LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 207, 30 August 1916, Page 2

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

r . 011 BARRISTEK-AT-LAW.j ,- Letters of inquiry will be answered every 1 Wednesday In this column. As far at < possible they will be dealt with in tb« 1 • order in which they are received, aud t ,- replies will he inserted with the least ' . possible dciay. < b ' LAW.—(I) The land can he sold and the > title given if the property ls not under ■ s the Land Transfer Act. If the land is under that Act a survey will be neces- •' sary. (2) You should never attempt to ' ' draw up a lease without legal assfcrt- ! ance. (3) An lOU so long as It is ' 3 nothing more, is not liable to stamp ' f duty. ' J.A.B.—Tour wife's excuse would not be a I good defence if you took proceedings t tor divorce, but these proceedings cannot be taken until her desertion has lasted five years. All you can do is wait till that time has elapsed. t W.B.—You are entitled to £2 10/ per week if your Incapacity lasts tor more than one week, if it lasts for less than 14 . l days no compensation is payable in re- : 1 spect of the first seven nays. i AVON.—(I) The owner would be respon- < Bible for say damage done it' hU treej < r were overhanging the road. t2) The • i same rule applies to both classes of wires. (3) I think if you applied to the i Registrar-General of Births and Deaths i of Dublin you would get a certificate. < The title I have given may not be his . correct official title, but It is sufficiently I descriptive. , INQUIKER.—(I) Tou may sue in the : Magistrate's Court at Pukekohe, but it ' is very doubtful whether your agree- ' I ment is in binding form, and you run • c some risk of being nonsuited. Any- • how the agreement should be stamped at the Stamp Office at Auckland before B the 13th day of October. Otherwise c you wul not be able to stamp it without paying £3 fine. (2) You may advt-r- ---. rise that the agent no longer represents you, but you had better not say any--7 thing about the selling price ot the t articles. I have reposted all your . documents. (3) You could probably j . recover the money overcharged if you 1 1 succeeded in your action. i TJ.V.—I note that your farm was anlm- f proved, but I think that after the time s you have held it no war taxes will be | .payable In respect of the profits. ' '• STEP-FATHER.—I think without expense t to yourself you could probably prevent > I, the men in question completing his • divorce. All you would have to do 1 would be to write to the Solicitor- c r General in Sydney and tell him what y<>.. t 1 have told mc. Before doing that, how- £ ever, it might be well to reconsider. < . Will not tlie wife be mor.li happier and ' better if the divorce is completed? 1 1 From what you tell mc I am very much c r inclined to think she will. l z < c MATIVE BUSH.—-If your daughter adopts a child through the Court that child will take any property that it - would have taken had it been your daughter's c own child. The child will have no t j claims at all on you or your property t . unless and until that property descends ; " through or otherwise comes into pcs- ] session of your daughter. ( S.A.J.—AII yon bare to do ls to take ears • r that the contractor full; insures all bis. < men. Yon should insist upon the re- • celpt being produced to you. t I ELECTOR.—If you are on the ratepayers' roll, and are paying the rates on the property, then your qaaMftcatfona at* good. F.B.S.—Take no notice of the threats. It there was any breach" It was not on your part, bat the la«y*a and she has no remedy against you now. • P.S. x 22, —Yon win be obliged to. leave