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(V12) 1 CLR 18A
1924 December 29
[NETTLETON, C.J. AND GRIMSHAW, P.J.]
THE SYNDICS IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF
CHRISTOFOROS G. DEMETRIADES
v.
ANNETTA HAJI TOFI LOUTSIOU.
CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND REVENUE LAW, 1923, SEC. 20 (1) INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED DOCUMENT.
The District Court refused to allow a claim based on an insufficiently stamped document. Further the District Court, having marked the, document before it was noticed that it was insufficiently stamped, ordered the plaintiffs to pay the proportionate fine in respect to the understamping, and refused to permit the plaintiffs to withdraw the document.
From this order the plaintiffs appeal.
For Appellant Christis.
Respondent absent.
Judgment: The District Court was ultra vires in refusing to allow plaintiffs to withdraw the insufficiently stamped document and to fix a date for them to prove their claim. The judgment of the District Court is varied to the extent that the document must be returned to the plaintiffs.