Whitcher v State Fire Insurance General Manager - [1956] NZLR 606

Practice — Trial — Jury — Either Party having Absolute Right of Trial by Jury where "only relief claimed is payment of a debt or pecuniary damages or the recovery of chattels" — Real Nature of Relief claimed examinable by Court — Power to remove Action from Jury List if Relief claimed not Claim for Debt or Pecuniary Damages — Claim based on Indemnity an Action in Damages — Judicature Amendment Act (No 2) 1955, s 2.