LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 12 August 1925, Page 3

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BARRISTER-AT-I,AW.) i letters of inquiry -will be answered eve*J! week in this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in the order In whi'-li they nre received, and rep'.les will be inserted with the Whst possible delay^ ,T.B.—The widows' pension is payable onlj , in respect of children. Childless widows are not entitled to thl3 pension. I.C.V.—Your only remedy is to sue tot possession. If you give notice to youF landlord you will still be considered to be in possession yourself until youc tenant leaves. No. 14.—1 do not think it necessary fof your interests to be watched. INTEREST.—The cost is about the same in each ensp., and would vary from £3 to £G according to the nature of your title. tUnt is, whether a separate mortgage securing the same mone? was signed over each property. SHORT NOTICE.—You are liable to A tot his fees, he being responsible for B'9 account. It is only in the event of B having been negligent in conducting your business that you could refuse to pay A. It is quite a usual practice, and had A left you only an hour to find somebody else to do the work, you would have been faced with a difficult task. INACTIVE. —Such a letter would not he sufficient to enable either party to enforce it. If the mortgagor were to w'll, his purchaser would require the usual formal extension registered against the title. The expense would be only two or three pounds. GENUINE INQUIRER.—You should get ai» estimate from a surveyor. Titles cost £1 each, but it will be unnecessary for you to get two titles. When you sell, the purchaser will apply for and pay for one title, nnd you may not require a fresh one for your property until you deal with it by sale or mortgage, J.G.A.—The lease Is the title to the property. The land belongs to the Crown and is leased to you. As your lease is the first dealing with the land It it is the only evidence of title you require. A.B.C.D.—The father is under no legal responsibility for the damage to the machine. M.T. —I can find nothing in the contract or advertisements which becirs out your contention that you are not liable for freight on samples forwarded. I'ou will have to pay it yourself. J.H.—lt' you can prove satisfactorily that you were engaged, but that after you wore accepted your engagement w°3 cancelled, you would iiave a claim for one week's wages In place OL notice. , I'OXKONBY—Three months' ,J? o ß c,, eji- drequlred. The notice ia 1 .P t % vere<l or snit by registered Je« er