LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 218, 12 September 1923, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY.

BY A BARRISTER AT LAW. Letters of inquiry will be answered everj week in this column. As far as possible chey will bo dealt with in the order in which they are received, and replies will h« Inserted with the least pussible delay. A.B.—Tou may take proceedings in Kct Zealand. DAISY. —Write to the Board pointing out that you fear damage will be done, and that you will hold it responsible. CURIOUS.—The definitions given in the Act would fill two columns of this paper. Any erection agreed npon lij- • you and your neighbour constitutes a sufficient fence within the moaning of the Act. It is as well to have ,i permanent record of the fact that the fence was erected by agreement. CURIOUS. — (1) It depends on w!int relatives he leaves'. Has he any children? (2) The contract can be enforwd. It is just possible that they may not think it worth while going on ivith tlie matter. FENCING.—(a) Yes. (b) No! You cannot remove it, as it is joint property, (c) The purchaser's statement is correct. JUSTICE.—You should sign your name to your letter. No matter whom you write to it will be referred to the local Law Society for inquiry. Write to the president or secretary; but do not write in the libellous strain in whit'h you wrote to inc. Simply place the facts before thn society: it is quite capable of interpreting them. E.J.D.—Your local by-laws may be of assistance to you. If yqur land is fenced within the meaning of the Fencing Act the onus is on your neighbour. NELLIE.—If you are destitute any near relative of sufficient ability can be forced to contributte to your maintenance. MRS. B.—Yours is not a legal query. Consult a directory. DESERTED.—Not less than £30. L.W.—Your claim would be against the firm that sold it to you. I do not think, however, that you could successfully bring a claim, although it might be worth commencing an action. There would be every reason to expect that they would settle the case out of court by making you some concession.