MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1920, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

CIVIL BUSINESS. In the Magistrate's Court at New Plymouth yesterday, Mr. T. A. B. Bailey, f. S.M., dealt with the following cases:— I la the case of the British Petroleum | Development .Coy. (Mr. C. 11. Croker) | v. Samuel Pasca.ll (Mr. H. B. Billing), | the solicitor for plaintiff applied for a ; 1 non-suit, which was granted, with costs ! I to defendant. : $ la the case of Reed v. Hallam (Mr. F. ' | E. Wilson), which was adjourned last | week to enable the parties to effect a ; $ settlement, Mr. Croker, for plaintiff, re- > 1 ported an agreement had been reached ! a whereby defendant agreed to pay and j I plaintiff to accept £4fl in full eettle- % ment of the claim, payment to be made ' . by April 20. The case was therefore ad journed till April 20. LAND AGENTS' LICENSES. I Land agents' licenses were granted to I Messrs. C. K. Fail-brother (Mr. A. A. Bennett) and ]?. A. Lichtwark (Mr. Ronald 11. Quilliam). DAMAGE TO A LAUNCH, j An action was brought by trunk Forward and Wei. Harrison and Co. (Mr. C. H. Croker) against Thos. Kargesou (Mr. P. B. Fitzherbert) for £ii los (id for damage to the oil launch "Doris," alleged to have been caused by defendant's launch colliding' with it wiuie moored at. the anchorage at Moturoa on the night of January ii>. The CU3e j or tue plaintiffs was ih'at when the launch was purchased by them they saw Captain Waller (harbormaster) and arranged with him for a spot for moorings, and that was buoyed, ciergesou complained that plaintiff's moorings were being put _ down, over his. There was nothing to indicate that defendant's moorings were at Hint particular spot, and no boat had been moored, there for at least nine months. feargesou used to moor his boat alongside where plaintiffs' boat was moored in the day time, but it was aXways taken away at night and moored closer to the wharf on the breakwater side. A communication had been re- - ceived from Captain U'alled to the effect that Sargeson had complained that plaintiffs were bnliis moorings, and su<>- t gested that some amicable settlement should be arrived at between the parties On the occasion of the collision the ' launch of Sargeson was moored close to that of plaintiff. 3 For the defence it was submitted that j defendant's boat was moored first on f its proper moorings on the evening of 1 the accident, and that defendant had given porfsessiin 0 f the boat to some Natives ->'lic "ad purchased it There was a l'v • *«. Ie over the boat, which defend;. y u 'j meet. The purchasers did in ■ _ K . that over. Jt was given in evidence that the bill of sale had not : been soli led on the night of the accident. ' On account of being unable to fix \ the actual dates of the taking over of ! the boat, and the unsatisfactory state j of the evidence, the Magistrate, after [ sitting till f1.15 p.m., said lie would not S waste any more time over the matter • and non-suited plaintiff with costs to j defendant.