CIVIL SIDE.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3219, 13 June 1879, Page 2

CIVIL SIDE.

, „./ Judgment fqb PitAi^TiFFs.. „, ; In the following .cases judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs:—< Maroney v.~ G. Gill.—Claim, £1 16s; goods, and costs 10s. Bird v. Davidson. —Claim, £2 Bs,- promissory note, and costs 10s;- ' Driscoll-v. Senior.—Claim,J £15,15, goods, and costs. \

Judgment Summonses. ! . dougklas.anp.co. v. j. hicks. ! ; V Claim, £7 1059 d., '\ ;\ \^'".'.\ ','■' ' ,' Plaintiff stated.'defendant had agreed, to 2s 6d per week,. Which helwduldacc'ept: His Worship. made an order to that effect; failing any payment to undergo one month's imprisonment at Mount Eden. \ ' '' ' SAME V. :JL. ' MCLABEN. " - j Claim, £4 15«. "' ,'*" : . - Defendant deposed that lie got 25s per week', and had *eren children and a Woman tb'keeji out o( that* «q,-that he .had no means. '- * ■-"---'■■=•'■ '' :;'';*V i Ordered to pay 10s per month, failing any payment to undergo one month's imprisonment in Mount Eden. f . „, , : ..,. i Defended Cases. ""j THOMAS i>OWD V. BUCKLAND. j Claim, £11, freight. ; Mr Brassey for plaintiff, and Mr Miller for defendant. [ John Buckland, sworn, deposed—ln October, 1578,1 arranged with defendant! at Coromandel to take some post and rails to Motion's Creek, near.Auckland,* for £10. Mr Faulder was to pay defendant as: soon as the posts and rails were, de r liyered. The cargo was to be sold to Faulder on delivery at Motion's Creokj The cargo was not to be. taken to Free; man's Bay, but to Motion's Creek. . By Mr Miller—l did not agree that the rails wore to be delivered in AuckThomas Dowd/ sworn, deposed—l agreed to take the cargo,to Auckland for £11/ ' When I arrived there Mr Faulder, the consignee, said he had been instructed to pay me £10 for them, whibfr I refused to accept. I landed the cargo 'afl Freeman's Bay, at the request a of. Mr Faulder. " ' "■• ' ! Thomas Faulder deposed he had not authorised p'aintiff to deliver the cargo at Freeman's JBay. tie had agreed to take them at Motion's Creek. It had cost him £)5 to cart them from. Freeman's Bay tp Motion's Creek. ■ \ ■' " ;.'.':-•. \• > '■ PlaintiiF nonsuited, costs £6 43. !

' PABKEE'V.-'mCCOBMIOK;,-; (]/,.) Claim, £29 103,-cartaßij. . • i \ Mr Miller for plaintiff, and Mr Brassey for defendant. ' ' '" '<

William Parker, sworn,,deposed—I am the plaintiff. I did the. work mentioned in particulars for defendant,' and the amount claimed is due. '

W. S. McCormick, sworn, 'deposed—l agreed for Parker to work for me on >& ,contract afcßewi's Hill to supply a double team' of" horses. < After; working some time he did not send' out his team, and when I went to look Tor him he said he wanted a guarantee 'tor-'his money. I gave him.one, and when the contract was nearly finished ho stopped and refused to carry it out. He was willing to pay as soon as the contract was finished. 'iJudgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, and costs £4 2s. . • Borp v. gbeen.- „. r^Claim, £20, damages. "•Mr Miller for plaintiff, and Mr Dodd for defendant. John J. Boyd, sworn, deposed—l knowGreen. I mado an agreement with him to hire a cab and horses from him for six. months. After I had them a short time we had a dispute about the amount of the feed, and the end of it was that he said

"You need not clean them, as you are not to take them out." He refused to let me take them out, and said that the cab did not belong to him now. I spent £7 of time and money on the cab, and had the horses standing idle for some time while making repairs. I claim £20 damages. By Mr Dodd—lt is a fact that the. night before he took the horses away an accident happened to the cab. Subsequently one of the horses died. Henry H. Dix deposed that Green had told him he was going to take the©*b away from Bbyd. He witnessed the agreement./ , '* _ "/] ,"/ Thomas Green deposed that on the morning after the accident ~P"«wr-the horses. They.jwe|e all.mucfand not fit to work. I cleaned them, and subsequently saw plaintiff, who Fasked for the" rent,; which herefused. /I never refusedhim the horseslifcd eaby ?iln consequence' of the accidentfOne of fi thp f ho.rseß died. It was not in consequence; of an accident in theSauaeradgaCrefeic.*^ 4-?'! 4^'^ Thomas 'I?aitersdngafet'Bvi(|iince'i«6to. cerning the state 'of the Horses and harness/-'H^Ol^ .TriSTHTS H^.T,lf>l ,

Judgment for the plaintiff £5, and costs, Court adjourned;s'J'»P