LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 305, 26 December 1928, Page 11

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.)

liettera of Inquiry will be answered every sveek ia this column. As far as possible :hey will be dealt with In tbe order *n which they are received, and replies will be inserted with tbe least possible delay.

ACME.—The tenant usually pays. Thparties may agree that the owner shall pay.

COUNTRY SUBSCRIBER.—You should b> provided with a certified copy at the cost of the person who lost the original. You are not entitled to be reimbursed the interest you lost as the - mere loss of a mortgage need not cau*v a loss of Interest.

URGENT HEDGE. —Yon have no remedy The time for objectins was within si: months of the planting.

XOX.—It Is not clear from your letter what happened. If the sale to A an I B was cancelled for non-payment or' moneys due, and the property re-sold to a third person, the third person )* under no obligation to A or B at all. If the cancellation was wrongful. A and B may have a claim on the company for breach of agreement. I assume you, the third party, have a title.

CONSTANT READER. —You must carry out your bargain and repay the niortgage at the due date. If you do not do so the mortgagee will probably sell your place and pay himself.

EXTRA RENT. —You will probably get some helpful advice from the Labour Department as the officer in charge can go into questions of value, which are not touched on in your letter. The landlord has not taken the correct steps to Increase your rent.

WAGER. —If the employment is one sri which a week's notice is required, th-J circumstances you mention will not entitle the worker to leave without notice. If the employment is one where notice of less than a week is usual, the employee may give the ususl notice, although he is himself under a week's notice to leave.

TENANT. —Taking all the circumstances into consideration it would appear that your tenancy is a weekly one. and it may be terminated by a week's notice, expiring on the weekly rent day.

SUNSHINE. —I am sorry but I caanot understand your letter. You have lit»b to worry about; so long as the money is in your pocket you need only Jay what you think is owing. You are not likely to be sued over a matter of five shillings.

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