RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 1, 2 June 1864, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

'ax: V(Before^^ \ A.,. Tttesd.ay,..3l'st May, 1864."' " "" V Hoad r, Miimtf.— Case, settled out of couiftl '" Cameron v. Campbell' and Robertson. ; I ; : This .was an -action* tp> rpc»ver^£2(£ for professional" servicea as an architect, in surveying,&c.,at tho Bluff, andj for -preparing plans for a pro-- . posed .Bjranch of . the»BankYof.. Otago, .atJiivertbn.* Mr. Weston appeared for the plaintiff, and MrV Harvey foe defendants. y~>- | Mr. Cameron, being examined, said lie, in connection witbf Mr." Elliott,"' another architect, had been five days engaged on;the- works on?tho Bluff -Road? arid the charge for siich •services Svas*£& 2s. per diem. This amounted -tb.- £lO 10s., and tlio remaining £9alQs:. .was tint charge for getting ud a* preliminary sketch_.pf_ the bank. afc. Riverfcpn. Plaintiff stated that he had/been feqUestc'dJtty^Mr. 'GSSai>bfeh f tb prepare a'stetchof '.grdutfcl^ldii apd'i *elevatibn" bf '*tlfo'«huMing,''to^sh.6-^-'to"';]i_i'.' Jaime- < . son, the agent of the -bank. ■'- TKisV-waa? 'done, and pMr M ..Campbell «, nest • afternoon fof-tnem, but as they were scarcely 5 finished, he jwtdtedjahput an hpUr-iiinfcil .thojdimensioiis»ofj'tiie "rooms were filled in, after wliich he took thorn ito Messrs. Mueller andiGaisow, who were acting fojtl the- bank tin the matter* and , who,; My. Camjibbll jpiidj/; would do as"' well as . Mr. Jamiesbn., ' ,,i; Ijerird nothing mbrb of ; them; juntil; last Saturdayj' wlxeii-. they Vere returned., I-havenot seeh-MrVCainp- .. 'ifeUsinbd. T'sent'iri my accoiint 'abpiit'six,- weeks *"*" Crb'ss-'biaiSm'id-^ TKe -plans; ,pi«du^d.r .^rb^fiio pnes.in question. The usual-charge fojf'pvbjKiritig* preliminary plans is one per bent, on- the estimated ' cost pOhe^buildijigi .^Bping,aske&£if stjJd pja^is,. werp "got .up in a professional-like manner, splaintjiffj said they wfere qtnte'gobdfenbbgh for.&'pref>'ai%atoi*y sketchy, Beibg. father. asked'.whyhe-had not sejiit -ihhisitccbunfcTor theJ£9~lo&. fiortr claimed* he said he had not done. sb in "'the belief ; that the building .would have b^enjgpnp;pn;;with!:. ■■• . .*•• j £«« . EUiptt cprrp,bqrated f tlie -^evidence of the,, plaintiff as : i^^ae'dvthe' Vork rpxxTfiicr Bluif RodtL ' ". This wa^fiie'l^c'fof •'ihe^pw'sbbutibn^- ''•" | I V ". 'Mi. Harvey, fwtiib'.defenco^ ; pleaded "ijofcm--debted" in the amri'bf £9 IOs;, as defehdantjs had' never employed Mr. Cameron to prej)are planp ; and until they liadlroceived'fcKe' summons to attend at court, had never been /-made ;. aware of the_ •charges, .., ,As, a^gardsrthb £1Q lOs.jjhpWbuid shbw that plaintiff .was not engaged *.five..d^ys, aa he ha&charged for.- .,A .?. ]i*..&.iA.'f .-■';<'■<:''%■. :■.: \f : - : bemg^. .examined,,; explained,- that . as_spmej niisundbratandingfliad .arjseii bet!wixt tne 'Government,, and (fefendaiit^ fne;asiufe?i -mertts'of ""sbmo* 1 , he had e&x- ■ plowed Messrs. Cam|fp^i , a^ for the purpose of chebk^ng :fc)ie, Gpv^nini^nifc ntea--surcments. He accb^anlpd. themr They were not on the ground oh ;the^ iS(h February, the., third day charged .for. „BlrY;C!amerpn afterwards told me thafc,..jthpy v had. Vbeen- . inspecting Mr. > Davi_' railway the, Y23rd,; having made a misteVe.