LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 6, 8 January 1931, Page 18

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(By BARRISTER-AT-LAW.)

[Letters of inquiry will be .^ n !J ? _ pvprv week in this column. As jar as uossible they will be' dealt with in the order in which .they «e received, and replies will be inserted with the least possible delay.J

HARD-UP —Tou will have to bring proceedings in the Magistrates' Court for possession of tlie house. ou probably need legal assistance, and the law offices do not reopen until Monday next, the 12th. In the meantime Rive tbe tenant a week s notice in writing to quit. - The notice will be timed to expire on the day on which the rent is due. LG. FAIR PLAY.—Such accusations are not uncommon, even when theie 1j no truth in them, and you might do vour husband a serious Injustice.bj believing the statement made a gains, him. Tour only fair and reasonable course is to accept his word until, lie is Droved beyond all doubt to i>< wrong. You will probably hear nothing more of it. INTERESTED. —Tour letter gives 110 de tails upon which an opinion can be formed. If you will tell me what .be woman was ordered out for, and wjat was said and whether in tbe hearing of others i shall be able to express an opinion. AERTAL. —Tou have two remedies: (1) To impound, wliicb you have done, and (-2) to get the police to summons the owner of the horse. Unfortunately for vou neither remedy will repair vour aerial mast. If the police decline to act ymrmay lay*" " tion vourself, but you will hnd ,t not worth the trouble. ANXIOUS.—The father will take one- third nffid the children will divide the icst equally between them. The rights o all parties are preserved by th« law. ASP —Tbe vouth may be entitled to on< ' week's pav and no more, as he left without notice. On the other hand inaction may have caused loss to his employer piore than enough to equal the w'eek's wages. In the absence ot any information on the point It would not be. worth while to sue the employer for the week's wages. I E L.B. —Tou may apply for a separation order. Tou are under no obligation to continue the course you describe and- if the shop is not paying give notice to the landlord to terminate your tenancy, and also notify the merchants that you are not continuing the business. If you do this your responsibility for the shop will cease and you need not pay any accounts in respect of it. CURIOUS. —If the young man broke off the engagement without good cause vau may keep the ring. You say the cause was "a trifling affair" but dou i say precisely what, so 1 am not aide to form an opinion as to whether the breaking of the engagement was justified or not. If yon wish for more certain information it will be necessary to supply the full facts. E (New Lynn).—Tou 'are limited to the terms of the agreement and cam. claim anvtbing but the mono.- set out in the portion you quote, unless thm-e is another clause in the document dealing with the point. Tbe parts vou quote do not suggest to me I hat you had legal advice before signing it. PAT. — (1) Ton are still engaged. (2) Ton do not give roe any information to enable me to answer. Give me the facts and I will do what I can to help you.