LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1913, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

BY A BAR—:STEU__-L_Wi ..-.. '■A?i ;;;«: INQUIRER.— Apply to the executor .for a | copy of the will, or to some memoir _M ot the family to procure you one. nailing that, write to a local solicitor to ohtain you a copy. •. . -y SECTION.—You may sell off 32 feet or i , your frontage with the cottage on"it' ; :H if it is not a contravention of your . E local .by-laws. The Town Clerk win d» able to tell you waether or not: tae c by-laws allow it. :;^ E.G.B.—Your best course In the _—_aM stances is to pay tee money and. ta_e Ye the article, it will be the c_eap„ie-:: and least troublesome way out oi tfiei?g| difficulty. You put the matter clearly, and 1 am returning you 14* ■;":■< enclosures as desired. S-E.—No, you have no right to sell tMfflf goods, but yon should decline to giwe*,f tnem up until your account Is piuitSjYou may get a judgment In the Magu- Jtrate's Court, and _en get the sheriff-... to sell the goods under a distress war-: rant. W.H-S. —You ihave no remedy at prewujsH but If any untrue statements are mauaKj to any person concerning your flnaiiciiU; position, and you suffer pecuniat/,: damage as a result, then you-will Uava a remedy. M.W.——ie solicitor Is not obliged to insti-j'-; tute the proceedings until _i_ fees .lire*:/ paid. Pernape if you give him securlir., for the balance he will go on. e ; "S»-i SECRETARY.——ie answer to both jJSB questions Is Yes. NEMO.—If A erected the half of tiie fen<£|| without reference to B, he cannot 110*: Insist on B's erecting the remaind—-.;; Tne proper way was to give B uodeigj; to fence, and to have the whole li—'.*:' completed at the one time at the joint expense of both parties. Every laudowner should have a copy o£ "I'pse Fencing Act, 1908," and study it. ><»■.: should g/et tha Act, ana read it througU, ;: and if you and any ditficalty in cult." struing it let mc know what section*; trouble yon. A may Impound any stocsencroaching on his land, but if ne dosl he should take them to the pound, aad" : not attempt to impound on luVowa land. There are too many pitfalls - that niert—>d of impounding. Also, beiore he impounds he should study the Impounding Act, 1908, and follow, mm directions given in section 11 of tnat Act, which directions are Imperative, GRATEFUL.— AY. yon need to do 1»'' 8: write an_ tell the agents that your. property Is no longer for »ale>. aa» register the letter. NEW LYNN.--CI) No, (2) No, (3> -«. W Yes. PETS. —You may keep guinea pig- • "**>. bits are subject to the Babbit Nutam<*. Act, —OS, and may be destroyed the inspector. E.S.I.—You could have claimed your n_. from B or the owner had you notffl« either within a month of the completion of the contract. Now Jt ,> r late, and your only remedy is ag-BSI « CITY ROAD—The husband is a<* r s*2' slble for the wife's ante-nupiW-«»<*■;. The wife may be sued, but il»«M *r no money of her own she c«—iot * made to pay. 3.-I.— A cannot be forced to pay <**'$£• H of the man from whom he bo* l Iv business, even if it is a trading at*-. B D