LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 125, 26 May 1920, Page 7

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BY A BARRISTER-ATMW.)

Letters of inquiry will ne answered every week in this column. As far as possiblt they will be dealt with in the order in which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay.

NOTE.—No further letters will be answered in this column unless full name and address is given as a guarantee ot ibona lldea. ,

AT SEA.—You do not give your name. If that rent, he is entitled to stay, if not yon can secure the place 11 you want it for your own occupation. INQUIRES 224.—1f you owe the money, pay it to avoid cost. ' HILDA.—Your query held over. PUHLATEA.—'No. OWNER O* , PROPERTY.—(I) Yon do not give your name. You had better pay the rent or yon will get Into trouble. <2) > T ot necessarily. C.H.—Take no notice of' what they threaten, .but sit tight and pay 10/ per week. iPE>ttPll(BXET>.—The matter Is not worth worrying over; you are quite safe. IMPROVEMENTS.—Write.to- the Commissioner of Crown 'Lands.' OUlBERRO.—(1) In most cases not compellable. (2) Yes. . ■SjM.—A release is necessary, and the tnortRagee's ■solicitor■ is , the man. to prepare it, and jAi the personate pay for it. On paying, the account yon will get the deeds, or If not, then soon after. ANXIOUS. —It you r tMnk ...he Is about to leave the country, bring -him before the Court. • FREEHOLD.—Ton <lo not give your name. Write to the Commissioner of Crown Lands. He win inform you .of the conditions under wblcli your land is held. TOMIBATOBE.—It is useless to attempt to force the man to complete. Your only plan Iβ to sue tor damages. LOTUS.—'Give written notice- of your Intention to call in the money. It the mortgagor objects you cannot get'the money. A.E.M.—(I) It cannot be registered. I (2) There is no security, because' the testator himself can alter bis will during his lifetime. (3) -A copy is never any use, CONClSE.—Unfortunately you have -no remedy, owing to tbe 'Native 'Land" Act. AUCKLANDE'R.—The charges are fixed *<by the Chamber of Commerce. In your case the rate certainly seems high.