WRIDGWAY v. DUNN

18 VLR 705·HIGINBOTHAM, C.J., WILLIAMS, HOLROYD, and HOOD, JJ.
18 VLR 705
18 VLR 705
WRIDGWAY v. DUNN Supreme Court of Victoria (Full Court) HIGINBOTHAM, C.J., WILLIAMS, HOLROYD, and HOOD, JJ. November 12, 28, 1892, 05 December 1892 Practice — Order LXV., r. 12 — Taxation of costs — Action whether founded on contract or tort .

A contractor brought an action against an architect for dishonestly, corruptly, and fraudulently withholding from him the final certificate under the contract. The jury having given a verdict for a sum less than 50l., the taxing master, upon taxation, held that the action was not founded on contract within the meaning of Order LXV., r. 12, and that the plaintiff was not restricted to County Court costs.

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