MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12483, 20 April 1906, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday ingDEFAULT CASE. Judgment was given by default for plaintiff in the case of K. Fox v. JB. Baldwin, claim £6 3e. A FUNEBAL. George Barrell v. J. A. Hendy, claim £5 10s, balance due for undertaking a funeral. The case had been partly heard before, and had been adjourned to obtain the evidence of Mrs .Barrel!, who stated that the defendant had ordered a funeral tor his late brother, which he said he would pay for. The Magistrate gave judgment for plaintitt for the amount claimed. A DISPUTED ACCOUNT. W. C. Green sued A. Lander for £6 10s, for various articles supplied to him. The defendant stated that Green came to hie house in June last, and when the accounts were reckoned up he owed £4 13s, which Green pencilled in his (defendant's) account book. Hβ had since paid 8s 6d on account, and that left £4 4s 6d still due to plaintiff. The plaintiff said he was quite willing to take judgment for that amount, which was entered accordingly. A WAGES CLAIM. Bichard Sorton mied S. Wilson for £2 2s for wages. The claim comprised four days' wages and fourteen nouns , overtime. After hearing/ the evidence, the Magistrate gave judgment for JL4s, being the amount due for overtime, and costs. J EESERVED JUDGMENT, Mr V. G. Day, S.M., gave judgment this morning in the case of White v Neeloy, in which the plaintiff cued the defendant, a dentist, for £1.3 Cβ !2d, balance of account. The defendant paid into Court £5 lls 6d, balance due to the plaintiff for general carpentering work, thus leaving in dispute the fcuin of £7 14s Bd, which represented itcnir* in connection with the installation cf a, compressed air plant. Taking the whole of the evidenco into consideration, his Worship said he was of opinion that tho material used was good enough, but that the joints and connections were not reasonably sufficient for the purpose for which they were to be used. Judgment would, therefore, be for defendant, with costs. Defendant had filed a counter claim for damages, for which a day must be fixed for hearing the same. Mr Barrett appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Wright for defendant.