MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1706, 23 March 1906, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

UNDEFENDED OASES. (Before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M.) In the following undefended oasea judgment was given for the plaintiffs with costs:—Adolphus Jaoob Zaohariah (Mr •Bright) v. John Stevenson Pearson, balanoe of claim £1 6s, oosts £1 2i Sd : Ha!lenstein Bros. (Mr Burke) v. Patrick Evan, 7s 6d, oosts 9a; Robert Colebrook (Mr Blair) v. Kapuraroe, claim £7 19s Id, M- 6d ! same v. Tarapubi, olaim £5 13s 9d, oosts £1 17b 6d. Judgment by consent was given in the case of Bennett and Sherratt (Mr Lysnar) v. Wacta Kuamt or Goodnight (Mr Coleman) for £lO 16s 4d, costs £1 ISs 6d; T. J. Cassidy (Mr Blair) v. Etemi Whakarau, claim #320 14s. costs j£3 Bs. JUDGMENT SUMMONS CASES. Orders for payment were granted in the 08868 : —Eossbotham and SeafteYV,. (Mr T. Coleman) v. Patriok Mooney, immediate payment of debt £8 16s, or four days imprisonment; Adolphus Jaoob Zaohariah (Me Bright) v. Chas. J. Adama ° D - be 80CQ £5 8s 6J, or six'days; J. MoKee (Mr T. Ooleman) v. Wm. C. Whitw 0la )“ £ L 3 i s r s ld ' oc 14 days ; Fred Web'ey (Mr F.W. Nolan) v. Jas. Boles, oUnn fl 2s 6d, or two days; Robert Colebrook (Mr Blair) v. Albert Norman Nicholson, claim 4126 17s sd, or 27 days. LAND AND INCOME TAX, «r aßo K? f Oom missioner of Taxei iff fwv V -' olaD) Vt William Webb, plaiotiil claimed judgment under seotion 6 o. the Land and Inoome Tax Act, on e ground that the notice of defence was not suthoient. His Worship said that b« was loquired to enter judgment for plaintin for £1 15s, with oosts .£1 7a,

A LEASE DISPUTE. William Wood (Mr G Stock) sued Henry Cooper (Mr J. W. No'au), claim for y s > ar J atD S over the leasing of a section u ,a °f n kQowa as Whatatuna, containing about 30 acres. Plaint ff claimed fora stack of hay, possession of whioh he alleged he was wrongfully deprived, also possession of the land during an unexpired term of hia tenancy. Aftor hearing the evidence of both par10s the plaintiff was nonsuited, with cost# ±3 lbs. A SURVEYOR’S CLAIM.

A Porde Matthowe, surveyor (Mr Blair) 0 aimed £3 3s from Archibald MoPhail, sheopfarmer (Mr Stock) for re-establishing corner pegs on defendant’s property at Mangapapa. For tho defence, defendant maintained that he bad only requested plaintiff to run a chain around the property and ascertain tho area, and plaintiff naa offered to do the work for 10c<. His Worship gavo judgmont for plaintiff for the amount olaimed, remarking that defendant might have made a mistake about the arrangement to do the work for 10s. Plaintiff could not, uuder the surveyors' regulations, charge loss than three guineas. Oosts amouniing 10 .£2 2s were allowed, WORKMEN’S LIEN ACT.

La the case of Arthur Wade and Frederick William Gray v. John Smith and John Soott, contractors, and David Ernest Leslie, a claim for £69 10s under the Workmen s Lien Aot of 1892, an adjournment was granted until this worm log.