Feilding S.M. Court.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 121, 20 November 1896, Page 2

Feilding S.M. Court.

THIS DAY. (Before Mr K. L. Stanford, S.M.) | Barraad land Abraham v. Gustave j Kruger, claim M 18s Bd. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff- Judgment for amount claimed with costs 12s and solicitor's fee ss. D. Henderson v. M. McGrath ; claim £1 17s l£d. Mr Reade for plaintiff. Judgment for amount claimed with costs 7s. J. H. Richardson v. G. F. Hunt ; claim £10. Mr Hagsjitt tor plaintiff. Judgfor amount claimed with costs 8s and solicitor's tec 15s fid. Later in the day an application for a re-hearing was granted in this caso on the application of Mi? Prior for the defendant, judgment having been given by default in the absence of defendant. This case was eet down for hearing on December 18th. Jos. Darragh v. T. A. Howell ; claim fc2 7s. Mr Ha^'gitt for plaintiff and Mr Reade for defendant. Judgment for amount claimed with costs 5s and solicitor's fee ss. Palmer and Go. v E. Fnrniss ; claim £8 12s. Mr Reade for plaintiff. Judgment for amount claimed with costs os and solicitor's ice sa. The evidence of W. Lan^lans was taken in the case John Reid and Co. v. Dixon and IJorsnel! claim £'31 19s. Mr Langlans who was the manager for the defendants, was examined at length by Mr Sandilands, who appeared for defendants, Mr Richmond appearing for plaintiffs. This was a case to be de cided iv Aackhmd, Lallans' evidence only being taken here, and it appeared from the evidence that the claim arose out of a transaction in connection with the purchase of a quantity of timber which was supposed to be supplied at Wanganui at a certain price, but for which a higher price than agreed on was charged, tbe defendants refusing on these grounds to take delivery of the timber. It was then arranged that the defendants were to be supplied at the price originally agreed to, but in the meantime the timber was put on the trucks at Wanganui and consigned to Waitara by the captain of the scow which brought it to Wanganui. After some correspondence between the parties to the suit and consequent delay defen--1 dants procured timber elsewhere and ' refused to take the timber from plaintiffs, C. A. Knapp v. Jos. Smith ; claim £5 4s. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. The ' amount haviug been paid into court without notice having been given to the ' plaintiff's solicitor, Mr Sandilands applied lor solicitor's fee, which was 1 allowed, amounting to 18s 6d. ' John Wing v. J. S. Palmer; claim £"6 ' Bs. Mr Reade for defendant, plaintiff ' not having a solicitor to appear for him. '' This was a claim for the recovery of an ! amount alleged to be due for wages at 5s ' a week, plaintiff admitting that nothing ' was said about wages when defendant ! took over the hotel. Mrs Oliver, the | former licensee and proprietor of the hotel was examined as to her arrangement with J. Wing, whom she provided • with his keep and whatever he required, ' but paid no wages although she gave him £5 when she let the hotel. The [ defendant depied having agreed to pay plaintiff any wages but was willing and ' did provide him with whatever he required. 1 His Worship, in giving judgment for defendant, said be was satisfied Mr ; Palmer bad dealt fairly and liberally ! with plaintiff . (Left sitting).