Magistrate's Court.

Manawatu Herald, 7 September 1895, Page 3

Magistrate's Court.

(Before R. L. Stanford. Esq.. S.M.) Thursday, September 5. CIVJL. B. Gray v. W. Hamer.— Claim £1 17s 63. Mr Bay appeared for plain • yiff. Judgment for plaintiff for lOd, without costs. * C. A. Harrison v. Nepia te Rau. — Olaim £6 ss. Judgment for plaintiff by default for amount claimed and costs, JfSf^'" W. |Hwe v. John Anderson. — Claim.WWs 9d. Defendant filed counterclaim for £6 13s Hd. Judgment for counter claimant for £4 17s ljd, costs, 395, Mr Moore appeared for plaintiff and Mr Kay for defendant. Alex. Munrov. William Dunoan. — Olaim, £8. Judgment for plaintiff for £6 10a, costs, £4 Bs. Mr Moore appear^- ibr plaintiff and Mr Bay for defendant. Thos.' Westwood & Co. v. H. Buckle.— Claim, £6 15s 3d. Judgment by default for plaintiff for amount claimed, costs Bs. M. Moynihan v. J. Gordon. — Claim, '$2 (dishonoured cheque) Judgment for plaintiff by default for amount claimed, costs, ss. Thos. Weetwood & Co. v. Thos. Lme.— Claim, £6 19s lid. Judg<> ment for plaintiff for amount olaimed, coats Ba. JUDOMKNT SUMMONS. Thoß. Weatwood & Co. v. B. An* drew.-uOlaim, £5 16s 4d. Judgment debtor did not|appear. Ordered to pay £4 16s 4d by instalments of £1 a month. G. Nye (executor of late C. Honor^ v. Wirimu Hemara. - Claim, £81 18s 6d. This was a judgment given HW . 16th December, 1886. Judgment debtor pleaded Statute of Limitations, and stated that Messrs Baker and jQooke, solicitors. Palmer* ston Norjhi had advised him to do so. He refused to answer any guess tions touching the means he had to pay the debt, and asked that a letter sent to the Clerk of the Court be produced £ which was granted, and read as follows :— NYB2 f t* WIWMU HeMABA.— The defendant has consulted us in reference to this judgment summons. We are surprised that the summons should Hbate been issued at all, aa the da$ J J>l original judgment puts the case outside the Statutes of Limitations by a long time. The defendant has also not had any conduct money tendered to him. Will you please take immediate steps towards having summons withdrawn. (Signed) Baker & Cookk. The. Magistrate ruled that judgment debtor must answer questions that he bad been r <rrongly advised, that a judgment held good for twenty years. Judgment debtor still refused to answer any questions touching his means.

The ease was adjourned till next courtday to enable Measrs Baker and Cooke to appear for defendant. John R. Stansell v. W. White.— Claim, £9 18s 6d. Adjourned to Palmerston North for hearing on 18th hist, (An important ease W. E. Gas* coigne v. B. Hannah & Co., will appear in our next issue.)