LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 21, 24 January 1917, Page 9

LEGAL INQUIRY.

BY A BARRISTER-AT-LAYT. •Letters of inquiry will be answered exery Wednesday iv this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in. the order in which they are received, aud replies will be iuserted with tne least possible delay. ECQl'lfiEß.—Von should consult a solicitor on tue point you submit, as a personal inspection vi 'the laud is necessary belure jju can be properly advised as t<) your position. I am inclined to tliiuk that you can, by application to the Supreme Court, get ail injunction . to stop tiie iirojiosed work, but it would not be safe to venture a definite opinion without seeing the land. tG.W.-Tbe moratorium protects you until August cext. aud possibly it* may be extended for another twelve months after that. However, if you cannot coiupleic your payments "tmder Uie asTtcwent you will have tv let the Blatter stand as it is, aud rely upi.u soldiers iv your posilion if the nioru- ' torrum shouid be uplifted as regards civilian population. """-£•—l'our neighbour has no rifrht to art a≤ he has done If he does not reerect the feuci' and replace the portiou ? f J'"ur soil n-hi.-h he has caused to Ml array, you may recover from him tbe cost uf doing the work yourself. If you give your tenant a week's notice to leave aud he noes not leave. y,..ii may pet an order from the court under which the court officers "ill put him out of the house. If you tlesitv to raise a weekly, tenant's reut you 'UitiH give him a week's notice before the extra charge is made. 3IOTHEU. — Yes. TWW.w.—You have no legal claim On the girl whatever. •^-C-G-— The boat belongs to the owner, and the law give:; you no claim to it. 3loE.—Whether or not you incur any financial liability iv respect to the business depends entirely on the whole of the circumstances of your connection SwL 11 ; AU ,, you iay % that J, °" are *3.King iic 3cLivG Diirt \ou D33V however, be sufficiently interested to be In law a partner, and in that case you will be liahje for all the debts the business incurs

kAXIiLORD.—In case of your tenant's ■bankruptcy, you will have a preference iw sis moL'ths' rent after pavmeut of toe costs of obtaining an order of indication aud after payment of the assignee's commission. This rig-ht is subject to various exceptions wSlch 1 aave not room to set out at length. Broadly speaking, to enable tne landiora s preference fJaim lo succeed • • .ifjere must be. at the date of the bankruptcy, sufficient goods on the , Premises to meet the landlord's claim ; <£er and ahoy.; tools of trade and rartuture to the value of £^5.

sale of the property ;v Stotl^^r* 8 "' 5 • risb,ts

S?^:~ Your mother's children will 'V? share which your mother ™ w£?T !»™ taken if living. Tour ' WV r wo AldJiave shared equally mitiL : - -"w arotner.