LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 191, 13 August 1919, Page 10

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(BY A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) Letters of Inquiry will be answered every week In this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in the order lv , which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay. SE.MPER FIDELIS.—(D You will have to pay commission on the whole amount, Including llie amount of the mortgage. (-) You are not entitled to any commission in the clrcumstauccn you men tion, DRESSMAKER.—You may sell the dress if you go about it in the proper way, which is as follows: Give one week's notice of the iutended sale by advertisement in the local newspaper, stating In such notice the name of tha owner of tbe dress, tho amount of debt. a description of the dress, the time and place or sale, and the name of the auctioneer. All this Information, you will observe, must appear in tbe notice. In a.lltion to the advertisement, you must leave a copy of the notice at the last known place of residence of the owner, if such owner Is resident In the locality. Of course, before inserting your notice you ikIH make arrangement with the auclioWcr for tho time and place or the sale, otherwise you will not bo able to give the necessary information in your notice. The proceeds of the sale you will apply iv the payment of your account, plus the cost of advertising' and sale. Any balance you will pay over to the clerk of tho Magistrate's Court. Auckland. If you observe these conditions fstrlctly. you may safely sell, ir you do not the sale will be illegal. BOAT—You need not trouble any further in the matter. Simply claim the price of the boat from tbe person who took her without your permission. It is the duty of the taker to tiud the boat, and not yours. SANITARY. -The members of the Road Board are not in any way responsible for the acts or omissions of their predecessors. The residents' rights with regard lo the water will depend entirely upon the special circumstances of the borough, tl ontents of the by laws. etc.. concerning which I have no information.

TOT All A.— The only advice I can give you in the circumstances, i* that yon should plac e the matter in the hands of a solicitor. As the debtor Is a returned soldier, there will be some formalities to be observed before you can proceed with your case. Apart from them, however, the agreement seems to be quite satisfactory, provided, of course, It Is sufficiently stamped. PERPLEXED.—Ton cannot he obliged to null, but if the case comes before the Court, you will be given some time, though not necessarily much, to enable you to find another house. Tho purchaser of your house may he in the same position that yon are in: he may have been forced to leave the house he was renting, and may have bought yours In order to make sure of getting one. ANXinrs — Ton are entitled to three and a half weeks' salary. For the last week you can only claim half salary, as It w-ns i.y agreement that you worked half time. COCKATOO—Whether you can obtain a title to the land in question or not depends on oulte a number of things re-l-ar.llng which I could not help you in this column, where questions of title cannot possibly be dealt with, as they Involve searching registers, and preparing documents. Put tin- matter into the hands of your solicitor. nOrsEHOI.PER.- if ,|,e document is regislered you will be able to get a copy of It nt tho Deeds Registry Office or Land Trnn-fer iifPco. I do' not know what the cost will be, 2.1 or .1.1 for every TH words.