MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2324, 4 December 1914, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL CASES CLAIM AND WAGES PROTECTION ACT Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff, by default, in the following undefended civil cases:— Veitch and Allan v. Charles E. Newson, £b ss. 6d., costs £1 35.; John Murray v. VV. Hughes, £2 la., costs lis.; Wellington Gas Co., Ltd. v. J. V. Millican, .£3 8s 3d., costs 10s.; Commercial Agency,' Ltd. v. James Higgins, £3 13s. 6d., costs 10a.; William George Bosher v. Tom Williams, .£1 165., costs 55.; H. F. Bruhn v. Richard Swcotman, £& 15s. 103., costs £1 is. Gd.; Belding Paul Corticilli, Ltd. v. M'Lean and Co., 10s., costs 10s.; same v. Eichard B. Owen, Jl9 10a;, costs £\ 10s. 6d.; The Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. v., .George Smith, £1 95., costs 65.; same v. J. Davies, os. Od., costs 55.; Queensland Insurance C 0.,. Ltd. v. T. Hogan, ,£2 10s., costs lie.; P. Haynian and Co. v. J. Hing Lee, 155., costs only; Windsor Manufacturing Co., Ltd; v. W. Naylor, £U 18s. Ud., costs £1 Us. 6d.'; same v. J. llilson, .El 6 165., costs £\ 103. Gd.; same v. Thomas J, Shuto, £6 18s., costs 3a. od.; A. A. E. Hardcaatle v. Eugene Langier, £W V>s., costs £\ 10s. Gd.; George Doughty and Co. y:\Lees and C 0.,; i£lo'i9s. 2d., costs .£2 ■^s.'G'a:;'Smith and' Smith, Ltd.'v.-'Thiimas Beans, 7s. Bd., costs £1 3s. Gd.; John Murray v. W. H. Mill, £2 lis;, costs 10s. ;• Dayton Monoyweight Scale Co., Ltd. v. W..J. Newman,. £7 6s. Bd., costs £1 Bs. Dd. On a judgment summons Eichard Fullbrook was ordered to pay Forde and Co. £2 19s. before December 17. or undergo three daya* imprisonment. ■ Garnott Frederick Norton, builder of Ngaio, claimed to recover, under the Wages Protection and Contractors' Lion Act, the sum of .£B7 lis. '9d. from John Gustavus Jacobson, plumber, Wellington, for work done and services rendered under a contraot between the parties, for the erection of a house at Thorby Street. Northland, The defence set out that the building was not completed according to specifications, and "there was a dispute over extras. The case stands, part heard, adjourned till Tuesday: George Waddell, Fcatherston Street, taxi-cab proprietor, represented by Mr. 13 J. Fitz"ibbon, sued the City Corporahon (Mr. J. O'Shea) for the sum of ' & Bs. 6d., for damage done to plaintiffs motorcar through the collision with a tramcar,- negligent driving on the part of the driver of the.tramcar being alleged. The' oaso was not concluded, when the Court rose. ; Emma White, a middle-aged woman, was convicted and fined 10s„ ~w default three dayß' imprisonment, fpr drunkenness. For a similar offence Patrick Ruddy was convicted and fined 405., in de-' fault-seven days' imprisonment.