LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 215, 11 September 1929, Page 9

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BARRISTER-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.l

DOUBTFUL. —t is the prize that is played for that is the objectionable feature. If there is no prize you may proceed as you propose.

KNOWLEDGE.—You have no right to the machine. You may. however, sue the debtor, and if he does not pay have the machine sold under a distress warrant.

FELIX. —You rank as an ordinary creditor. Whether you would get paid in full in the event of the firm going bankrupt would depend on the c.ircum stances. Few bankrupts pay in full. It is better to have security for money lent. jB.—(1) Tα qualify for the bequest the girl must change her name. (2) Anyone may change his surname, and though it is doubtful whether the baptismal name may be legally changed, it is frequently done. \y r r —Tb C drover and his employer are both liable. SECUNDUS. —(1) The husband is liable for the maintenance of the children as well as your husband. How much each should contribute is a matter for the Court to decide after considering nil the circumstances. Perhaps if your husband reduced his contribution the smaller sum would be accepted and no proceeding would then be necessary. (2) Do not send any niDncv until you know that the last contribution did not go astray. Write again demanding a receipt. INQUIRER, Waihi.— (1) The buyer pays the cost of his own transfer, and also the cost of any mortgage given to the seller to secure part of the purchase money. (2 and 3) The usual rule outlined above may be varied by agreement between the parties. The solicitor has no choice. WORRIED. —Sue for damages every time damage is done. You would be entitled to exemplary damages u the offence is repeated. SPARE PARTS. —You are entitled to the partSi and if you cannot obtain possession of them peacefully, you should sue. Doubtless you will be faced with a counterclaim for ten pounds alleged to be due by you. The seller of the machine has no claim on you, but apparently the buyer has. as I gather from your letter that you agreed to pay off the machine if the bujer iequ'ired you to do so. PESTERED. —If your property is enclosed within a sufficient fence in accordance with the Fencing Act, you may destroy poultry trespassing in your garden Within twenty-four hours you must send a written description of the animals destroyed, and of the place where thev wpre destroyed, to the owner, or, if he is not known, to the nearest nolice stßtion. If within forty-eight hours after being destroyed the owiur does "not remove the carcases you must bury them. Before exercising this remedy inquire of the local authority whether it hae passed a resolution prohibiting resort to this remedy.