LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 251, 22 October 1919, Page 13

LEGAL INQUIRY.

t BV A BAIIRIRTEP.-AT-LAW.) Letters of Inquiry will he answered every week lv this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with In tho order In which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with tho least possible delay. A.D. —5 2-3rds per cent means £5 13/4 per cent. That Is the are 2-3rds of £1 and not _-.'srds of the £3. BI'RWuOD. —If you will send mc an exact copy of any written notice served on you by the landlord. I will do what I I can to help you. If you have no ) such notice then you need take no . steps whatever until you receive it. I GREY lA'NX.—Your sister-in-law is not in any way responsible for the debt due by her late bus-band, and she may take no notice whatever of any further demands. 601/DIEH. — ft) You may sue the trustee for the £10, and it will be then for him to prove what he did with It. (2) ' You may claim from the Department the pension paid in error to the person who took your pension warrnnt. HONEST.—(I) You may sue. (2> The only i correct proceeding in dealing with cattle straying on your property is to impound them. (3) The ranger's power Is limited to cattle on the public highway. AXXinc?.—Tn tlie circumstances the buyer has to give fresh notice. A week's notice will suffice If you are weekly .^.tenants. EGM.ONT.—Tho inventory you submit would be misleading apart from any personal explanation you made. The explanation you mention would .be sufficient if you could succeed in proving it. There are many points in your letter which would be to your advantage, such as the offer to resell, but I would not care to take the responsibility of advising you to bring an action without more information than can well be put in a single letter. The letter you sent mc is very clear ami satisfactory, but you will need legal assistance before bringing any action, and I should advise you to put the matter before your solicitor and leave him to decide what you should do after a full statement of the facts. CONFIDENTIAL.—You will be entlUed to a pension at 60 years of age. Your house will not destroy your right to the pension, but it may affect the amount you will receive. That, of course, will depend upon the value of the house. J_.—l assume from your letter that you are not a soldier or a discharged soldier, and that being the ease, you have no remedy but to pay the rent demanded or leave the property. The law as to civilians does not deal -with thops, Ibut with dwelllnghouses. I-leuce your ease does not come within It. TAXPAYER.—Your letter was answered some time ago. The owner of the property can be made to pay the rates to the local authority, but having paid them such owner may recover from the lessee who had covenanted to pay them himself. Your best course, therefore, ls to pay the rates, and sue the late tenant If you think he is worth while suing. VERITAS.—The receipt of rent by yon ls an acceptance of the occupier as your tenant, and you will, therefore, have no remedy against him for his continued occupation. Also, the acceptance of rent would be a waiver of your previous notice to quit, and you should, therefore, serve ou the tenant another notice. You would not be able legally to object to a removal of the buildings owing to the clause in the lease giving the tenant permission to move them. In saying this I am assuming that the permission was an unconditional one. and that there was no clause in the lease by the breach of which the leseee has forfeited his right. INTERESTED. —The words you quote do not require that you should get instructions in writing. At the same time you will be wise to get them iv writing i f possible. E.R.—You may ignore the notice and continue in the house. S.W.l'..—Y'our signature is quite sufficient. As you say, the money was yours and the bank was in error in not paying the full amount over. Therefore, they hold the money simply as your agents, and they must return it to you on demand. COUNTRY SUFFERERS !! ! " Ask Loaaby About it." By Letter. if you will write mc giving mc full particulars of how you feel I will send you. post free, for 8/C, a double-sized bottle of medicine to do you good. I have successfully treated hundreds of sufferers in Auckland backljlocka. I can do the same for you. A. M. LOASBY, Tho Only Consulting Chemist. 24, His -Majesty's Arcade, Auckland.—Ad. 24 million tins of St. George Camp Pie have been sold during tho last 40 years --proof positive of its goodness. Wise housewives know that St. George Pie saves cooking, and is just as delicious as the most carefully prepared meat dishes, splendid for teas, lunches, picnics, etc.; try it. Your grocer sells St. George Camp Fie. — (Ad.)