MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2575, 24 September 1915, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL CASES Considerable' argument of! a technical' nature was heard in a civil dispute which came before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, H. CI. Anderson and Co., engineers, claiming from Halforil and Company, electrical engineers,. of Gisborne, the sum of .£53 lis. 7d. This' amount wao made up of ,£lO 16s. Jd. for adjusting an electric motor; . ill IBs. 6d.' due on a promissory note, drawn' by defendants in favour of plainthe- note having been dishonoured on presentment for payment on due date, and the sum of 12s. Sid. as interest. Mr. T. i'oung appeared for plaintiffs awl Mr. T. Neave for defendants. The defence set up .was to the effect that the motor supplied hy Anderson and Co. would not do the work it was represented to do, and when complaint was made plaintiffs agreed to supply another motor and did not do so.

The' case was adjourned to to-day for legal argument. Reserved judgment was delivered by Mr. W. G. Riddel], S.}[„ in the case, C. Pratt and Co., Ltd., King's Chambers, Wellington, v. the M.A.P. Stores, general storekeepers, .Morton, a claim for .£23 9s. 2d., being commission at 10 per cent, on accounts totalling .£234 Us. lid., given by defendant to plaintiff for collection. The 1 Magistrate. gave judgment for plaintiff for -£2 lGs. 9d., with costs .£1 12s. Mr.A. Dunn appeared for plaintiffs, and P.. H. Putnam for defendants. DEFAULT DEBTORS' LIST. Judgment was given for' plaintiff by default by Mr. : W. G. ltiddell, S.M., in the following undefended civil coses:— Veitch and Allan v. Donald M'Giltivray, JJS. Bs. lid., costs £1 4s. 6d.; same v. Wm. White, £'i 14s. 7d., costs lis.; Carlylo Beatson Robertson (assigneo of the estate of Archibald W.' Crawford) v. E. Johansou,.-i£3 lis. 5d., costs iil; Commercial Agency, Ltd., assignees, and J. Murray, assignor, x. Arthur Richards, ,£5 16s. 7d.,' costs wfil 3s. 6d.; Smith and Smith, Ltd., v. Mrs. Millie - Mahnersl'ey (against separate estate), Is. ld.i costs lis.; Commercial • Agency,' Ltd., assignees, and J. W. Murray, assignor, vj R. Matenga, .£5 19s. (id., costs .£lßs. Gd.; Sharland and Co., Ltd., v. H. G. Houldsworth, £2 155., costs 10s.; Colonial' Carrying Co. of N.Z: ; , Ltd., v. Jas. Fredk., Cornish, Bs. costs; N.Z. Acetylene Gas C 0.,. Ltd.,. v. A. Reade, .£8 ss. 3d., costs ill Bs. 6d.; E. Rosenberg and Co., v.- Wm. White, <£6 6s, lid., costs wSI 3s. 6d,; Miller- and Ahearn v. Cecil B. Wales and Arthur J. Barber, trading as Bedell and Co., .6121 19s. lid., costs 35.; Vacuum Oil Co. Propy., Ltd., v. P. G. Guy, 10s. 4d., .costs 195.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., assignees, and F. Gillanders, assignors, v. .J.- Philips, £2 13s, Bd.i' costs 105..; same v. Ogilvie Bros., - 195,/ costs <£1 17s. 6d.; Vacuum Oil Co. Propy;, Ltd., v.. F. Keating, £& lis. 4;'„ costs M 3s. 6d.j Messrs. J. U.dl and Co. v. H. Wiggins, £1 6s. Bd., oosts.ss.

. JUDGMENT SintMO'vS. C. Ayers was ordered to pay Caselberg and Co., Ltd., <£W 135,, by October 7, in default 14 days' imprisonment. In the claim brought. by'.Violet Tiller atfaiiiEt Herbert Wigg for possession of'a, ling at £i, ■ judgment was given for the return of ■ - the ring before September 20 or to pay plaintiff £1 2s. 6d., with costs Gs. POLICE CASES. (Before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M.) Edmund Hill was remanded to September 30 on a chaTge of disobeying a maintenance order. Bail was allowed in .£SO. Stanley Mathias and Thos. Mallet were each ordered to pay I7s. Gd., the'cost of curative treatment on charges of helpless drunkennass. Mary Barclay was sent to gaol for six months on a charge of being a rogue and a< vagabond. For drunkenness William Dennehy and Robert Matthews were each fined 205., in default three days' imprisonment. Several first offenders were dealt with;.