Feilding R.M. Court

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 107, 2 November 1893, Page 2

Feilding R.M. Court

THIS DAY. ' (Before Mr Brabant, R.M.) W. G. Haybittle v. G. H. Robinson ; claim £3 9s 6d. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with costs 20s Eager and Ran son v. Henry Jepsen ; | claim £12 6s 2d. Mr Reade for plain- | tiffs. Judgment by consent for amount ' claimed, with solicitor's fee 21s and ! cost* 255. E. H. Crabb r. Wm Sorby ; claim £12 18s 3d. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with costs £2 2s. A. L. Parr v. Wm C. Boyd ; claim £2 7s 6d. Mr Readtr for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs 16*. E. H. Crabb v. Ed Morns ; claim £2 12s. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs 6s. M Keen v. R. Somerville ; claim £1. No appearance of either party, aud the case was struck out. 11. K. Blundell, Inspector of Stock, charged Mark Beazer with naving sheep in his possession, on October 17, afflicted with lice Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, with costs 7s, it being a first offence. E. H. Crabb v. A. H. Atkinson ; claim | £25 lis 3d. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff, and Mr Richmond for defendant. The defence was that some of the goods were not ordered and were also overcharged. Ernes*; H. Crabb deposed : Was a farmer, but previously carried on business as a storekeeper at Waituna ; the goods supplied were on Mr Atkinson's order, with one exception (a bag of sugar) ; on several occasions defendant told plaintiff thnt if short of a load it could be made up with a bag of sugar or flour ; [plaintiff was examined at length as to various items in the account] the distance he had to pack was about 13 or 14 miles, and he considered the charges for packing, about 4s or 5s a load according to the stuff, were not too high ; it was a bridle track leading to defendant's place, which was fair in summer but bad in winter ; the first time the articles were disputed was about the middle of August or beginning of September ; defendant had opportunities to return the goods not ordered ; supplied the sugar on June 9th. and his packers had been in up to the 28th, but it had not been returned. (ro=sexiunined by Mr Richmond : Several accounts in the original bill were not in his books, and other items were in the books bnt not in the bill; did not authorise anyono to make out this account ; it was not his mistake ; usually charged 4s for packing his own goods, and as much as 6s a load for other people's. By the Bench : The wire disputed was sent up to a Mr Palmer, but as it was not the size ordered, and as Mr Atkinson had ordered some wire of the size in question, it was taken over by the latter ; was sure mx loads went into defendant about the time the latter was married, and those were tho packing charges ; as it was he had to fend two men with four horses; under ordinary circumstances he could send seven or eight of his own horses at once, but in this case he had to take special care (Lett Sitting.)