LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 204, 27 August 1913, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

BY A BAIUIISTEK-A'l-LAW. WAINUARO.—You need not pay the insurance if you had the property Insured iii anotU«r office. The rates you will not be able to recover, as they were paid vo protect the property. WILL. —Ii yon will let mc know what property the deceased left In New Zealand and in England or Scotland, I snail be ILEX. Yon may sue the person for the £4, also you should get rid of him. Give him a week's notice. FAIH.PLAY. —You are entitled to j-onr benefit pay. C.S.M.—The agreement should have been stamped, but that Is a difficulty that can he overcome, and you ought to assume that the lease Is blndins.- Your way oat of the dittlcnlty is to sublet the house. The landlord cannot prevent that unless he has specially forbidden H In the agreement. I.M.S.—The cheque wonld be Rood to sue on to tho end of the sixth year from the date of it. TENANT. —Yon are entitled to six months' notice, but the obligation will be on yon to prove It, and If the owner denies It and you have neither writing nor witnesses you might find it very dlfficult. TDRE. —(1) The Impounding Act Is silent on the point you raise in this question. I thJuk a magistrate would refuse to allow a «pparate drlviug fee for each animal unlfs3 the torses were hard to keep together or there was some other good reason for taking them separately. (3 and 41 Are both answered by the above. (2) You conld not recover damages from the ranger unless yould could show that he was either negligent, or did the damage wilfully. (D) You are not liable for damages if the fence was In a bad state of repair. BUKNT OUT—The employee has no claim on the employer. The latter would not be paid insurance on the value of any of tue employee's goods. NE"W CHUM.—The law does nnt fix the distance that trees must be planted from a boundary fence. It will vury with the kind of tree. For pinus insignls loft to 20ft should suffice. HUTU. —You must fix the rate of Interest v.-hen you arrange for the advance. The Court would most, likely allow a maximum of much more tban you would be prepared to pay. MONGONUI.—If you are living with your lmsbnnd his Income will count. If not, it will uot count; MOUNT ALBTCRT. —How can I possibly tell you to whom the meter belongs unless you give mc some information about It? IN DOUBT.—The tenant will bo entitled to remove the lamp and fittings, and yon will nut be able to compel him to retix the light in tue window. MRS I).r\—l am afraid my advice will not prove very pleasant to yon, because I tbluk if yon have always to keep your dog on the chain his disposition is likely to be somewhat lacking in amiability: 1 am sure mine would Ije if I were your dog. At the same time if your animal was not responsible for the dissolution of the neighbour's unfortunate pig, you whim of a mere "inspector." CAItPE DIEM.—(I) If that is all the will says o£ the property, the wife could not setl< it without obtaining the consent o£ the Supremo Court. (2) If the husband wishes to transfer the house lie will need legal assistance. J. McL.—See answer to New Chum, above STVIMMER.—OnIy the persons sued In th« case will be responsible under the Judg' ment.