CIVIL BUSINESS.
(Hcfaro Dr. A. M'Arthur, S' : M.j,.:;;' .'. Judgment by default was entered for plaintiff in tho following cases: —Taniorn Xovo v. Tuta .Nihoniho, £39\75.j 'costs £3 2s. Id.; John Roydon Brown v. .Mrs. Jane Smith, ,19s. :Gd.,' costs , ,55.. Elizabeth Ann Mill v. AVni... Keates,' £1-. 135.,'.. costs.., ss. R.van Bros. v.. Ellen Jcpson, £5 155.,.,.c05ts £1 ss. od., -and possession-of tenement-on or before December ;13. RKCOVKRY OF A DEPOSIT. : A civil action, John Richard Wallace, of Kaikoura, v. Charles Win. Hodgson, of Dannovirko, a."''claim' for tho" recovery of a deposit of £50 paid_ on a farm, was'partially heard by "'Mr; Riddell,. S.'M; Evidence showed that the contract of s'alo was signed on July 19. Plaintiff held that there was a verbal understanding with defendant to complete tho contract within soven days, and that tho property was free of oncumbrance. On August 16, when tho purchaso was to ha completed, ho found thore was a mortgage on the property, and lie refused to take possession until the title was clear. J)o----i'ondant said lie -could not givo' a clear. title in tho tim'o, and plaintiff consequently demanded his deposit back. ' ' The caso'Xvas adjourned "until Tuesday. ' Mr. Skerrett,. With him Mr. Fair, appeared for plaiiitifr; and Mr. Myerß for defendant..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 7
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209CIVIL BUSINESS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 7
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