MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10619, 26 April 1912, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

MASTERTON—THURSDAY. (Before Mir L. G. Rcild, S.M.) DEBT CASE. Judgment for plaintiff by default, [with cocte, w,as gcvc-li in, the case of tLuey A. Sheath v. William H. Gib-;bon-s, cLaim £l3 19s, costs £1 10s 6d. ; Several judgment summons cases wiere adjourned ti'll next Court day. ' CLAIM FOR RENT. ' Mrs Tai Te' Tiyu clai'imed from Elli-.' son ,the isum of £lO. for rent for, ten • ;v:'re.s ox land for twelve months at £l. an acre. ~ The evidence of defendautt's wife ;was taken in Dunedin. [ Plaintiff, in her evidence, stated : tl'Mfc she had iea-ged the land to d'efenda'nt iat a rental of £1 air. acre. The lease ran out ki. April, 1909. Neither | defendant nor his wife had complained !of tliie rent being too Bitgh. When ! the Jiease had expired witness had rej ce-ived a telegram from defendant rc- ! questing a renewal of .the lease on the_ sam-3 tennis ais formerly. PlUintiff liad iinformed defendant tha,t she would allow him £6 if he would repair the (fences. The fences had never beer, Witness had. received £5 from FP.Hcon in 1909, and no furthe-. pa.Vir.en.t was till April, 1911; - v.flien £ls was d-ue. Mrs Ellison had then ipaird plaintiff £5, and there was £lo' still due.

After cross-examining plaintiff, counsel for defendant said he would agree to judgment by consent for the fivl'l amount, with cost,s. £2.