LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 246, 17 October 1928, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY.

Letters of Inquiry win be answered every week In this column. As tar as possible they win be dealt with In the order la which they are received, and replies will be Inserted with the least possible delay.

MERCENARY.—Yon are never likely to be able to enforce payment of the arrears A divorce will not affect the position. ST. HELIER'S.—The liability to keep your properties dear of gorse, and' also to clear gone np to the middle of the street opposite your frontage where the gorge has spread from your land, still remains, despite the change of status. E.M.n.—-The information Is doubtless re-! record purposes, so that in ■TTO/CTest*<>t .thc -bof. coming back' to > w.Jfe*V Zealand ibe ;jrill be more easily ■ ' fouixE .: There is -no reason to worry ofrerthe matter. G.D.—Three years' separation is sufficient: JP' the petition" is defended it will be impossible for yon to get a divorce unless you satisfy the Conrt that you iwere not the party at fanlt. FENCE.—Generally speanng the party whose actions have caused the damage I Jo a fence is-responsible for the repairs. It, is not possible to answer your question explicitly, -as the circumstances are not igade clear.' WORRIED.—If your solicitor has not earried out your instructions, or has nesr- - ligCTitly paid over the money without taking care to see that- it was uaad for the purpose for which it was given him, he must make good the loss. You cannot escape liability to the persons | claiming the lien. I DAIXTY. Yon most get the consent of Parents, or, if that conaeat is wltonela unreasonably, you mav Apply to the Supreme Court for consent. ANXIOUS.—Yonr neighbour having been the primary cause of the mast pay the cost of repairs. CORRESPONDENT.— < 1) if you fr m . solicitor the cost would be from _3| 10/ to £4, Including stamp duty and registration; <2) if the contract has not been done according to . ?Pe£i fic *tion you should notify the \ nd uh « to make good the defect you can employ some one t® do so and recover the cost from the builder. BUILDER.—Yon had better come to some arrangement at once about the rent. lr y° u cannot agree yon shonld fix a reasonable rent and set it off against the loan. If the balance Is in your favour you should sue for it. J - F -~ ln the case reported the husband ££? -•7 4Wta^.l he noDe y as agent for 7* . .When she died his agency ended, yet he still continued to collect, lour case may be totally different. EAGER.—I do not understand your question. Confess judgment and make the , terms you can with your creditor for payment by instalments. E H '^l lf .„ t «r,i,* U t Shte l iß destitute she will ™„r wm* i* Bl jl»stantlal provision in K "he is not destitute the aWy ium«° U ®** miad WiU prob * WEI SS MAJI *7~ T^ e P resnm Ption is that you employed the man and if you Sf OTe that the work was done voluntarily you will have to pay. Yon will proba ly need an independent contention! y °° t0 proTe your OLD nl^"oT ioa a L e en «Hed to a pension provided you have been in New Zealand for 25 years. FATHER.—if reasonable access is refused J? nr son should apply to the Court to fix conditions of access. SECUmTY-_v° u are not entitled to retain