LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1916, Page 9

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BY A BARRISTEU-AT-LAW.) Letters of inquiry will be answered every. Wednesday ill this column. As far as possible 'they .win. be dealt -with iv the order in which they are .received, ami replies will be;,lns.6rted' ; Tvit;h the leafct possible delay. -.>■'' ■■■' ■-■■ ANXIOUS.—If' you. and your, daughter-in-law cannot-bothagree to sell the whole , :.:;of.t?iie. Property,-.then ag;jou can do Is , ,-fotry to-4 sell, your .shares of it. This • ' 3*lll- no{ be easy,' because moet purchasers prefer l to navel; their titles in, their own names alone. If, however,- ---; -you must sell,, and- you cannot arrange, with ""your daughterrin-law, then an application to the Supreme Court will be necessary. The Court iwould, probably order a-sale. . t .g.C.-e-Tbe re-marriage of the widow in Xew --.Zealand will.-not"in-.'aoyi way affect . \:neiv rights- in , ->er husbind's English " -estate. 7: : ~;_'.-''."-.-*! •LAXD..-rrlf aTsqover:'the number ■ section,>or,- -failing that, polui ■ ■ "it out ou the' county "map to your ■' solicitor,- be will, 'by- searching the.' title,.!]iecAble, tQ'te.Uyoil : who is Uie; registered owner. If the":land is still in the native's name, he could also tell

you-whether any application has been made for the consent of the Land Board to a transfer to a European.

MAROONED. -— You . should:-Hnsist upon' I - * your "entrance being-restor#d. If yoe J I decline to let the local authority putyou off, I think you win find that they vsSX, comply with your requirements. - If they do- not restore the entrance, do so yourself, and sue them for the — cost. . •• FAIR PLAY.—You may sue for damages --for breach of-promise otjnarrlage, and ■ ehouj.d recover some damages. You cannot, however, , siieceedin any claim ■against the other man.- -If 4t has been brought , under your notice that any ■•■ persou going under an English name is an alien subject, and the uame he bears is an assuineU name, the matter . is one for .inquiry, and son would be quite Justified In'lnforming'the police. ANXIOpS ' (2).—As you were never married, the children's mother.is entitled to possession of the children, and. I do - not think ?you could succeed in any : application! such as jou suggest. '.-..-■ <**■,■*:.;■'■.■'' ■■:■.,:>.■ -:.;.■*-,. , ' EXl > toltEp.~-It Is Sot possible to answer ■••. -without :.a-i.eopy °* tba -r ... .-Articles.ot Aespclatibn-ofthe company. " fr-'atffiall mattele' which are provided for in-the articles; and each company decides 1 for itself j what these articles-shall contain. Ifyou will send mc a popy of the articles; J '' I will sdo .wiat I-can to-hap yon. Iβ ; the __dlo»ctors._,ace_:. exceeding thejf" c powers, and decline to listen to your" objections, your remedy is an application to the Supreme Court.' ' ".*.'£ ROTHSAT.T-The' daughters 'omitted from " their lather's will; may, apply to the ~ Court for an allowance - out of the father's estate, in certain circumstances. Generally, in .such cases it; is necessary to show that the , applicants are in need, or in bad health, ;or are likely —to-rbe in-poor-circumstances, and that their conduct-has not, disentitled them ' I to look for' some "assistance from their father's will. In such casps, however" application should be made .to the Court - 'fcituont delay.', .. - .>' . , ; ;.. D.E.A.—It _would;be -a somewhat difficult-' legal point- to decide -precisely what your niece is entitled'to,"-but I am of" opinion that "she , should l be; paid more '■ than 6/a-week.tfor.the,Jtlme she has- ' a been incapacitated, and tSatshe should not go-back until her. finger is better • • and . aliso if- the -finger- will be permanently useless, .she is entitled to a .. lump sum-in addition to what she has - : already .received. '. ■, ":,.' ';;."* ; '

E.C.—Tou are protected by the Mortgages' ::? Extension Act, and yon, will not be obliged to pay off.'the mortgages on the ■■ — due date. ■ . "~' -.