LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 36, 11 February 1920, Page 5

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

, —-. ' j (BY A BAKRISTER-AT I/AIT.) T>tt.*TS of Inertlry will be »fl«wered ev»re i week ln this column. As far as po.glble they will be dealt with in the onVr tn which they ere received, and rpoUe* will be Inserted with tbe least pon-fble delay. LESSEE (Arch Hill)— Ton may not remove •the timber from the* land unless permission is given to do so In your lease. REGULAR SUBSCRIBER.—Yon Khonld apply to pay off the mortgage on etvlDjs a quarter's notice. Of course, if yon want to pay without notice then you will have to pay at least a-qnarfe-r's? Interest in lieu of notice. I have assumed that there is no special provision in your mortgage dealing with the matter, and that the mortgage is overdue. ANXIOUS.—If the Insurance was gfrven to you seventeen years ago, and yon have paid the premiums on it since then, you should decline to let your i daughter keep it. You do not say whether there was a formal transfer cf the policy, but If there was not you shuulel try to get one. Your right to the policy is very Insecure in the i absence of a written transfer. , L.G.W.—The Mortgages Extension Act pro- • tects you until the end of the present 1 year, so that you should make arrange* _, raents between now and then lor the raising of the. money elsewhere if the present mortgagee will require payment. c M.C—The answer to N.Z. In a former Issue _ nnnlies to all old-age pensioners. Every old-ace pensioner mny earn £34 a year without causing any redue*tlon of the 0 pension. _ H.YT.—T eoiilel not advise yon to attempt to make your own will on the form c yon mention. It Is a very risky thine ifor anvboelv to do. and la the cause a of much trouble after the death of the testator. r PERPLEXED.—In ease of dtvorcp you wilt t prohublv obtain the same maintenance a as you arc getting now. On the otheE + hand there is risk of you setting less. * as divorce is a Injury for which the petitioner is sometimes expected 'o n make considerable allowances. REX.— On the* valuation you give yonr rent cannot be Increased. In any n,wi> the notice you have received is lKelcs*. and ran mn.v Ignore le. 1 have to eonI gratnlnte you on the admirable way you stated your case. 1 JUDEX.—If. after rutting the overhanginst parts of the tree growing on yonr* neighbour's property you still suffer damage from choked spotting yon may 5 recover the amount of your 'oss by r legal action. If. however, the tree be blown cirer by a high gale or thrown 5 down hv lightning, and yonr house in - rinmsezed by It you would probably fr;il to recover damages* on the ground ihnt th" cnuse of the nccident was not tin- fault of the owner of the tree. - H.W.11.— ml Xo. Ibi So. (cl Yea. The above answers your eiuesticns as they nre p'U. but your letter does not contnin Inforn'atlen to enable mc to (tivo yen much help. If you had given 'mc » a cony -if tlie receipt you signed the . matter would have been much clearer. Briefly, your position Is that yon ran 1 make the purchaser pay for Hie article i provided you can prove that lhe ■ j amount yevl have already received Is not the full amount. From what you say I' is possible thnt the purchaser will allege that the amount he paid on taking delivery was the full purchase price. If he does this, and there Is I only rour word acralnst his, you will probably fnil in any action you bring, because the onus of prooi will be on AXXIOTS IXQriREIt —Of course you cannot draw two pensions from tbe Gov- | eminent at tbe same time.