DRESSMAKING CHARTS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 227, 4 September 1914, Page 2

DRESSMAKING CHARTS.

Ramsay v. Roberts.

The only civil ease which came before Mr F. V. Fra/r, S.M., at the sitting of the Magistrate's Court iu Pukekohe ye-teidiy, was that in which Miss R. Ramsay, of Pukekohe, sued Miss L. Roberts, inventor and patentee of the Imperial system of dress-cutting, for the recovery of i-i. Mr S. II Mas m appealed for the plaintiff and Mr J (i. Haddow for the iMendant.

The case arose over an agreement entered into between the parties for the purchase of 'J I charts u*ed in connection with this system of dresscutting. The plaintiff's version of tho transaction, and which was corroborated by her sist t, Miss E. Ramsay, was that defendant approached her to become her agent. An arrangement was made whereby tho plaintiff became agent for the distiict and was to take .1 charts.

For these, payment was to be made by a dep -it of i'.j and tho balaucc

at the end ot the following week, by

I which time tho defendant agreed to | supply t ho chart-. Subsequently the I defendant brought down 12 chatt•», I but declined to give deliveiy of these j until plaintilf gave li-ir a chnijiie fur the total ordor. Plain!ill offered to pay for tho do/en but thn was dotlined. Later tho defendant brought ! down the charts but plaintiff on opening one package decline I to take delivery on the ground that they wt-re ''second hand," some showing palpable traces uf having j been used. I'elendant said she ! would replace the ones to which plaintiff objected when her new I stock came to hand, in about three weeks. Plaintiff, who had made ; arrangements for classes, refused to ! go any further with the transaction, I cancelled the ngioement and asked for tho return of her depo-it I>e- , fondant replied that slio would em- ! suit her solicit-y. Tho defendant's account of the I arrangement coincided with that of j the plaintilt as far as tho payment j of the deposit and tlio date on which tho balance of the money was to be ■ paid, fho defendant stated she explained to plaintill that the charts would come from Timaru and that it was her custom to have payment in j advance. On account of an irregu- [ lar steamer service fiom Timaru it i wa> impossible to state e.\actl\ the 1 date the iliaits would arrive. To meet the plaintill defendant agreed to supply i harts which wore ic j >Iu11« <1 I• • r her i lass in Auckland ' though as two chaits had been sup- I plied the lull nuinbi l was not net es- j saiyto penult o| 11 is,l.aing pro- i ceeded wil h. I 'eferidaiit denied having made any promise of deliven ,is stated I>\ the plaintill That the (harts were second hand or that they were damaged was denied, an\ soiling which ntav have : occurred having been caused by i e\« es-ivc handling by the plaintiff. Three pieces were damaged and defendant olleivd to replace those or any ( harts objected I i b\ tic plaintill from fresh stoi k w Icn it an i veil. > llm Magistrate gave |ii«lunif>nt loi llii aHe iii ii' (I i line 1 with co -t ■ i I'J IIK.