S.M. COURT—THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 115, 16 May 1901, Page 2

S.M. COURT—THIS DAY.

(Before Mr H. W. Brabant, S.M.)

Undefended Cases.—Judgment was entered for plaintiffs by default in the following cases:—John Edward Taylor v. Chas. F. Spooner, claim £10. costs £ 1 3/6; B. J. M. Kemp v. S. A. Brierley, jun, claim £5 10/, costs £1 6/6; 0. R. Fair v. H. Christensen, £3 7/, costs £1 2/; Fell and Cameron y. George Nicholas' Moros, £12 17/4, costs £1 10/6; William Regan v, E. Manning, £3, costs 5/; F. and W. Fowler v. Nicholas Moros, £32 9/, costs £2 14/; Northern Milling Co. v. J. Lever, £13 6/3, costs 15/6; G. Hannah v. — Pavlinovich, £13 12/4, costs £1 10/6; Buddie, Button andw Co. v. J. Fallona, £ 12 5/, cots £ 1 14/; William Reach v. John Porter, £1 10/, costs 6/; Aaron Grodner and Fraser Nairn, trading as A. Grodner, v. Andrew Davidson, claim £2 6/, costs 5/; Kearns, Younghusband and Co. v. P. Norbury, £3, costs 5/.

Defended Case.—Robert M. Heighton v. Dibble and Butler, claim £15 5/6, for fees under the Servants Registry Office Act, Mr Pilkington for plaintiff, Mr J. R. Reed for the defence. Plaintiff claimed 7/6 per man for about forty servants engaged by him during a period of 5 years for the defendants, who ran a dairy farm. Mr Reed, for the defence, submitted that it had not been proved at the time the servants were engaged the plaintiff was a licensed registry office keeper. His Worship upheld the objection and plaintiff was non-suited accordingly, with costs £1 !/•