LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 166, 16 July 1931, Page 23

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(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.] PENSIONER. —You may earn further money by canvassing. ANXIOUS (Waikato). —Unless excluded specially, a bill of sale covers not only the stock referred to in the bill, but the natural increase of such stocK. j.L.—Your writings are automatically copyrighted upon publication. GOODS. —You are not entitled to dispose I of the goods. Your claim seems unreasonably high. Actual expenses incurred may be claimed, but nothing more. COLONIAL. —If your husband's earnings average seventeen shillings per week, you will not be entitled to a pension, as your own income is taken into con- , sideration. Y.Z. —You should not spend another penny on tthe property until you get a proper lease. You should consult your solicitor at once, and get him to search the title to see what right the owner has to lease at all. LONELY.—It will be necessary for you to apply to the Supreme Court for consent. The Cour'c nftiy give consent where your father unreasonably refuses it. HOUSES.—The income from both houses must be returned. Z TO O. —If you have paid the cash you are entitled to the deeds.. An examination of the solicitor's records or your own papers will show how much you paid and whether the cheque covered the purchase money and stamp duty. ANNOYED.—If you feel that the amount still owing is worth the trouble you appear likely to encounter, you should sue the executors and follow up your judgment by execution against the goods of tihe estate. C.C. —The contention of your neighbour is correct. He may cut down the overhanging branches. PERPLEXED. —(1) You must not plant trees on or alougside the boundary without the written consent of your neighbour. (2) Only if successful proceedings are brought against you within Bix months of the time of planting. J.E.C.—Give the tenant notice that you require him to remove the erection at or prior to the expiration of his lease. X.Y.Z.—You will be entitled to. some of the earnings of your husband. See the maintenance officer of the Police Court. FIDUCIARY—You had better place the matter in the hands of your solicitor i it a threat to do so does not produce | results. I cannot advise whether you may sue for the price or on the credit note unless I see the note or a copy of it. WIDOW.—You will gain nothing by wait- " t \f' l£ /ou a F® not Prepared to nn'i 1 IJII 0 the inter est you should call up the mortgage. M.N.L. (1) if the mortgagee wishes to rfvp C v' 3 S V power of sale he must ? e lou notice to enable you to apply to the Court for relief. (2) You may vani 7 ™ Magistrate's Court in jour case. You will need your solici"iv* , 3 . ai i d 4) The Court can «i\e you relief for a year, and so iong as you pay the interest in full you are likely to obtain relief against a time aT P ° Wer ° f Sale ' for EED maS?'^f l ? )U ? re not enti tled "as a interest A* ,° nn >' red "ction in the j lucre.-, t. As a matter of fact the lTke 10 nl° eS } vork out at anything not take intn r>■, HT ca ' does f. - as . TQ V Wlll order bim to do so. ' "seized, Ur and 00 you h should ee t n n,' tVrongful L y ings aeainst tv,« aKe ProceedlmvfbeM^cfld 1 to^ay 3 "debts" l ! Bß trust.® I°wonld C^ e y t ° 0 ur b «latives n ?o for a copy of the will ■ r<- and ask satiate a F1 the.answers More JOO