LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Answered by a Solicitor of the. Sujpreme Court of Sew Zealand. Letters and Telegrams mutt be ad&rened to "LEX," c/o Editor, Otago Witness Dunedin.) J.R.— (l) No. (2) Yes. (3) Yes. Shareholder. — On the facts, as stated, the man is not disqualified as a director. T.K. — While you may destroy rabbits upon roads bounding your land, it is not advisable to use poison that may be harmful to other animals. Willing.— (l) Yes, the father may legitimate the child and have it registered iD his name by handing in a declaration in the prescribed form to the registrar of births. (2) No fee is charged. W.E.R. — The parsons mentioned do not come within the scope of the Workers' Compeneation fox Accidents Act, for the xeMon

that they are not engaged in work carried on by or on behalf of the employer as part of his trade or business. Interested. — Your query is answered by Section 30 of the Fencing Act. 1895, which runs thus: "When any fejioe is out of repair the ocupiers of the contiguous land's shall bear the cost of repairing suoh fencein equal proportions." Interested. — You may obtain a copy of the will by applying to the Registrar of the Suprema Court at Dunedin. The charge for an office copy of three folios or less is Is; if more than three folios, the charge is 4d! pet folio. A general search tee of 5s will also be payable. MttLL-owKOEH.— (I) You will be liable for personal injury by accident to a mill follower arising out of and l in the course of the employment, unless the injury is proved to be directly attributable to^the serious and' wilful misooncfuct of the worker. (2) You will be similarly liable for farmers' Bons if they are in your employment. In both instances you may protect yourself by effecting an insurance against claims for compensation. Anxious. — Ytm may take advantage of the protection afforded by Section 204 (subsection 5) of the Criminal Code Act, 1893, which runs thus: "No one commits bigamy by going through * form of marriage if he or she has been continually absent fxom his or her wife or husband for seven yeaxs then last past, «nd is not proved to have known that his wife or her husband was alive at any time during those seven years." Kijl Ora. — (1) It is advisable, but not absolutely necessary to put the date of issue' and name of the payee, on an 1.0. U. (2) An -1.0. U. is merely evidence of a debt due. The debt itself will rank as an ordinary claim against «, deceased person's or bankrupt's estate. (8) A simple 1.0. U. requires no stamp, but if it contain an agreement that it is to be paid on a given day or on demand, it will be * promissory note, and must be stamped as suoh. Further, if the contractirig words be suoh as to make it, not a promissory note but an agreement, it must be stamped accordingly.