissory notes. He submitted that his cellent had guaranteed a number fof promissory notes made by. the, former owner of the Blue Cross Hospital, thatthe notes. had been paid, and that the plaintiffs claimed from the defendant on. witness stated that the accused was lone of two Indians who forcibly threw him out of the Gurdwara and hi then locked the gates of the compound. "He was quite positive the Jaccused was the same man. Basant /Singh, who was one of the party who Jwent to arrest Channan Singh, identified the accused as the man who ejected Det. Sub.-Insp. Creighton and then locked the gates on them.
The accused, who went into the witness box, said that the evidence given against him was false.
The Registrar, interrupting the|Davies Jaccused, said: "You have heard the you?" evidence of the three witnesses, two lof whom say you closed the door fand assisted in ihe rescue." To which the accused retorted "It is not true, all are telling les." The Registrar then passed sentence.
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