RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Star, Issue 3891, 13 August 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Fkibat, August 13. (Before./. Bathgate, iv.nf.) Swannell v. M‘E wen.—His Worship gave judgment in this case, heard last week. Pjaintiff was driving a single horse, with a meat cart carrying about a ton weight down the road at a sharp trot without a brake being on the cart. The road was particularly narrow. At the tam time the defendant’s man was coming up aloiviy with a cart, loaded with gravel, drawn by two horses; and before defendant could d raw up a collision occurred, for which plaidtiff sought t« recover 1.50 as damages. His W.n ihip held that by the exercise of ordinary ct; on the part of the plaintiff the accident v Inch _led to his injury would have been avoided. Judgment was therefore given for with co^ts.

Judgment was given for plaintiffs in the following cases Mich. Cunningham v, Thomas otei-hens (Tuapeka), L 6 19s 6d, cash lent and goods sold; James Hid v. Alex. Stuart (law Chris), f 8, watch supplied ; Oliver and Ulph ▼ Pearce, LBO 5i 7d ; Isaacs and Marks v. Hammond. L 5; Samuel Millington v. Daniel Hughes, Ll3 19i Id (Lls sued for), Eliza immonds r. the New Zealand Company Claim of Lll ss, damages through five weeks’ detention of luggage at Lyttelton.— Mr Mouat appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Stout d fended —Plaintiff, a barmaid, deposed that she was a passenger by the steamer Wellington, fom Wei ing ton to Port Chalmers, on Maich 3 I tst. Her box w..a landed at Lyttelton without her authority ; and as it contained he: testimonial clothes, and money she could not ap <ly for a situ,it on.—Thomas vi' Gee, chief • -tficer of .he s.s. VVellington, remembered th> p.air, tiif asking Irm when at 1 ,yttelton to get he !,ox. in or-lerth .t .he might visit Christ.-huo t< W itnes- gave instrnct o .s to have the box lift cl fmm the hold, and b- Leved the plaintiff took i* ashoie. He afterwards had the boxfoiw.rded to P 'rc Ch liners —Judgment was reserved. a t e.u Hart v, 8. '» e Beer and Co.—Claim of L‘22 7a. chairs supplied.—Mr E. C«..1. app.: >re.| for plaintiff,.and Mr Joyce defended, i l;s eld that the amices suppHewe.e i T rior to those contracted for, and gav* judgment for defendant with costs.