LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 26

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(By B A KRISTER-AT-LAW.)

PERPLEXED.—If you bought the car It is yours anil the seller has no right to re-sell It, as ne liad no security over It. You may sue for damages. The value of the ear is the best measure of damage. Vou should instruct your solicitor to investigate the matter and sue If he cannot obtain satisfaction otherwise. A.C.A.—The consent of the parents of both the youth and the girl Is required. Should, however, the.v marry without consent, the marriage will be valid. Your responsibility to maintain your son will be no greater than it is now. So long as he Is able-bodied he must provide for himself. You cannot separate the couple If they marry without consent; S.A.M.— (1) The case is decldcd on its merits, no matter who the mortgagee may be. (2) Apply to the Magistrate's Court. Forms of application are provided. (3) You may present your own case, but if you know so little, about the matter you would be well advised to employ a solicitor. M.M.C. — (1) The landlady has no right to re-let. (2) One shilling and ninepence Is certainly not too much. I think 2/ is correct. (3) N'lnepence per week is sufficient unless the employer provides all meals, in which case the present charge Is correct. G.L.—You are entitled to the holidays that you . and your employer have agreed upon. If none have been agreed upon you are entitled to none. X.Y.Z.—Your question Is not one of lnw, but one of sawmilling. I do not know what is the usual practice of millers. If you have made the bargain you cannot get out of it merely because you consider it is not favourable to you. You should cancel the agreement as soon as you are legally entitled to do so, but it is possible that it Is not now open to you to cancel. R.N., Parawai. — (1) According to the way the guarantee is drawn it will last for 6or 20 years. (2 and 3) A guarantee should be stamped by the Stamp Office, but an unstampel guarantee may be stamped at any time on payment of an extra £5. ; (4) The circumstances you mention will not affect the guarantee. H.T.S.—If the fence is a boundary fence I do not see how it can belong to you. You have no real remedy. T.B.—For rating purposes a lower valuation may be placed upon your property. The rate Is not reduced but the valuation upon which the raes is calculated may t>e reduced. WIDOW. —You cannot stay without paying,' but. how .long you will he left undisturbed depends upon how patient your mortgagee 'Is. If you are prepared to lose the house, try to arrange for" the mortgagee 'to take It over S and give you a clearance. Otherwise you must pay, for you have the means ! to pay. FA 11! PLAY.—You are entitled to the 20 per cent reduction on all Interest accruing since Ist April, 1932. It is clear that the original premium, or Interest paid In advance, accrued prior to April, 1932. In effect you should be charged Interest at 8 per cent on the outstanding balances from the Ist April, 1932, and 10 per cent interest prior to that date.