^,.,;cbuntihg:the/eid-vfe*rt^, Mr. • Cameron accompanied -by'iMr^^berispri proceeded again to the ' Bluff YbF the purpose jof ascertaining 'the corrfedt humber. Mr. Campion s^d" there ..w'oMd^ba^cßbhai'gbs; made, it having been an omission on his part when formerly on the spot. In reference to the plans -for the^Banki ■'■-'bf "OtaTgopMr? Campbell * disliinctly - stoted- tiiatthe; never ..requested plaintiff j toTpre'pare ' them: fHe; had , been vßho-wxi, some ; ,plans 5r whiclir plaintiff had formerly got up for alike, erectipn|at„ BaUakrat;, !j and'out of kindness' tO'him and'lpiow-; ing Mr. Jamicson, he -had promised to Tecoinmehd him as architect. This : was all that; passed. J Mr. Geisow and;M^Yßobert^n,b.emg briefly examined, and „ r counselYpn ..both 7 A iiidcs having, >addressedthe'Gbuffc,"the7Bencli found as far as the works, ori .the Road were concerned, a specnic*; agreement^;liad'bebn^ eri tered into,, and^warded. for plaintiff; in,; th&Bum';bf^ Ssi, fbr.fow days' services. v The'demand'f6r preparatibn'of plans -fo*r*" the proposed ibranch" bank' wa3 disallowed,. «iefendants having proved that they were* neither in a position to order^the-same,; nbrha^done so. ■ Judgment was accordingly given in favor of--plaintiff for £8 8s. "~~~ . (AS. gaM'HMN.VttCoNKEMiMb H-GGABT? | I; > |j i -Cl^tt,fpr^2ft.fp^Bpda^ S»BPhgd. tK i^Bet-fi; off for put'iri'*By"defendants f .fpr 1 the* board and lodging of sister and brothor-nvlawVof plaintiff. m ' „„ .'» • f •:■• Irf-'^e'xamm-ttibn, he luidj. never at any time agreed to become liable for tiis" Be ( t-pff. „,- rj-rf V- -.^ ?;>■ ■ -A-"' '■' «* rJ>i ¥iid r *M ; agisb , atc'niled that if Buch guarantee liad; ■ been given it shouldxhave.'heehGinifWi3itirig, and" „producedLin_avidence.,.. —^..,„....^™. — .~rr~A -Vi-*|i "* v The case was dismissed, costs being divided, .j . 71 ALAi. SATSH Ax, ''-"'-' C i) SAVtAA ]' < V W^pjiESDAT,. Jot*e 1, 1864. . "'"'! ' Mary Horton^charged''' with being tjiid diepgdeflylih EsklßfeeetS-wiiß fihed-iOi^ or forty-; eight hours imprisonment.^ , „ { v ' ..CIVIL. CASES. , rr South v Hottse. : v ~^<3aiffi^f6r~£6*6s:;'^ services in^ conducting a case before the/Residjpnt 'Magistrate's Court.;"" ' JlJ '""' .'.'*-;■ "" j .-,; DefehdjmtYi*ia&'dlthat:he had paid. £3 65.; tb; "accpunt. '--A~. ,' .. '.. :■: '■■''-* yrjfxt^^m^pxt^p^dms^'y yr rj \ CES u : m?H •>^k-LTtmH^Kdyh^ l . * iX •: • '.j Claim for £9 28r*~Judgment for plaintiff jfor" /amount^with-cps^s,.;,- . , r \,.;,.- & Ai<«A Ai T '"• ■> *~'A f-"'H» Xl^^Xl^^^^^^mrn'' . .*, H f ,«? '■Aj Caaimj-fpr; |i'pn .an .•I^O.'Ui-.which^ef^d^ 'prpvedYhiad ''bebnf^paid< to, t plamtrjKs' .-, partner. ' ' Judgment for defendant. .*>-•, . - : ■jA' ■ ) y> -. .. M'DQKALD.V.'FEITEg. . : A -li .Claim for .£3, 105. for value of watch lpftiii, H^iH* sV:ia^'''Vbi<*H5 V : ia^'''Vbi<*H in"

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