THE CIVIL LIST.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1847, 5 September 1913, Page 11

THE CIVIL LIST.

, U.S.S. CO. AND SOME FREIGHT. Reserved judgment was delivered b; ' Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., in the case ii which Alcoek and Co. sued tho Unioi Steam Ship Company for £30 damages The claim was in respect of three crates of billiard-tablo slates alleged to hav( been injured on the voyage from Wei 1 lington to Auckland. ' No negligence," remarked his Worship, "has been shown on tho part o! the defendants, but tliey aro commoi carriers, and as such aro in tho nature of insurers, and as I do not considei that tho goods carried were injurec owing to inherent vice or natural dc terioratiou I think that the defendant! are responsible. It is admitted thai t'lio claim is a reasonable one if the do fendants are liable." Judgment wn; given for tho plaintiffs for £30 am costs. Mr. Peacock appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. Levi for tho defendants. DEFENDANT WINS. In the civil suit, Frank Hodgson v. ' John Mo ran, a claim for £33 95., Mr, E W. G- Riddell, S.M., yesterdav gave judgment for tho defendant, v/itli costs amounting to £2 12a. Mi. J. F. W,

Dickson appeared for the defendant, . and Mr. Dunn for the plaintiff. UNDEFENDED DEBTORS. Judgment by-default for plaintiff was given in tho following undefendod cases: —J. J. Niven and Co. v. V. P. Spiers, £1 lis. Cel., costs os.; A. W .Hogg v. John Sandl'ord, £3 35., 10s.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., v. L. Elliott, £1 Bs. 6d., costs 55.; E. W. Mills and Co. v. Randolph Bilderbeck, Is., costs 175.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., v. Mrs. L. Hansen, £5 14s. lid. and costs £1 6s. 6d.; same v. J. C. M'Kay, 6d., costs 125.; Fordo and Co. v. Charles Alfred Pascoe, £1, costs 55.; New Zealand Picture Supplies, Ltd., v. Claudo Hamilton Suisted, £14 17s. 10d., costs £1 13s. 6d.; E. A. Mabin v. R. C. Cameron, £1 10s., costs 195.; Py-Nol Disinfectant Prop. Co. v. P. M'Ncil, £1 95., costs 155.; M'Eldowney Bros. v. G. Hart, £6 15s. 10d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., v. J. Young, costs only lis.; C. Pratt aiid Co. v. A. Oslor, £4 is.. 6d., costs 10s. 111 respect to a judgment summons, J. Mackay was ordered to pay the Wellington Gas Co. £3 13s. lid, before September 18.