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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 79, 21 July 1877, Page 2

FOXTON.

, • Wednesday, July 18. , - 1 ' (Before JR. Ward, Esq., 8.M.) CIVIL CASES. Thompson v. Lynds. ' „ Claim £2 17s 3d.- ■Summons not proved. , #„. r , •,»'■••. Samuel Campbell v. Stephen Kennedy. Adjourned by consent of both parties to next sitting of the* Court: I .Louis Sabate v. William .Evans* ' Claim £3, for use of horse and bridle for three months? The plaintiff said m the latter end of March last defendant engaged to buy a horse and i bridle 1 from him fdr- £3 10s. He gave delivery of the horse, and. defendant said he would pay for it on tKe 14th April!! , When he asjced^ defendant for the money, l he said he would pay when the Government had paid him.' When he again asked for his money defendant told him "that he did not^care about the horse ; offered a pound fpr-'ihe use of it, at the same time giving 65 % on account. When ,he ( went for the balance defendant told him that -he would be paid when defendant, pleased. He then took out a" summons for the full amount. - } » f , i By defendant \ I only agreed to wait until the 14th April. The defendantibeing sworn saidhe'waV a contractor at Mdtoa;, The plaintiff when he was working for him brought a horse to camp, and offered it for sale. Himself and partner agreed to buy the horse and bridle for £3 10s, which they .were to pay when the job was finished. Before they had "finished defendant was paid off, and he then wanted his money for the horse. Defendant said that plaptiff had better take back the horse. Plaintiff then asked him 30s for theuse of -it, but eventually agreed to take one, pound, and received6s ,on account ; the balance was left with 1 Mr Crowther on behalf of the plaintiff. By plain tiff: The money was left with Mr Crowther before I received the summons. __ Thomas Morris, partner to the defendant, was called, and- said* that the money had been left with Mr Crowther excepting 5s 6d which plaintiff owed his wife for washing. The Magistrate, m giving judgment, ' said that he could not allow money mat* ters foreign tothecase to beurgedasade- | fence. Plaintiff had taken" the horseback j again after selling, but with the agreement that £1 should be paid to him- for its use. At present he had only received 6s. He should have to give judgment for plaintiff fo* 5s 6d, which with the 8s 6d m Mr Crowther's hands, would make up the 14s ; plaintiff also to receive 16s posts. Purcan v. Symons. Claim £1 16s for house rent. The defendant put m a set off of £2 16s for labor, and paid 6s into Court. After hearing the evidence on both sides, judgment was given for plaintiff for £1 6s, and 9s costs. ,