LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 59, 10 March 1915, Page 7

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BX A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) Letters or Inquiry will be answered every Wednesday- in this column. As tar as possible they will be dealt with ia the order in" which they are received, and replies will be inserted with the least possible delas. W.C.W.—(I) The irregularities vrjll not in any way affect the validity of the will. CJ) Tie trustee is responsible for all personal effects lost to the beneficiaries through his negligence. (3) I cannot • advise on the will as I have not had the opportunity of reading it. The document yon sent as a copy of the will is merely a copy of th>> instructions for the will, d) Xoue of the facts you have mentioned would be good ground for challenging the validity of the will. CJ.P. —Ton nave a good claim for the price of a new pair of trousers. WORRIED.—When you lave purchased an article yon cannot return it and decline to complete jour payment for it. Once the purchase is made the article is the buyers, and the purchase money, if casli is not paid, Is a debt due to the seller. ANXIOUS.—You will have to make up the time. DEOVER.-XO. 1 BOXDSMAX.—If the estate is being bandied in a manner that endangers your position as bondsman, yon may i>rins the matter Defore the Supreme .Court and yon will get relief. You cannot personally interfere with the management of the administrator.

rACTOJL.CS.—Tes, the question has been answered occasionally in this column, in the last seven or eight years. The tradesman cannot recover from yon interest on the overdue account, unless you have agreed to pay it.

W-AG-ES. —Unless you are working under an award of the Arbitration Court your only remedy for the rednctlon in wages is to quit the employment.

SONS.—A father may apply to the court for an order for maintenance against his sons at any time. Whether he has a pension "or unt makes no difference. The only questions to be considered are: (1) Is he destitute, and (2) can his sons afford to pay? II both the questions are answered in the affirmative, then the order will be made, but not otherwise.

ANXIOUS.—Ton have no valid claim of any kind.

Z.A.—Yonr case is very doubtful, and the result -would probably depend upon whieb magistrate heard it. I am decidedly of opinion that it would not pay you to go to court with it for the sake of the small sum involved.

PENSION. —There is no provision in New law to protect your father's pension, but there may be in. Australian law, with which I am not familiar.

C. —If the creek is a natural creek, C has a right to the reasonable use of the water in it. and he may sue A and B for the damage he lias been caused.

T.B.W. —The dog is yours, and you are not obliged to pay the man retaining it anything. Simply sue him for the dog.

BELGIUM. —Ton have probably lost your right to distrain on the mill machinery. Yon will therefore have to sue the tenant for tie rent in the ordinary way.

FATHER. —You are not responsible for her debts, but If yonr daughter becomes unable to earn her living, yon may be made to contribute to her maintenance. The young man's parents may be made to pay towards maintenance of the child.

M.J.B—I don't remember your question. Please repeat it.