CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7880, 3 June 1891, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

TUESDAY, JVKB 2. . (Before R. Beetham, Esq., R.M.) Ctvtl Casks.—Judgment for plaintiffs by default was Riven in the following cases :— 'Sydenham Borough Councjl v J. Gray daim £2 2s sd; do v A. LUly, claim £1 6s 9d; The* Taylor v Williams, claim 411 5e Id: Wm. Harris v H. WhiSe. Claim i>s 7e6d; IX Swanaghan r H. A. G Ferguson, claim 41 Ids, judgment summons. There was U© appearance of the debtor, and ha wag «rdqre4 t« my amount of debt and costs forthwith, in ae&alt one week's imprisonment. Banners' Union Grain and Produce Company t Geo. Dale, oUun SSL, and earns v Geo. F. Durey, claim $2, were adjourned to the 4ia inst Qeo. King and Co. v W. Mardon, claim £50 7» 4d, ba&nce and charges on a ahinment ol tow. 3A , Stringer appeared for the plain* tifb, Mr Bußsell for the defenuanta. The ease lor the plaintifis was that in 1889 Jvory arranged to send a shipment of to Sydney for the defendant, and the shipment was sent through Geo. King and Co. The tow was sent, but there was no market, and defendant, it was alleged, gave instructions for the tow to be sent to London, which was dome. There was considerable loss on the shipment and the plaintiffs claimed £106 5s Id, which was reduced to .£IOO to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Court. Hβ gave the defendant credit for 449 12s 8d and claimed the balance, J&Q 7s 44. The claim was really King and Co-s, but as Ivory had been interested he was joined aa a plaintiff in the action. The defendant denied having given orders for the tow to be sent to London, but when be found it would not sell in Sydney he told King and Co. to dispose of it at any price or destroy it so as not to accumulate expenses. Tow was selling at JSI per ton in London, ana the freight charged, JJ6I 16s 8d on six tons, was more than the value of the tow. He had sent ten tons, dumped, direct to London And the freight cost nim £3 per ton. He frad not given any instructions to King and Co* to dump the tow sent to Sydney, and he considered King and Co. sent the tow to Londan at their own risk. The Bench said that taking the evidence and the probabilities into consideration he must give judgment for plaintiffs.