A DISSOLVED PARTNERSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 3

A DISSOLVED PARTNERSHIP.

EEDWOOD BROTHERS. A settlement of several matters connected.with the dissolution of. the partnership of Rodwood Brothers, farmers, (lourmillers, and warehousemen, of Blenheim and Spring Creek, was sought in the Supreme Court on Saturday morning before the Chief Justico. The plaintiff, Frederick Redwood, was represented by Mr. M. Myers; the defendant, Joseph Henry Redwood by Mr. P. Levi, and the receiver of the'business, Dalg'ety and Co., Ltd., by Mr. A'. W. Blair. Tho plaintiff asked that the report of Arthur Thomas arbitrator, be carried into effect, and that the defendant bo ordered to pay £1081 15s. 7d. into tho partnership funds or to tho recoiver; that the receiver take steps to recover £19 7s. 7d. from Edmund Henry Eccles; and that £550 bo fixed as the ■remuneration of the receiver. Directions as to several matters of detail were also asked for. After partially hearing the caso, his Honour adjourned it until this morning. ' / BANKRUPTCY. THE VINEGARD ESTATE. Matters relating to the bankrupt estate of Jack (or Isaac) Vinegard (or ! Vinegrad), • draper, of Manners Street, who was lately adjudicated bankrupt on the petition of George and Doughty, Ltd , wore before the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) on Saturday. The Official Assignee had filed a motion for an order to set aside as fraudulent and void the alleged sale and transfer of £240 worth of-stock and chattels to bankrupt's brother, Abraham Vinegard (or Vinegrad), and, further, to declare that tho goods should bo brought into tho estate by tho Official Assignee, and possession given to him. .The bankrupt had disappeared, and his brother had stated that ho had gone to Rotorua.. It appeared from the evidence, when the motion was first before the Court, the week beforo last, tho Official Assignee's bailiff had been forcibly ejected from the shop and then stayed outside watching it .Air.- Justice Cooper granted the defendant (Abraham Vinegard) an adjournment, on condition that the bailiff should remain in possession, .that tho business incomings and outgoings should bo supervised by tho Official Assignee, who would hold each day's takings in trust until the caso was decided, and that defendant bo allowed £10 out of £50 then held -by him for expenses— the balance, to. be held in'trust by the Official Assignee. ■ It was frtom this adjournment ,-that the caso came before the Chief Justice on Saturday morning. Mr. G. Toogood appeared for tho Official Assignee, and Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh for the defendant, Abraham Vinegard. ,'■ : Alexander Simpson, Official Assignee, stated, under cross-examination,. that he had been served with a writ on behalf >of Abraham Vinegard to withdraw his officer from the premises. ! ' ' •Thomas William. Witt, a creditor of the bankrupt, said that he had been told by Jack Vinegard, about three months ago, that his brother Abraham was .in poor circumstances, and ho was helping him to, get a living. When he went to the shop later, defendant told" him he was in charge. Alfred Ernest Budd, another creditor, also. said defendant had told him he was in charge of the shop, and did not say he had bought the business from his brother. Bernard Thomas Osborne, ■■ portmanteau manufacturer, ■ said defendant had several ■ times called at his shop and conducted business for his brother. Witness had also found defendant in his brother's shop, and had been served there by him. William Wilkinson, an employee of the last'" witness) said he had seen Abraham Vinegard in his brother's shop' at least a dozen times. Caroline Holmes said that she saw the two brothers looking over books together in the shop about September 27. Kate Hertzburg said Abraham Vinegard lived at her place. She stated under cross-examination that sho know nothing of his financial circumstances. Once, about three years ago, she found under his pillow a purse full of notes and gold. ' William Charles Draper, carrier for Maoky, Logan, and Cq.j said ho had taken goods to the shop and receipts had been signed by. Abraham Vinegard on some occasions when Jack Vinegard ivas. present. Mr. Hindmarsh intimated that ho wished to call evidence. His Honour adjourned tho caso until Saturday, December 10, the business to I be carried on in the'meantime on the conditions previously ordered. .