CIVIL COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2561, 8 September 1915, Page 9

CIVIL COURT

CARNIVAL PRINTING CASE. _ A conclusion was reached before Mr. D. G. A. _ Cooper, S.M., in the . civil dispute arising out of the recent Carni•val, Michael (J'Kano proceeding against the Wesc Coasters' Carnival Queen Committee for £48 6s. 5d., being the amount of printing for which the', plaintiff considered the committee was liable. Mr. H. I'\ O'Loary appeared for plaintiff; Mr. J, ])'. AV. Dickson for the defendant secretary of the committee (Denis Michael'ltyan): Mr. W. Perry for the following members of tho committee: Carl Pfuff, Frank M'Parland, Robert Vinson, and John Bailey; Mr. J. J. M'Grath (a member of the committee), watched the case in his own interest. After hearing concluding evidence for the plaintiff, Mr. Cooper said that it semed to him that on tho evidence of defendant Ryan, who had given his evidence very fairly, that 1000 letter-pads. J had been ordered from plaintiff, and it was possible that plaintiff mistook the order on account of an order given over the telephone at the same time for 2000 art- union tickets. Plaintiff had also given his evidence vory fairly, but His Worship could not help thinking that defendant Ryan's version of what had occurred was tho more likely of tho two to be correct. The Magistrate continued that lie (lid not think defendant M'Grath liable at all, as tho ovidenco had shown that'he was not at any. of J[

the meetings when the orders for printing were sanctioned. Mr. Perry said he would consent for judgment for the 1000 _ pads, whilst denying any legal liability. The eommitteo had previmisly, offered a settlement on this basis. \ ' Mr. M'Gratli remarked that the committee thought it utterly improper to ; have paid the account under dispute out of its Carnival funds. Judgment was given for plaintiff by consent by the Magistrate for £25 Is. 5(1., less £6 13s. Id. paid nito Court. ■ In respect ,to defendants M'Gratli,' Ryan, and Pfaff, a nonsuit would be entered. Costs totalling £5 4s. were allowed. A RESERVED JUDGMENT. . , Reserved judgment was delivered by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the case Albert Sanderson Collins v. J„ Martyn Humo and .Rossmore .C. "Wilson, in which plaintiff, claimed £180 damages from defendants, being the difference in value of COO preference 'shares in the Westport-Stookton Coal Company, Ltd., which piaintifF alleged were sold to him by defendants, and 600 ordinary shares which defendants had tendered to him. The Magistrate thought plaintiff had failed to prove the contract, the breach of wlrich was.the foundation of his claim. Plaintiff would be nonsuited with costs £8 4s. At the hearing, Mr. A. W. Blair appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. T. Young and Mr. Sladden for defendants. Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., reserved his decision in the civil dispute Henry Arclidalo Godfrey v. J. E. Fitzgerald, a claim for £2 12s. DEFAULT DEBTORS'LIST. Judgment was given for plaintiff by default by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the following undefended civil cases: —W. H. Nash v. Walter Grey, £1 16s. 10d., costs 10s.; Lewis Banks and Co. V..H. H. Shaw, £4 Bs. 6d;, .costs 10s.; Van Staverien Bros. v. United Friendly Society . (Napier), £9 16s. 6d.,'costs Bs,; Frederick L. Dean v. Harold OliVer, £4, costs 10s.; Magnus Sanderson, and Co.' v. Frank Pierce, £1- 45., costs 10s.; A. E. IBudd v. P. P. Stevens, 18s'., costs 65.; Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hard-', ware C 0.,; Ltd., v. Carol Hioth, £17 2s. 3d., costs £1 3s. ; Wm. Campbell, Ltd., v. Michael John Hogan, £3 9s. 7d., costs 125.; H. E. Robertshaw 1 v. C. Croucher, £3 10s. 3d., costs 10s.; Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., v. < Mrs; A. Cruden, £1 9s. 4d., costs 55.; Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., v. T. P. Hewitt, £1 7s. 4d., costs 10s.; E. 0. Johnson v. Peter Petersen,- £6, costs £1 4s. 6d.; A'. W. and F. C. : Brailsford v. C. Taylor, £1 lis. 10d., costs ss.'; Edwin George Jellicoe v. Albert Scott, £1 55., costs os.; City Council v. Estate of Wm. Mitchell, £13 16s. "4d., costs 155.; same v. Edward Bloomfleld, £3 4s. costs Bs.; Wm. Henry James y. Francis Cooper, £1 13s. 9d., costs 55.; Jolm Norton v. H. E. Sommerville, £5 4s. 2d., costs £1 3s. 6d. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. , H. Wlate was ordered to pay. £5 9s. 4tf. to Herb. Price by September Sl, in default five days' imprisonment; B. Rhodes, ordered to pay £1 12s. to W. Phillips and Son, in instalments of 3s. per week, first payment on September 13; Robert Glennie, ordered to pay £13 13s. ,6d. to Edward Ewart-Welsh; by instalments of £2 per month, first payment on September' 13.