RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2611, 30 June 1871, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

This Day; (Before A. 0. Strode, Esq., R.M.) Civil Cases. Morecombe v. Lumb.—Llo. This was one of the cases in which the defendant, in his capacity as a revenue officer, seized a barrel of beer under misapprehension as to the interpretation of the Licensing Ordinance. Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount, with costs. Ficller v. Porter.—L3, for coals supplied Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs. Black v. Francis —LB Os 3d. Judgment by default for the plaintiff. Scoular v. Hudson—L42 17s lid. Judgment by default for the plaintiff, with costs. Tairoa v. Harwood.—L7loa. Mr Holmes for the plaintiff. The case was adjourned for a fortnight. Fraser v. Cunningham.- L2O. This was a claim for damage done to fences and herbage, through trespass, at Kaikorai. Mr Bathgate for the plaintiff; Mr Howorth for the defendant. The litigants occupy adjoining properties between which there is no complete feface, as the plaintiff asserted, because the defendant would not agree to pay his half of the cost. The plaintiff slid the defendant had a bull of very bad character — a regular fence breaker. Plaintiff put up a stack of hay on his own land, and the bull with a bad character used to lead the way to the hay stack, and the cows followed him, a> d horses followed the cows, and they eat the hay and trampled down the herbage, and devoured the “foggage.” Then the bull with a bad character set the example and {lulled down hay whereon to make a bed to ie, and the wicked red bull and the cows and the horses used to lay down and spo:l the'hay. Several witnesses were excamined on each side. His Worship said very much had been said about fencing, wh : ch in his opinion had nothing to do with the ques txon, as every owner of cattle was bound to keep them from damaging his neighbors’ land. Judgment for the plaintiff, L 6, and costs. Fish v. Tootteel.—Llß 12s 6d, balance of account. Judgment by default for the plaintiff for the amount, with costs.