A Passage Money Lawsuit: The following case, which of interest to persons who booked for the last naval review, was heard before Master Archibald, yesterday, the King’s Bench Division. The plaintiff was Mr. R. A. Pinsent, solicitor, of Birmingham, and the defendants the Cooperative Cruising Company Limited and Dr. Henry S. Lunn. Mr. E. M. Pollock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Montague Shearman for the defendants. The case was on the summons for judgment under order 14 for the return of £50 12s, balance of £54 12s paid by the plaintiff for passage money for four berths on the s.s. Pretoria for the naval review cruise on June 27th, 1902, which cruise had been cancelled owing the postponement of the review. The defendant company had tendered £40 9s 7d, the amount due under their booking conditions, which sum the plaintiff was willing to accept on condition that the costs of the writ issued by him were paid by the defendants. The defendant company argued that, having regard to their booking conditions, the writ was prematurely issued, and the costs should be borne by the plaintiff, as the defendant company and Dr. Lunn had used the greatest expedition in settling the accounts connected with this cruise. The Master, having heard plaintiff’s counsel, without calling upon counsel for the defendants, decided that the action was premature, and that the costs of both the writ and the subsequent proceedings must be paid by the plaintiff.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948