Magistrate's Court.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7897, 12 August 1905, Page 4

Magistrate's Court.

At tha civil iittinj of the S.M. Court on Friday, judgment by dci fault waa entered in the flowing cases :—Bliot Road Board (Mr Roy) •*. William Courtney, Tauranga, rates au« £3 10s 2d, costs 10a : Wcsu» •ad Weston (Mr C. H. Wtefton) v. Frank Misehewski. InglewooJ. clainj for 15s 9d, eioaoy paid by tbcm as aolieitors for tha tfcfendant, costs 16s : IWMrak Grace Mason Bavk-v, Fred Bayley. and Xewtoa King, 'trushwmltt estate of William Bayley, «tae*_sed (rvpreaontaa bj Mr QuilHwn) t. Bdgar Walt, claim lor £y *oa 6d, anoacjr paid by plaintiffs for Mandaat at aJa request, casts 10s; Weston and ffestaa .». B. P. Btaauada (AuckUMl, Claim far fil loj tar services reajtaretf aid moieya paid awl coata ?«, ■ A eumbex of ether eaaea were etfieuraea, cMfosae*. and ■truck out. P. S. Orlffltaa t. cetatl af F. W JbduDoad and the Beputy Official Ae■kjaee. Mr C. H. Weston, for the plaintiff, expfabieel tkat tin claim £39 13« 9d wa* (or plumbing work dona at Bkhmoad'e house, and finbhod before July 34 last. Tbe plaintifl's right to claim a li«n then arose, bat before taking any steps to enforce It, ths defendant Richmond filed his schedule. Consenirotly the Plaintiff had to taka these steps aftar the bankruptcy had arisen. Mr Kerr, who appeared on behalf of the eeftndant, objected to the name of tin D.O.A. being joined as the defendant. Ha admitted the plaintiff's right to a lien on the property when tie work was done. The objection to a judgment against the P.O.A, was that plaintiff might then claim •» a prefera-ftial creditor in the estate generally apart from the ltenj After argument Judgment was entered by consent against the estate and the P.O.A. in his official capacity, on conbe tf> prove the l»ankr«ptc estate lor the amount involved.