LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 52, 2 March 1921, Page 2

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(P.Y A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) Letters of inquiry will be answered e*«i week ln this column. As far as powlblft they will be dealt with in the onjer II which they are received, and replies win be inserted with the least possible delay. H.H.— You have no claim for damages, but you can impound the animals. MRP. T.—Tour husband has no rights <jt« the property. A.B. — Unless otherwise provided the property belongs to A until the date of settlement. Hence the loss is As. NELSON. -Yon are entitled to a month"* notice In writing. If yon consider the rent too high yon should get your solicitor to make an application to hare the -fair rent" determined. IN TROrBI.E.— Your opportunity of speaking was at the trial. You should paj over only for the damage caused by the boys and let him sue for th» remainder. You can then give evidence as to the extent of the damage. BOLN'F..-Both the owner and his employe, are liable for rhe damage. Get yotir solicitor to write a letter demanding ANXIOUS, ill [ cannot undertake to arlvise you on Australian law. Yon could certainly bring yonr cause ia Australia, but I fancy rwo years' residence there would he necessary first. 1 2' i Yon are entitled to a divorce on the grounds stated, and it would not be necessary to add other grounds If yon have sufficient evidence. ANXIOUS.--(1 , The notice to leave if quite valid, and unices yo u can arrange for a little eitra time I am afraid yon will have r o comply wirti it. i2i You should remind the manager regarding the fittings, but you cannot remove, them forcibly. If he lei'uses ro hand them over your only alternative Is to MARRIAGE— M i You should write to t solicitor in -he city where the divorce ■was obtained and get him to semi particulars. Probably :ne United States Consul could assist you. i2i The following provisioh also may meet yonf cose : v, No one commits blgnmv by going through a form of marriage if he or she has continually absent from h'js or he- wife or husband for seven years -he.- last past, and is not proved to hai c k, own that bis wife or her husband .-.as alive at any tim» during those seven years." IN DUBt'S—I would not advise yon te Invest as you suggest. You could BnJ a good investment on flrst mortgage, which would carry The same rate ot interest and he much safer.