RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2472, 18 January 1871, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

This Day,

(Before A. G, Strode, Esq., R.M.)

Civil Cases,

Dick v. Arnot. -A claim for Lls 10s Gd, for work and labor done. Judgment by default for the plaintiff. Edmond v. Ogilvie.—Ll 3s. for good? sold and delivered. Judgment by default for the plaintiff. Dunedin Water Works Company v. West. —LS 12s Gd, a claim for water rates. Judgment for the plaintiffs by default. Lumb v. M'Kellar.-—L.4 17s Gd. This was a claim for fees for shipping seamen. Judgment by default for the plaintiff. Long v. Sinnett. —Ll7 10s 9d, for breaking road metal. Mr Harris for tbe plaintiff; Mr Barton for the defendant. In evidence, the plaintiff said that in March last he agreed with the defendant to break stmes at 2s 2d per yard. Nothing was said about the gnage, nor about the work being subject to inspection of any sort. No complaint was made during the progress of the work, and it was paid for when finished. After an interval of three months, plaintiff agreed to break an additional quantity of stones at Is lOd per yard. No conditions of gunge measurement or inspection were made. For tbe defence, it wa? urged that the stone was not broken to the proper gnage, and that the Government inspector had refused to pass tbe metal.

(Left silting.)