In re A Proposed Sale Hodder To Heays - [1954] NZLR 1229

Land Valuation — Crown Representative — Costs — Evidence on Appeal — Duty of Crown Representative before Court and Committee — Committee entitled, though not obliged, to hold Facts stated or accepted by Crown Representative to be binding on Crown and Sufficiently Established — Not Competent for Crown, on Appeal, to disclaim Statements made by Crown Representative before Committee, or attempt to discredit him — Award of Costs against Crown justified in Such Circumstances — Land Valuation Court Act, 1948, ss 29, 36.