LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Aaswerecl by a Solicitor of tbe Supreme Ootat ol 3Tevr Zealand. Letters and Telegrams must U , addressed to " LEX," c/o Kditor, OUgo Witness, ' Dnoadin.] - - I Not Paid.— No. . | Subscriber. — Chamber of Commerce rates. t Snowed Ik. — Yes. The uupe-"d seller may maintain an action against the buyer for the price of the dog. B. — (1) The model may not be sold without A's consent. (2) You may leicovs- it if so doing does not constituta r breach of any agreement with A. Strict Observer. — If the fence is net on the toundisry line between the two properties you may tai& proceedings under , the Fencing Act to compel youi neighbour , to reonove tie fence to the proper boundary. Unemployed.— No. The man may be pros^ ) ;uted fca: trespass if he neg'ects or refuses | to leave the ground after being warned to do so by tbs owner cr any person authorised by or on behalf of the owner. , J. Li. X. — (1) The children, if zi sufficient , ability, are liabk to mmdnra>:n the father j if he is unable tc support himself by his ; own means or labour. (2) A divorce would J not affect the children's liability. ; Principal.— (1) The son will only be liable if the debts were c&ntraoied on his behalf aud with his authority. (2) The youth should obtain judgment in his favour if he did not authorise t he contraction of the doVa. Mackenzie County. — (1) Set * watch and endeavour to sscure sufficient evidence to lead to the conviction of the thief. (2) The statement to the rabbit inspector is not

actionable as s'andei-, u.eg'ec-t to destroy

rabbits being merely punishable by penalty. Tui.— (l) If B was an independent contractor his parents cannot claim anything under tha Workers' Ccmnensat.or Act. (v) The school committee will only be responsible if the relationship of mastei and servant existed between it and. the vers-on employed. T. R. — (1) The Education Board has no claim on the instrument. (2) The school com-

mittee oanmot supply school apparatus without the express sanction of the beard previously obtained. (3) Not without the permission of the board. Amicus. — (1) Yes; each p:.yraent necessitate* a stamped receipt. (2) The parties still retain the right tc the parcels of land. (3) They may agree upon a boundary fcr fencing purples. (4) Ye 3; a penny stamp must be affixed to the receipt and cancelled 1 . Farmer. — If the river was nevei prcclairned

a "sludge channel and- npaiian proprietors lower down have evidence to prove that | the dredging operations aie fensibly con- , tributing to the pollution of the r.ver | opposite their lands, they can successfully ; app'y for an injunction. The delay in . taking proceedings may, however, be fatal ■ to the. application for an injunction. j Whahe.— lf tha privaita property to *hich you refer is unencumbered land on which you reside and have youi home, and dbes not. with all improvements, exceed £1500 , in v«.lue, you may protect it froan. seizure j by future creditors by registering the land I as a, family home. Application must be j made in the prescribed' form to the district land registrar at Invercargill, and be acconi- | p-anied by a statutory declaration. At tho j date of making the declaration you must be able to pay all ycur debts without the aid of the land proposed to bo sattled as

a family home. j Inquires. — (1) Where mutual credit has been J given by a bankrupt ai.d any other peison, j or where there are mutual debts between ' a bankrupt and any other person, or where any person entitled to prove in respect of | any debt car csnwtud is indebted or liable j to the bankrupt in respect of any debt ! or demand, tihen one debt or demand may be £«t off against the othei But a person is not entitled to claim the benefit, of any { set-off where lie had, at the time of giving credit to the bankrupt, notice of an »v*il- i able act of banikrupty committed: by tft« I bankrupt. A. creditor claiming the bene£t i