LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 103, 5 May 1926, Page 13

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BAEEISTEE-AT-laAW.) Letters of inqriiry win' be answered every week in this column. As far as possible tiiey will be dealt with in the order in which they are received, and replies will be inserted, with the least possible delay. WATEE STJPPLY. —Strictly you. can be compelled 10 pay. FENCE —See answer to Hedges. If your neighbour does not, within 21 days, object in. writins to your notice you may proceed to erect the fence, ana may recover one-half of the cost. CLAEENGE. —A simple declaration. of identity Is all that is required. WTJSDJAMMEB. —Give your neighbour a notice that yon require Tiirn to assist you in. repairing the fence. This win ! throw on him the onus of serving T<"? with a fencing notice if he considers that a new fence is required. After seven aays you may repair the fence and charge him with one-half the cost. If he serves a notice on yon. you must serve a notice of objection to it within 21 days. If you fail to come to terms, the matter can tie referred to a magistrate. FAIHPLAT. —The charges are those usually made, as the work involved through intermediate purchases is often considerable. It would hare cost you nearly a pound more on the lowest scale to have taken title yourself and sold directly to the snbpurchaser. t)IGGER. —Your information is news to mc. E.W. —New wills are required. Marriage is deemed to revoke a will. ABT GALLEKT. —The husband is liable only to the extent of property which he acquired by the marriage. D. i think you should consult your solicitor. Free "advice is usually poor. FABMEK.. —Collateral security is simply further security for the same money. In case the mortgagee does not want to have a farm without buildings as his sole security, for it is not easy to sell such a property. . HEDGES.—(I) There are many types ot fence mentioned, in the Act. (2) Xou should give your neighbour a notice by registered post specifying the boundary of the land and the type of fence you desire. Y.onr land should also be deserioed in the notice. (3) You must not ■plant on, oir alongside, the boundary without the written consent of yonr neighbour. If he lays an "information asainst you and succeeds in getting a conviction he may destroy the trees. I