CIVIL BUSINESS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 61, 5 December 1919, Page 3

CIVIL BUSINESS

CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF RENT. Isabella Agnea Cousins sued W. A. Jones for arrears of rent amounting to £10 10a. 4d, before Mr. ,W. G. Riddell, o.M Plaintiff's case was that defendant entered into possession of her house in 1914 at a weekly rental of' .Si. The rent was raised to 225. Cd. per week in 1915, as the defendant was irregular in his payments. The defendant had paid riu ®i' , .P er wet. hut had got behind, i ( ' e '® DCS was' that the capital value of the place was set down at ,£550, and the standard rent would'be 17s. 6d. per week. _ Prior to the defendant going into possession the l'ent wns 17s; Cd, per week, but had been raised twice. After Valuing the evidence His Worship held that' although 225. Gd. per week was paid defendant was not stopped' from raising the defence of "excess of standard rent. , ? standard was 17s. Gd., and therefore plaintiff could not succeed in a. claim for arrears on a rental of 225. Gd. Plaintiff would be nonsuited. Mr, C. A. L, Treadwell appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. C. B. O'Doanell for the defendant. DISPUTE OVIETN OIL ENGINE. • Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., George Sheffield, of Trentham, and B. I. Low,proceeded against N. Jack, engineer, on a claim for m 18s. 6d, . Plaintiffs in support of their claim said that in April last defendant agreed to effect repairs to an oil engine which was used in connection with plaintiffs', moving picture shtytf at Trentham Camp. The engmo was returned but only worked for a few days, when it again' broke down and it was sent for repairs to another firm. These repairs took 23 days and cost £15 18s. Gd., during which time tho ■picturo :show had to he closed down. Plaintiffs' olaim was made up of the-cost of these Tepairs and loss 1 of business. Oa November 4 last Jack sued Sheffield for the', cost of repairing the engine and Sheffield counter-claimed for the present amount, but was nonsuitd. The defence was that the, work ■ wns saUsfaotorily done in accordance with instructions. The stoppage of the engine was due to the want of a hot air installation; which. defendant advised plaintiff to get. _At this stage the case was adjourned till Tuesday next. Mt. llanle appeared for the plaintiffs and Sir, A. 31. Salek for the defendant. POSSESSION OF TENEMENTS. Robina Charman asked the Court to mako an order, for possession of a tenement known as No. 87 Rintoul Street, at present occupied by J. B. Stroobant. Plaintiff also claimed rent and mesno profits amounting to <£2 15s. The Magistrate (Mr. E. Page, S-M.) refused the order on the ground that the ejectment of tho defendant would cause undue hardship. The defendant had a family of ten, including seven young children, one of whom was ill. Sir. E. M. Beecliey appeared for the-plaintiff and Mr. G. Or. . Watson'for the-defendant. Thomas Edward Hogarth, waterside worker, applied to the Court for an order for the possession of a house, known as No. 113 Northland Road, at present occupied by George Douglas, lab. ourer. Plaintiff desired the house for his own possession. After hearing the evidence the Magistrate (Mr. E. Pace, S.M.) granted the order and allowed tho defendant till January sto quit. Mr. H. Putnam appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. J. A. Scott for the defendant. Walter Grace was ordered to give un possessioa of a tenement known as 27 Marion Street to Matthew Ledger, taxi proprietor, by December 21, and to pay costs M Is. JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. ■ Judgment for plaintiff bv default was given by Mr. W. G. Riddell. S.M., in the following undefended cases: Osmond and Son (N.Z.), Ltd., v. F. Evans, ',£2 55., costs IDs.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., and Wright and Witt v. L. R. Abraham, £70, costs Motor 'Import Co., Ltd. v. C. V/. Ancell, .£1 75., costs ' only; Lazarus Wolfe Balkind v. Susan Thomas, ,£ls 125., costs \£l 13s. Gd.; James A. Doherty v. R, Morris, £9 10s., costs ,£1 3s. Gd.; John Chambers and Son, Ltd., v. Donald Munro. £12 7s. 3d., co3fs £1 10s. Gd.; Lararus AVolfe Balkind v. Alfred Churchill and Edith Churchill, £1. 35., costs 125.; same v. Cecil John Wright and R.uth Wright, 18s. Bd., costs 125.; same v. Martha Bolton, 135., costs 65.; Commercial Agency, Ltd., and J Myers and Co., Ltd., v. H. Crosland, lis. Id., costs ,£2 175.; Hooper and Thompson v.' J. Wright, £3 9s„ costs 12s.