LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 90, 16 April 1913, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

BY A BARRISTER-AT-LAW. -_-—-. - Letters of inquiry will be answerea every Wednesday in this column.: As far v* possible they will be dealt with in the order ia which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay. - Is order to derive the greatest advantage from this column, correspondents should;; give full particulars of the facts upca _S which they desire advice. W-iatever 'the.-; details supplied, however, no responsibility.t;cau be accepted for errors, in whatever. ;•_ way arising, though every effort will ;;$_ i£ made to ensure accuracy. Auswers at% based absolutely on tbe information given, and therefore, in all instances, can.only 1» applied to the specific c..»e dealt with. FAIR PLAY.—If the agemt has told'/yoi-M that he is not Intending to abide by __ the agreement, that is a breach of the,.; agreement entitling you to ignore it.jisv Whether or not he can enforce pay- ;. •ment of commission on the land -_-_S-dy;iJ|, sold I cannot.say without perusing agreement you signed. He cannot make mm you pay 5 per cent, on a year's 7 rent; _;J for letting a house, but he is: bound Sjby his oral agreement to a commission jM| of one week's rent- The best advice t,;ft can give you is to change your agent atgjg| the earliest possible moment. .': A.S.—Sue the man for wilfully obstructing, the fairway; or cut the punt loose ac •■■. the side least convenient to tUebhstrcctor every time it is in you wis.' TROUBLE.—You cannot insist - upon the Council's forming a wall, but you hiay,; insist-upou all the soil being'removed-, from your.land. R.W. —The same license will do for another .V' dog. It is the owner, and not the dog,; <M that is registered. J.P.—The receipt needs no 6tamp. .-'}.' -. _. LEGAL—You will be bound to take'.'de-'Mj livery if the seller insists. — ' ■'_.._ JI.G.-You will be' obliged to take the pic-fsl ture if it is made into a reasonable•«J likeness, but not otherwise. W.A.C.—The only way is to sue the man: the Magistrate's Court, and having got-83 a judgment put in an execution..- .'.•■..-.;: H. W. SMITH.—You are not obliged to ', supply the name of the carter, but you-..■■.;;> will have to satisfy the employers that. Jr it was their servant who did. the dam-' . ; age. You can sue for the amount of .:.1 loss if- it is not paid. '■;;.; T.W.—A may claim storage from the time'--; be -notified B that he wouid do so. His ; sale of the property makes no" difference. . V _ ' . . GENUINE.— if the decree absolute has been drawn up and sealed, the. woman is at liberty to marry' again, whether her cost 6 have been paid or not. Of course. It is possible that the solicitor has, properly enough, declined to draw up and seal the decree until he receives hU owu aud the court fees. C.W.—Legal proceedings should hot he necessary. Apply to your employer again. If i n the end you arc obliged to -.:. take legal proceedings _»i_ .are ..successful you will recover some, but hardly all your costs. : - BONA FIDE—Your friend. I think, is mistaken. The monarch may pardon i- he pleases, but the deserter cannot i-.aim. a pardon as a matter ot course simply -. •because a new monarch has asccnaett the throne. MATAI.— I do not think yon have any claim from the builders. Your less arose from the theft by persons unknown whilst you left- the timber lying ou the road. If it had not been sUneu the excess of estimate would have been a small matter, as. the extra' timber would bare still been there. And If,' 011 the other hand, the estimate had been exact the loss would have arisen in precisely the fiame way aud degree. The excess of estimate had nothing whatever to do with the loss. LABOURER.—A man working by tlie day eannofnsk for more than a day's notice, however long be has been employed byhis employer. I cannot nelp.you I" your, other question. It is a question of convenience, and not of law.