DISTRICT COURT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1492, 28 October 1885, Page 4

DISTRICT COURT.

. I /..v. „-.' this i>i^, , , V , ( ,v . . The following business wag set down for hearing: — • , CIVIL CASES. . Btlrd and Manghan (wages account) y. Arthur) J"ob^s(toije.-i-Clairjo, £124 4s Bd.— Before His Honor, Swaijpw. and Biddle (breach of con-' traci) .v. ' Clauueh and Neilßeri.-4-Claim, d£l6s.~Bef9*e a jury. Hammond (rtetefneyer's Estate "y^ JBaker.-rE(efore His Honor, v./ BANKRUPTOY. ;'V ' ApplioMiom for public examination, v. I Boore Bapmhirfa, \ Joieph ,Monteitli, v ' Qm>. E. Hiwltinß, J, L: R«^ Joh'nToad,

J. Llewellyn. H. Freeman, P. J. Miller, J. Kilkolly, Jus. Taylor. Application for "discharge and to close. : Ben Manson, Robt. Marsh, W. H. Bishop, Win. Campbell, Peter Pattison, Edward Ga§cioigne, 0.. Leigh j Jas. Bra* zier, Jeremiah Corkery, ; Jbhn Poad, W. 8,. Retemeyer. ; Applications to olose bankruptcy. • i JbhA Momst S. k J. Gainlnan, E. W. •O. Berkefeld, R.. J. Baker, : Chas. L. , Maclean, F. Beaveh; P. 'SheridanV' Applications forrelease of Deputy Officials ? Wm. Crawford, Jasl Morris, H. J. Polenski, H. J Lloyd, G. S. Hadfield.F. Braidy, A. Henderson. ... | (BJBjftwej Judge, Rawsori.) ' i[ : t \]\ Swallow and Siddle v. Clausen and • Neilson. Claim £165, less cash paid net £140 9s Id. Claim for felling bush ■ m Fiteherb?rt, ! (10fl! a<jres)y ■ ; , • !; - Mr Staite for plain tiffs, and Mr J. H. Hawkins for defendants. , ( , Mr Staite opened his case by explain, inaf iits nature and the anticipated deferide to beaetup. „. : The first witness: called was 5. Swal« •lowj who deposed to taking a sub-con-tract of 100 acres from the defendants, they taken 'a cotiiradt for 800 acres^roih'Mr Coomb^ Tiie contract' \ Was 1 entered into on '9th April. No arrangement was made . between the par-, ties! about the manner of survey to be' adopted, 'whether horizontal or. surface., measurement, and tjie latter pqursie was ..adopted by the plaintiffs themselves, When the work was half* completed, Mr Templar being employed to do the veying'. When the plaintiffs had : finished fie -work according ' to" this purvey measurement, the defendants refused to pkyi unless the work was complfited ; : . J acr' cording , to the ' lines drayfli; by their' suryeybr, 1 ('Mr^Dundas). " . . J I Plaintiffs- counsel caUedvSjddle, Scntn^ "shaw, add Harris, Engaged m the werk,:: wh^ gave evidence 'ds td the ' quantity of' wor^k.doni&iimd.the used/x, t s A.McEwan also called to ijroye K vthe 'usual measurement' used m contracts^ of ► this kirrd^Btatedvhe never knew of any except surface measurement. A Templar^ Htafedsfiis aSmstaHt 1 > !sur_yeyed.. Jhejland, ..(surface measurement) . '■• afthe^reqiiest of plaintiff;., never did so \ bjfore m his professional experience, .^brozontalraeasurement was the, method^ • cusitomary.'tQ adopt. ! ". ;,' ,= • |/rhe.casfe.w,aß adjourned for the at-; tendance of Htlghes, Templar's sis^is^t,. ,tb prove the accuracy of the figures snpplieki to Templar,; and which wereused, by the latter m making out the plan on which the plaintiff had worked. ! ,*««»■ . fLeftft-Sitting.] .•■•.-.:.- rs -•<-. ' s,i