LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1927, Page 18

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BARKISTER-AT-LAW.)

Letters of inquiry will be answered every week in this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in the order In which they are received, and replies will be inserted with the least possible delay. ANZA-C. —The man is liaDle for the support of the child until it is 16 years old. ANXIOUS. — (1) The ownership of the articles is purely a question of fact. They belong to whoever they were iriven. In many cases the only con-i-luskra that can be reached is that ;hey are jointly owned. When that is sii ihe parties will have to agree as to their ultimate disposal or go to the court. (2) With regard to the home. rhf changed circumstances will not affect the ownership. ■PUZZLED.—(I) So long as the children elect to reside with you in your home they are deemed to subject themselves to your authority and control. Provided they are old enough to maintain themselves they may put- an end to your authority by leaving your home. (2) Your consent is not required. H.D.l.—The duty of trie licensee is to return the animal free of expense to yon. The very fact that the animal was returned to you shows it was his duty to deliver it up to you and not leave you to obtain possession, and the duty of delivering carries with it the responsibility of paying the expenses of delivery.

A.K.O. —Your question te n<>t one of law. Watch the general correspondence column for an answer. LEARXER. —The manner of payment, whether in advance or not. will not effpet the obligation to give notice either toy landlord or tenant. PAPAKURA.—Subject to any special factor?, not- disclosed in your letter, you are entitled to compensation and also to have the drain covered. The application for compensation should be made in the special form provided by the Public Works Act. A.ED.—You have to pay the annual license fee on your vehicle and any heavy traffic fee prescribed by your local authority, though I do not think that your vehicle would be classed in that category. BARD UP.—Your neighbour must not by interference with the natural condition, of the land concentrate the water and throw it on your property. Your property, however, is bound to receive the excess water that it would originally have received in its state of ?£*««• Tuhs, if ft is lo™ than the adjoining land you cannot eompiam if It receives soakage or eurfaoo water provided that no artKl SJgS- •» **d to coacentrtS "&