RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2221, 20 June 1870, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Tms Day. (Before A. C. Strode, Esq., R, M.) Civil Cases. Dickenson v. Jllake—L4 2s Cd. Judgment by default for the amount. Hay v. Petrie—Ls 3s. Judgment by default for the amount. Watson and Gow v, Yardlay—L6 10s. The plaintiff was non-suited, the wrong party having been sued. Greenwood v. Hislop—Ls. This was a disputed account for work and labor done in repairing a drain that had fallen in at the Otago Hotel. Tho claim was resisted on the ground of overcharge, and that more had been done than ordered. It appeared that Mr Court of tho Otago Hotel employed the defendant to ascertain whether the drain was choked, and if so, to remove the obstruction. The defendant employed tho plaintiff, as it was a nlidilman’s job. His Worship considered that the work having been done the account ought to he pgid, as the plaintiff had been employed tq ascertain the cause of the water flowing into the hotel, he naturally concluded he was to repair the damage. Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount with costs, Twenty cases set down for hearing were settled out of Court or withdrawn. The Court then adjourned to Wednesday morning.