LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 27 May 1914, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

nv a HARRisvr:r.-.-.;-LA\v. Letters of inquiry will b<s answered e,«- T Wednesday in this column. As fa- i'j possible they win tic dealt with In the ord»iu which they are received, and replies w m be inser.cd nitta the least possible achy. NEW ClJtM.—The old age pension is £"« a year Iv a person caruius aoc more I'liaii CM a .Mar. For ever}' pound earimi over £:H a year the pension l<, redaciii by til. it u< also redneed by £1 for every £10 of property p.issessM by the pensioner over £50. No deduction is made for any sum not exceeding £:«ij invested In :i homo iv which the pen. :i"uer is Ilviiig. FRIKXD.—Your sister's marriage is lawful if her husband was divorced from qK tirsl wife at the time of tie niarrap'. The fact that he did not know he was divorced would nuke no difference. ■Divorce after tli» second mairiagc wouid U'Jt make it lawful. A.A.— Yes. lie fcuce is a legal one. E.E.P.— You could not get a. title to the property, it helonis to your atmt's ji.-st-of-kin. who are her children, including children lawfully adopted. It eh'! has n<> children of her own the property would (}O to the adopted rhiht if i! was adopted hy order ol l-hc Conr:. TliriyE.—You may claim the whole amimut "f your l'iss and ejpeDses from the Railway 1 >*>pyrfment. in a case like ynurs ynii arc not limited to *Uie half wapes under the Workere' Compeosation An. LEGATEE.—The pmbixte may be revoked if B ran satisfy the Court that tho rr'.i-'r will is Ihe document upon whlrli probate should have been granted. I also ihink that if X satisfies the Cthjrt lh.it ai the time that the later will was lliartc the testator was o£ unsound mind and diil not understand what iie was (!'iins Hie present probate may he irevnkril. As I! was not a party to too earlier proeepdiuzs lie is not stopped from reoprahii,' mc. question. NAVVIE. —In such a the mother is the natural guardian. The father's only duty iK to maintain the child. T.J.—You haw uo *ueli claim A.II. -ill \mi should apply at the Deeds office at Auckland. If you fail there, then sit the. Land Office. (2) This is a geographical and not a legal question. Consult the eouiuy map. JEWEL.—Don't make any defence—there is none to make. If your wife hae the money in her own right she will have to pay. If nut. frhe will not have to pay. IXQI'IREIt.— If the dog is really the one you lust it is yours etttl, and you may claim it without payment for anything. WOnitlED.— lf Ihe medical man showed want of professional skill is his trefltmcni then ymi need not pay him. Uut 1 could nor &ny whether or not there was want of skill. That would be a matter of * expert evidence, aud it is a mat?*-* upon which a legal opinion could be expressed only after bearing the evidence medical men coultl five- on Lhc point. TOILER.—You will be obliged to pay the rent. Your mulv remedy i≤ to leave the ANXIOUS.—You need no: -worry.* Nohody can interfere with you at your age. if your mother should ask the police to take action they will lell her the matter is one whk-b does not concern them. \ B.C.—Tou could get a divorce now. and there would be no difficulty in hovinj the decree made absolute. DOf'TOK.—If you simply rang up the doctor and him to come to visit a particular person at your plact you wW le responsible for the fees. If. *»w----pv.t yo,, made it <-!ear to the docto,that you were simply a go-be:weeu dclivcrii s to him a mes;-age given to you, then you will not be responsible. O.E.I).—You need not pay the extra wot in auy ca-e. nor. I think, the sanitary rate. Inquire what the custom is in the district, and if there is any local by-law flxinj; the liability for the rate i on tenant or landlord, and be guided I accordingly. LANCASHIRE LASS and DICK •scad n» PERPLEXED sends neltier name nor address. ______________