CIVIL CLAIMS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 67, 19 March 1919, Page 7

CIVIL CLAIMS.

QUESTION OF COMMISSION. POSSESSION OP A HOUSE. Before Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M.,' J. Sutcliffe and Co. (Mr. Mahoney), claimed from Joseph Quigley, farmer, Uunua (Mr. Durham), commission amounting to £01 5/ in connection with th« sale of four houses at Birkenhead. Plaintiff reduced the claim to £58 15/. The defence was that Quigley agreed to pay only £25, and the other paTty, Ferguson, £25. A memorandum prepared at the time of eigning was put in by defendant, and this mentioned the sum of £50. Defendant 6aid this was placed in a sealed envelope and he did not see it until arriving home. His wife swore that the memorandum wae simply handed to her unenclosed, and she concluded that the amount stated referred to the total commission. It was stated by plaintiff that the amount was j altered to £50 on condition that defendant paid up promptly. Judgment was for plaintiff for £50 and costs, £5 10/.

Walter Reid (Mr. Burns) proceeded against F. H. Pope (Mr. Kalman) for possession of a tenement in Heme Bay Road. Plaintiff said defendant had the house on a year's lease. He had intended selling the property, but as hie eon wae returning from the war he wished to live in the dwelling himself. Defendant said he was unable to obtain another suitable dwelling. Hie Worship gave judgment for possession in four weeks.