RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
Monday, 12th Augckt. '(Before I. N. Watt, Esq., 8.M.) Knight r. CJevorly.—Claim of £9 Ba, for i*rent. Judgment for plaintiff by default in "-'the amount claimed, together with costs. Mackerras c. Pearce.—Claim of £Hs*)» Bd. "Mr Stout for plaintiff, Mr E. Cook for defendant. The plaintiff nued, as admiuiKtra%ur ol the estate of Altx. Morton, deeeft'sed, and «lopoHcd that defendant had admitted the ..■debt to him. He also deposed that he had .-authorised defendant to collect debts in the iCKtate, aud that, in the statement of ac- . counts which defendant handed him, the : sum now claimed was put down by defendLaiifc\as\}«y>jg ojyed by him to the estate. In ■"crosa-exiuhrnriHon, plaintiff said he could not Hwear that tli« writing in the document was defendant's, but it purported to be signed by him. Judgment for plaintiff in the amount ..-chinied, together with costs. The Court adjourned until Wednesday "morning.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3282, 13 August 1872, Page 3
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