RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CHRISTCHURCH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 79, 10 July 1852, Page 10

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CHRISTCHURCH.

(Before Capt. Simeon, and a ve^fft ench of Magistrates.) G. Jackson v. W. F. Worslei/.~The Plaintiff saul-I own a piece of land in Fendall-ToW which I fenced m. Mr. Worsley has two bSl* so wild .that my wife is afraid to go from the house: they have broken down my fence,and cows have followed and injured my mods tn* ~ n£ s 5, 7d., as valued b/SVSit 6 J^i^l^^i know that these Jackson-He owns them. I W ent to Mr Worsley, who said he would come and settle matters with me. ettle havfyou? 11601^1^ deSCripti° n of *™ Jackson—A ditch and bank fence, 4ft 6in wide and 5 ft. 6 in. high with piles' on the top of the bank, and rails along the tops of tfo pies it is fencedl all round, the piles P are from 3 to 6 inches m diameter, and the rails from 1 to 4, and from 1 to 2 feet above the bank Henry Cleaver, sworn— affCkp?" Simeon-What do you know of this

Cleaver—Please your worship I demand my expenses. •> B*°2* £ whant~Se7 ""^ d° J °U *>* .™K,X'' 6s-a da'-ri^-The witness was allowed 7a. 6d., and then proceeded to say-that he saw Mr. Voider? bull go into Jackson's garden ; he described the sontintself!^ "*" ** mentioaed JackMr. Wm. Wilson—The amount of damaee I swear to be a true and fair valuation—it is from personal inspection—l hold land, 26 acres, and consider the fence described, sufficient for any ordinary purpose. J hif ie n/i all/? d ? r' HiU were on behalf of the defendant—to shake the evidence given as to the dimensions of the ditch and bank, but the Court considered the fence sufficient, and gave judgment for plaintiff. Joyce v.Blackiston.—This case was not settled last Saturday, for the present action was brought to recover £13 10s. for hire of the horse. Mr. Dampier appeared for defendant, and having very minutely examined witnesses, addressed the Court at great length—when he was interrupted by Captain Simeon, who said the Bench were unanimous in their opinion, that the horse was quite unfit for the purpose it had been hired, and they should therefore dismiss the case. l .j?"™**'-B^rum--- Cattle trespass; injury pTatntiff. s** WaS undefended 5 judgment for Charles Young v. J. B. Tuson.— PlaintiiFwas a sawyer at Papanui; he sold a heap of slabs and edging to Mr. Tuson for £4, the heap; Mr. Tuson paid down 10s. on the bargain, and had removed a great part of it. Witnesses were examined to prove that the heap was exactly in the state Mr. Tuson had left it. Defendant denied this, and declared that some slabs had been taken away for mating a bridge. The bench having consulted, gave judgment for plaintiff, with costs. G. Stevens v. Thomas Young.— Cattle trespass ; injury laid at £3. As some doubt existed aS ,i°q f s^eney °f the fence, it being a sod T- ?•«-Q 6 nin\ hlgh ' JudS«ient was given for plaintiff, 305., half the amount claimed.