LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 272, 16 November 1910, Page 9

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

CONDUCTED SBY A BAESISTEK-Aa>DAW Letters of inquiry will 'be answered every Wednesday in this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in the order in -which they are received, and replies will be inserted with the least possible delay. In order to derive the greatest advantage from this column, correspondents should give full particulars of the facts upon which they desire advice. "Whatever the details supplied, however, no responsibility can bo accepted for errors, in whatever way arising, though every effort will oe made to ensure accuracy. Answers are based absolutely on the Information given, and therefore, in all instances, can only be applied to the specific case dealt with. E D.—<An executor should 'be appointed in every will 'but a separate and distinct trustee also is not necessary. ■CARDS. —Of course, you •α-ill have to pay for the goods ordered, wtoefher you now twant ifchem or not. (Business could not toe conducted on any other basis. L-β.—The lender may sne the borrower when ithe time for repayment arrives.

W.F.—No time is fixed toy irhe Act within which a person m;iy apply for n«tur.iHsation. I understand, however, 'that the ■Department makes a rule of requiring — appUcamts to-reside in-*heDominloa a certain time before they eyre naturalised. It is not exceeding its rights in so acting.

PAPAKTJRA. —Ycra should look at j-onr Act again, and follow it carefully. You •will find that yon may give notice to fence at once, and nrast descrilje in ittie notice the kind of fence you desire. Your neighbour has three weeks in which to make &p his mind. Of he makes no move, then you may at once proceed to fence alone. You will fence ibhe -whole 'boundary at your own cost, and you may then recover one-h-alf such cost from your neighbour; tout you cinnot order material in Ms name. He may stock hie unfenced land, but Jf his cattte trespass tbey m-ay be impounded. You should, however, never impound without getting a copy of the Injpound3ng Act, and following it Implicitly. N.C—Your bnsband cannot be made to pay your aQesed debts, and if you have no money nor property of yonr cwn the claimant is not likely to follow up his threat of prosecution. If he does, attend -at the Count when you get your summons, and etate the facts to the ■magistrate. The man did wrong In taking your book, and he may be prosecuted in the Supreme Court for defaming your character. (R.D.—You can do nothing for another two years. Write again at the end of that time. C.F.r. —Yes; a father may make his sons his trustees. iM.-B.S.—You cannot insist upon M. sending you your goods. You may go personally or by your agent, and demand itfliem, and if he then refuses to hand them over you may sue for them in the , Magistrate's Conrt. You may sue your ' agont for iKbe gross atnonnt of the' rent dne, and he fwill then in his own I interest account for <what he has paid i aTVay. To force a person to give a re- I ceipt for money paid over £2, complain to the CoOTmiesloner of Stamps. 11 the amonmt is under £2, your . simplest, and, possibly, only, protection