A LONG STANDING ACCOUNT
REPAIRS TO A CART. OWNER ORDERED TO PAY. fr J ' A claim for £l4 7s, less £1 7s paid into Court, made by H. Childs against Edward Dunn, for repairs to defendant’s cart four years ago was heard by Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Mr G. H. Buchanan appeared flor plaintiff and defendant was represented by Mr A. K. North. . Mr Buchanan said a man brought a cart to plaintiff’s shop in May, 1921, to be mended. Dunn, who owned the cart, came round a day or two later, and agreed that if the man who had broken it did not psy for it, he (Dunn) would. Nobody called for the cart, which was still there. Plaintiff, hi evidence, stated that he was a blacksmith. The cart, which be-
longed to Dunn, had both shafts broken. Dunn came in a few days later, and being informed that the/tnan who broke the cart had no money, said he (Dunn) would have to pay for it. Plaintiff sent about 12 accounts to Dunn, but Dunn always referred him to the other man. On one occasion Dunn said he would pay half, and the cart was still in plaintiff’s yard. To Mr North: He did no; know the man who brought the cart in. At Dunn’s request he sent an account to a man named Tilbury. Ernest Childs, plaintiff’s son, supported the statement that Dunn had said “If he won’t pay for it, I suppose’ I’ll have to,” when his father asked who was to pay for the repairs. Defendant said Tilbury borrowed Ins cart in 1921. He told defendant ho had smashed it one night, and defendant went down to Childs’s to see it on the Sunday. Next time ho saw it, it had been repaired, but he did not get an account for a long time. ChiMs told him he had sent an account to Tilbury. Defendant did not need the cart and so left it there. To Mr Buchanan: Tilbury had taken the cart to get mended, and had said lie would pay for it. He thought Tilbury could have paid for the repairs. Andrew Tilbury was called by Mr North. He stated he had smashed the cart and had taken it to Childs’s. itness intended to pay for the repairs but was short of money at the time. Plaintiff abandoned a claim for storage at the rate of 6d a week, and his Worship gave judgment for C 7 10s 6d, with costs £2 2s.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10532, 23 October 1925, Page 4
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