WAIPAWA R.M. COURT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3723, 21 June 1883, Page 3

WAIPAWA R.M. COURT.

Wednesday, June 20

(Before Captain Prcece, It.M.) CLAIM FOB WAGES.

Bony r. "Watts. —Claim of £12, alleged balance of wages due. Mr Guy for defendant. Plaintiff and defendant both agreed that in February last an agreement was arrived at between tho parties by which Berry undortook to plough for Watts at 12s per acre. Plaintiff said defendant agreed to take a mowing machine, valued at £12, as part payment, and defendant denied that he agreed to take anything but cash. Defendant also stated that he agreed to pay 12s per acre only on the understanding that tho machine was taken as part payment, as otherwise he would only have paid 10a. His Worship said there was no real evidence of an agreement to tako tho machine, and gave judgment for £6 15s, being amount claimed, less 2s per acre deducted from tho total payraonts. RENT DISPUTE. McKcnzio v. Matheson. —Claim of J57 10s for rent alleged to be due. Mr Guy for plaintiff, and Mr Lascolles for defendant. Mr Lascelles put in what he described as a "most extraordinary document" on behalf of his client. It purported to be an agreement by which defendant bound himself to supply plaintiff with board and residence, in lieu of rent for seven acres of land with a house on it, or to pay him £16 per annum in cash if he would go and live in Scotland. Judgment was entered up nominally for defendant, it being understood that some equitablo arrangement would be at once negotiated between tho parties by their respective counsel. DISHONORED CHEQUE. Livingstone v. Shepherd.—Claim of £67 on a dishonored cheque. Judgment for plaintiif by default.