Port Romilly Case
p. 48 · Read in the full issue
AN echo of the lengthy litigation which took place in Papua concerning Port Romilly Sawmills, Ltd., was heard in the High Court, Sydney, on November 17, when judgment was given in the appeal case Pitch v. Romilly Sawmills, Ltd.
The High Court decided that the learned judge in Papua was wrong in not allowing the amount of £1279, which he awarded to the appellant, in the judgment for services rendered to the Company, to be set off against the amount of £1059. admitted by the appellant as being due from him to the respondent. Accordingly, the appeal was allowed, with costs.
This means that in the final judgment the Company must pay to Captain Fitch the difference between £1279 and £1059.