MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 127, 15 February 1918, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

LOSSES THROUGH A SLOTMACHINE.

The New Zealand Slot Macliino Company, Ltd., for whom Mr. E. M. Bcechcy appeared, proceeded against W. Harnier, proprietor of the Foxton Picture Theatre, to recover £21 19s. Bd., tho value of goods supplied and cost of delivering same. Defendant counterclaimed for £4 9s. 4d. The Magistrate dismissed the coun-ter-claim, and found for the plaintiff for the sum of £9 14s. with costs. A DENTIST'S CASE. Frost and Frost, dentists, for whom Mr. 11. F. von Haast appeared, sued William Budd, represented by Mr. J. M. Dale, to recover 10s. 6d. for a pair of springs to a set of teeth made by plaintiff for defendant. Plaintiff stated that the springs were very seldom used, but that they were necessary in Budd's case.

The defendant said the teeth he had previously had no springs, and fitted satisfactorily. ' He had since consulted anothef dentist, who said the teeth would have to be remodelled and the springs taken out. Judgment was given for plaintiff on the ground that he was a qualified dentist, and no expert evidence had been called for the defence. UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment- was given for plaintiff by default in. the following cases:— Johnson and Co., Ltd., v. E. P. Lawrence, £10 18s. lid., costs £1 l!)s. (id.; Osmond and Sons (N.Z.), Ltd., v. H. T. Avery, 155., costs 155.; Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., v. R. Kidson, £17 las. lid., costs £110s. 6d.: Smith and Smith, Ltd., v. Victor Owlor, :S'2 10s., costs 10s.; Gaetano Vadala v. Mrs. R. Finderup, lis,, costs 65.; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.. v. 11. Spackman, £4 2s. lOd., costs 10s.; same v. JI. Wilson, £7 lis., costs £1 3s. 6d.j Veitch ?nd Allan v. H. D. Harris, £7 3s. 4d.. costs £1 3s. 6d.; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., v. J. Hogan, £3 18s. 4d., costs 10s.; 0. Jscobson v. D. N. Smith, £4 45., costs lis,; Commercial Agency and Thomas Morton, Ltd., v. K-G. Webby, £1 3s. 10d., costs 55.; Wright, Stephenson and Co. v. Stanley Bennett, £9 75., costs £1 17s. 6d.; A. S. Patcrson and Co., Ltd., v. T. H. Nixon, £175 lGs. fld., costs £7 17s. 9(1.; Donnelly and Sou v. Joseph Peters, £5 Is. Bd.. costs £1 Os. 6d.: Oonimprci,\] Aconov and F. Cooper Ltd., v. Tl, Autohi, £8 13s. Ctl., costs £i Bs. fid.