SUPREME COURT.-CIVIL SITTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 449, 19 June 1871, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.-CIVIL SITTINGS.

MONDAY, JUNE 19.

(Before His Honor Sir George Arney, Knight, Chief Justice.)

The civil business of the Circuit Court was commenced this morning. His Honor took his seat on the Bench at 11 o'clock.

Mohi v. Craig.-Mr. MacCormick for plaintiff; Mr. Hesketh and Mn Rees for defendant.'. iJThis cause had been set down for bearing first among the special JUI7 cases — Mr. Rees informed the Court that it would occupy four days.—His Honor :In that' case I shall take tbe common jury causes first.— Mr. Rees: I have affidavits here made by Mr. Richmond and Mr Mac arlane* stating that Mr. Harr s is sawing a large quantity of this timber, notwithstanding the injunction issued by the Court to protect it. The matter is not only important as between tbe patties, but may be also important for the consideration of the Court on other grounds.—His Honor said he would hear the application on Tuesday morning.

Ritchxb v. Ritchie and AwnTHEE;—Mr. Rees for the plaintiff; Mr. Whitaker for defendant.—This was an action to determine copartnership rights, and to compel the defendants to account. The plaintiff. Thomas Ritchie the elder, is resident in Auckland, and the defendants, Thomas Ritchie, jun., and Robert Hulton Ritchie, are sheep farmers in the Chatham Islands. The declaration set out that on or about the first of January, 1864, the plaintiff and defendants entered into partnership. The following w»re the issues submitted to the jury :—l. Bid the plaintiff and the defendants enter into partnership as in the declaration alleged ? 2. Was the business carried on as a co-partnership from 1864 to the 27th of September, 1870, the date of issuing the writ? 3. Has the co-partnership acquired certain real and personal property f And 4. Have the defendants refused to account to the plaintiff for Buch real and personal property "as had been acquired under the co-partnership ? The defendants pleaded a sreneral denial of tho allegations set out in the declaration.