LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 193, 16 August 1922, Page 10

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BY A BARRISTEB-AT-LAW.) Letters of inquiry will be answered every week in this column. As far as possible I they will be dealt with in the order in ] which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay. CO.VCERNED.— A new will is necessary. SVXTHIA.- You arc bound to pay the bill. If yon did not w-ant the treatment yon should have refused to submit" yourself. In any case you have had the benefit. M. X.V.— You are not entitled to hold the child as security. If you think anything is owing you should sue. but you have no right to possession if its parents claim it. ANXIOI'S.—You do not make it quite clear whether the bouse encroaches on your land or not. If it does you can ■lie made to transfer that part of the land on payment of compensation. You may grow the plants you mention. INQIIIt'BK— IT they require it for their W.B.—The rent may Up raised iv the circumstances on "JS days' notice in writing. L.M.N. -You have probably given him an absolute discharge. However, it is well worth asking him to complete his work properly, and you have a fair chance of re-opening the transaction. UNCERTAIN.—Your question is too general, t'ertain del>t> get preference, that is. tliov are to be paid in full before the general body of creditors get anything. Write again explaining what your debt is. X.Y.Z.—The lease having come to en end your rights to the place also terminate SCOTIA.—If you have sufficient money t* build tbere Is no harm 1n doing so now. mortgage, you must pay off the halan-ce owing on the section out of the mortgage money. SINVBRR.—If the mortgage is dated before the L*4th Octotvr. lillil, you are protected by the moratorium. SWATOW.— The agreement should be stamped at once by the Stamp Office. The duty is I/O. Do not pay over the balance, ami, if it is necessary, sue for damages for the non-coiupletion of the ' W.D.J. (Ponsnnby).—l think you can safely ignore the notice. If, however, the place ,s sold yon must be prepared to quit on receipt of proper notice. by agreement. Neither of you has an absolute right, and as ' you are the deserting party your claim is weakest. There is no rule, but iv ordinary cases about ll> years.