MAGISTERIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1505, 12 March 1887, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

AEHBURTON—

(Hofore MrH.C S. Hadd-jl-y, R.M ) CIVIL OASES .-

O'loughlanv Hudson.— Chim £90. -^~ Mr Wilding f,.r plaintiff Mr Purnell for defen aat. - The following is the rem-un der of the evidence m this case. — Mr D I'liomns, farther examined, said— If * crnp b bi;ing b dly threshed, the farmer sh u'd 'A on. % rf*atop the machine — In cros-xatn.n-iti)", tho witness baw lh > simpV if tho chuff which hid baen produced Ile did not consider it a far avarage simple. Some of the chuff was worse, and a great deal was much be *cc. About one ear m a thousand was blighted, and about the same proportion was uot properly threshed. — George Limb, ore of ■he arbitrators who went to plaintiff's farm, gave evidence ai to what trtnspired at tha interview. Wjtneai proposed that the second heap of chaff ; which v&9 tho pronuce of 35 acres, should be ajaln operated oi ; whatever it yielded obe ( ak3n ai a ba is for compensation. Witness proposed the scorn 1 heap beoause It was a lair aye-age, bein^ better th-*n tbe firit, and worse than the third. This c-ur^e wa3 not agreed to by the plaintiff Witncst rx^mined the straw heaps, m fhe two fi.-st of which he found a few grains of wht>at —U. Kennedy, F. T. Mayo, T. Hunt, and J.mes Allan also s?i»ve evilenco — Oounsel on both tides having addr ssed tho Oturh at considerate length, tho Magistrate announced

rut he would give Mb decision on March 25th.

Sprott v RuK— Claim £50 -—When thta case was called It was just 5 o'olook, Mid it was arranged that an adjournment for a fortnight, should be made.