Feilding S.M. Court.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 36, 10 August 1895, Page 2

Feilding S.M. Court.

Friday, August 9th, 1895. Before Mr E. L. Stanford, S.M. William Light v. W. E. Wilson ; claim £2 9s. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed, with costs 6s. Barraud and Abraham v. W. E. Wilson ; claim L 3 3a. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs ss, solicitor's fee sa. J. A W. Towers v- F. Coyle ; claim L 6 10s. Mr L. E. Eeade f or;plaintiff . Judgment for amount claimed, with costs 13s, solicitors' fee, 15s 6d. W. A. Sandilands v. E. Hunt; claim L 4 11s. Judgment for amount claimed, with costs 6s. J. Long v. T. Hammond ; claim L 32 la lOd. Mr Sandilanda for plaintiff, and Mr Esam for defendant. Judgment for plaintiff by consent, with costs 30a, solicitor's fee 31s. T. H. Whiehaw, dog tax collector for Manawatu County v. J. Smith ; claim ss, registration fee for two doga. Fined 10s, with costs of court 7s, and ordered to pay registration fee. Same v. E. Smith ; a claim for 2s 6d, registration fee for one dog". Fined 10s, and ordered to register dog. Same v. Jos. Birchley; claim for I registration of three dogs. Fined 10s, and costs 7s. Same v. J. Woulfe ; a claim for registration fee of one dog. In the case the accused destroyed the dog when applied for the registration fee. The case was dismissed. Same v. James Temperley ; a claim for registration fee of three dogs. Fined 10s, with costs 24s 6d. | Half of the fine in each of the cases brought. by the Dog Registrar to be paid to informant.] A. Eade v. S. P. Hodge ; claim £4 Bs. Mr Prior for plaintiff. Judgment by confession, and an order was made that the amount be paid at the rate of £1 per month. J. Miller v. E. Somerville ; claim £5 9s lOd. Judgment for amount, with costs 16s. T. H. Bredin v. R. Somerville ; claim 19s. Judgment for amount claimed, with costs 6s. William Burke v. Donald McKenzie ; claim £20 10s. • Mr Reade for plaintiff, and Mr Sandilands for defendant. This was a claim for wages for labor done, the original claim being for £35 5s 63, against which defendant claimed a contra of .£32 Is 6d, several items in which plaintiff disputed. The balance of £3 4s, admitted by defendant, was paid into Court. The plaintiff, E. F. Eagar, S. M. Smith and J. Woodcock, gave evidence in support of the claim. D. McKenzie and John Buckman gave evidence for the defence. In giving judgment His Worship allowed £9 5s 6d of the contra claim put in by defendant, judgment being given for the plaintiff for .£ll 4s 6d, including the £3 4s paid into Court, with costs of Court 245, witnesses' expenses 365, solicitor's fee 28s. C. Evans v. H. H. Bilderbeck; claim £3 7s 6d. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff, and Mr Reade for defendant. The claim was for a suit of clothes made for R. Bilderbeck, defendant's son who is twenty years of age, The defence was that the father was not liable for the son's debt as the latter was entirely supporting himself. His Worship thought it was a mistake to sue the father for the debt of a grown up son. Judgment was given for defendant, with solicitor's fee 21s. This was all the business, and the Court adjourned.