Feilding R.M. Court

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 76, 15 December 1892, Page 2

Feilding R.M. Court

♦ Tnis Day. (Before Mr Brabant, R.M.) F. S. Bassett v. Joseph Elliot ; claim JBI9 lis lOd. Mr Prior for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed with costs 20s and solicitor's fee 21s. William Stevens, v. Eliza Wright ; claim SLh. Mi Prior for the plaintiff. The claim was to recover possession of a cottage let by plaintiff to the defendant. Order made for possession to be given on or before the 22nd inst, with judgment for the sum of £5, costs of court 6s and solicitor's fee 21s. S. J. Thompson v. G. H. Robinson ; claim £7 12s lid. Mr Richmond for the plaintiff. Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs 10s, solicitor's fee 2 ls. H. S. Munro v. A. Munro; claim £32 6s sd, for amount due on a dishonored cheque. Mr Sandilands for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed, with £2 13s costs of court, and solicitor's fee £2 2s. W. G. Haybittle v. D. Carmichael; claim £18 18s 7d. Mr Sandilands for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed £18 18s 7d, with 33s costs of court, and solicitor's fee 21s. F. S, Bassett v.— Benny, alias Penhira ; claim £3 4s od, Mr Prior for the plaintiff, Defendant paid £1 into court. Judgment for the sum of £2 4s od, with 6s costs of court. Same v. Ruera te Nuku ; claim £2 3s 6d. Mr Prior for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed with 10s costs of court. S. J. Thompson v. T, M. Michell; claim £25 14s Id. Mr Richmond for the plaintiff, Mr Sandilands for the defendant. Judgment by confession for the amount claimed, with costs of court 255. Frank Gay y. John Belk ; claim £1 2s 6d. Mr Sandilands for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed, with costs of court 6d. George Richardson v, Frank Gay ; claim £55 10s. Mr Baker for the plaintiff. Mr Sandilands for the defendant, Plaintiff's claim was for the hire of a brake and coach, which he let to the defendant at 10s a week for each vehicle. The plaintiff deposed to the facts of the case, and the hiring of the articles to defendant. George Bradford gave evidence that he considered the charge made by the plaintiff would be a fair and reasonable one. A. L. Parr, deposed that it would cost about 40s to repair the coach; he considered the brake to be worth from £30 to £35 ; the coach, when new, would cost £80, or thereabouts. Mr Sandilands stated his defence was that the coach was the joint property of both parties. The plaintiff, whilst in the employ of Gay, ran the brake to Birmingham on his own account. No demand had eyer beeu made by the plaintiff, until the defendant had sued tho plaintiff for the sum of £20, amount due for furniture sold to the latter, F. Gay deposed : The earnings ought | to have been paid over to him and if any j takings were not so dealt with, the money I would be mis-appropriated ; on the 17th of February witness gave Richardson a cheque to meet a bill of £20 ; when his niece married the plaintiff witness did not make her a present of the furniture in his house ; at the time the brake was bought by Richardson for £IS, the latter had to lay out over L2O in repairing it. (Left Sitting.)