LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1684, 26 February 1913, Page 3

LAW REPORTS.

SUPREME COURT. ■ . V- / « (Before His "Honour'Mr, Justice; Sim.) LOAN AFFAIR. THE GUARANTOR SUED. In liie Supreme Court yesterday, before. Mr. Justice Sim, 'Harcourt and Co., lnnd agents, proceeded against Elizabeth Green to recover ,£202, as balance of principal, and £40 as interest thereon. Mr. J. C. Peacock represented'the plaintiff, and Mr. P. J. O'Kegan the defendant. : Plaintiff stated that the money, was duo through." defendant guaranteeing a loan which was made to a third party/ Defendant's case was that she had no knowledge thnt the agreement which sho had entered into cast this responsibility upon her. 1 His Honour heard evidence and then decided in favour of plaintiff. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. ! CIVIL BUSINESS. (Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) NATIVE AGENT'S CLAIM. Charles R. Parata, estate agent, Wellington, sued H. M. Hailes, settler, Kaikoura, for £~ for work done as a Nativo agent in respect to an endeavour to obtain confirmation 'of a lease iri the Native Land Court held at Kaikoura. ' After considering the evidence, _ Dr. M'Arthur gave judgment for tho plaintiff for the amount claimed with costs, <£2 Is. DENTIST'S BILL. ' 1 ■, The "Wellington Traders'' Agency (as assignees of Arthur Hoby and- Son, den-' tists) sued J. G. W. Dalrymple, accountant, for .£l3 17s. Gd. for dentistry work alleged to. have been done for defendant's child. ' ■ Mr. H. E. Anderson appeared for - the plaintiff, and Mr. A. Fair for the defendant. Some evidence was heard and case was then adjourned till Thursday. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. . Seaton and.Sladden, surveyors and engineers, sued tho Maranui Land Syndicate for : £55 '195., as balance' of charges for ! professional services. * , Defendants counterclaimed for ,£lOl 2s. 3d., as extra expenditure caused through the alleged unskilful preparation of the plans made by the defendant. The error .was said to have' been, the omission of a level for a road; Mr. A. W. Blair appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. T. Young for tho defendants. 1 ' " ' * ' . Defendants admitted the claim, and his Worship heard part of the ..evidence respecting the counterclaim. \ At 5 o'clock the case was adjourned till to-day. t■ : ' POSSESSION OF PREMISES. Ellen Hand sued George Barkley Huxford and Olive • Ellen Huxford for possession of , certain premises, and claimed il 12s. as rent due. ■ ' His Worship gave judgment for ' the money claimed, and ordered that plaintiff should be given possession. • . UNDEFENDED. CASES. \ "In tho following cases judgment was entered for tho plaintiffs bv default:Buller, Anderson and' Buddie v. H. A. Evans; and W. ,H. M. Stevens, Jiii 175., and costs 195.; Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware' Co., Ltd., v.-John Young. ,823 Is. sd„ and ,£1 175.; Sydney E. ijjromgooll v. William Nichol, ,£l, and ssii same v;.l. O'Sullivan, A'l'3s. 4d., and 55.; same v. E. Q'Sullivnn, lis. 5d., and 55.; Elizabeth Wood v. Thomas Barnes, 18s., and 55.; W. H. Bartlett v. Andrew Eketone, >£3 55., and 155.; C. and A. O'dlin. , Ltd., y. Stephen B. Hur.d, >$39 3s;fed;,.'and £2 175., Veitdli and '•'■' Allan. 1 v. 'James Julius Ahlers, XI 4s.'Bd„ and Gs.'CDeijhard Bread Co., Ltd.; v. Morris Robinson, £2 is. 4d.,' and-125.;, Arthur. Raven v. Elizabeth Baillie, -E3 9s. lOd., and lis.; A Pierard v. G.'.T. Hanlon,.',£s 17s. 6d., and XI 9s. Gd.; Edwin Arnold v: Griffiths and Son, £7 ,19s. 9d., and Bs.; same v. W. Swain, X 5 10s„ and Bs.; W. E. v. .Walter Smith, wSIO, and,Xl. 3s. Gd.; Wellington City Corporation, v. J.bhn.Moffit, .iIG 7s.'i and 16s.'; same v-."Jcsfe/lames Hills, Xl 2 2s.i and 155.; same v.', Henry Augustus Evans, ,£i 10s. Bd., and 55.; David M'Crae v. C. N. Johnson,' £3 8s„ and 10s.; R. G. Dun and Coi v. iE. Neal, costs only 55.; and Barry F. M'Neill v. Ellen Jane'Gellatly, X2O, and -E2 Cj.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. \< Frederick J. Brattlo' wns ordered to pay W. Yoiing and J. S. Elliott, £5 3a. 6d., by March XI;-P. Ambridge to pay Sutherland and Kankino, £o 10s. Gd. by March 11; Harold Mullins to .pay Sutherland and Uankine £2 15s. fid/by March XX; George Femandos to pay the Colonial Carrying Co. ill Is. 3d. by March XI; and A. Brickell to pay Gamble and Son .£6 6s. by March 11. ■ ' . \ • POLICE LIST. (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) ' BOTHER 1 ON STEAMEEi William. Vallis, a fireman on tie Star of. England, a vessel lying , at, the Wellington wharves, proceeded against Andrew Buchan, the second engineer, for 'assault.. . After having heard ihe evidence, . his Worship dismissed tho information. A full report of the case appears ,in this issue under anothor heading. CLERK IN TROUBLE. ~ Herbert Gregory Baily, who had been in the employ of the "New Zealand Times" Co., was accused of having fraudulently omitted to hand over ,£2O, which ho had received from the British Empire Trading Co. On the application of Chief-Detective Broberg, Baily was remanded till March 5. Bail (.£80) was allowed. , SHI P. DESERTION.. William Murphy was charged -with having deserted tho steamer Turakina. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced .to one m6nthV imprisonment. ■ Chief-Detective Broberg said that Murphy had joined tho Koonya (a coastal vessel). after leaving the Turakina, and the wages; on,'tho'Koonya were a, good deal higher, than on the ocean-going vessel. : \ '- INSOBRIETY. : For insobriety Jack-Linklatcr was fined 10s. •' ,