CIVIL BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 4

CIVIL BUSINESS.

(Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment was given by default 111 tho following undefended cases -.—The Dominion Mercantile Agency v. Samuel Hill, . £2 10s. Gd., costs 125.; the samo v. Walter. ■ G.' Jacobsen, £1 19s. Gd., costs 55.; Rosenberg and Co. v. Georgo, Jacobs, £2 195., costs Ss.; Wellington School Commissioners v. James Astwood,-£2 10s. Gd., costs 135.; the same v. Alfred Wildon Harrison, £26 los., costs £2 145.; John Morrison v. Charles Henry John Anderson, £63 7s. 4d., costs £4 ls. fid.; James John Clark v. Lewis Pulsford, £1, costs 55.; W.'Meston .v. Ernest Poynton, 9s. Gd.,.costs os.; Minnie Pollock' v. David Laing, £G 4s. 2d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Smith and Smith, Ltd., v;. H. Duley, £15 2s. lid., costs £1. 10s. 6d.; C. H. Harris and Co., Ltd., v. William M'Coll and William James Smith, £11 17s. 6d., costs £1 17s. 6d.'; J. IL Fairbairn v. Robert John Munro, £6 75., costs £1 3s. Gd.; 11. Price and Co., Ltd., v. W. Taylor, £1 17s. 2d., costs-os.; Wnrdell Bros, and Co. v. Rose Annie Swinerd, £7 2s. 3d., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Wellington Fishermen's' Company v. Mary Jane Barrie, £3 4s;, costs 10s.; Alexander Wilson Hogg v. John Tofts, £5 12s. 6d., costs £1 3s. 6d.'; ,-Kalm'and Ifahn v. Adelaide Mathie, 155., costs 55.; Crown Baking- Co. v. William Douglas,' 19s. lid., costs Bs.; William Henry Nash v. William Ford, £1 Is. 5d., costs 65.; the same-v; William Henderson, £4. os. Id., costs 10s.; tho samo'v.' William Halford, 19s:;'costs-135.; Rac, Murin, and Gilbert v.-Torson Torenson, £8 95., . costs £1- 6s. 6d. In-the judgment summons case of Ellen Collins v. John Taylor, a debt:of £s,'no order. was>-mado. ■ '

LANDLORD AND TENANT.' , Henry Hurrell, builder, of Lower Hutt, claimed £115 17s. lOd. - from /Isaac Walton, of tho same district, for damages for alleged breach of the terms of a lease.of a house at Waiwetu, and expenses for repairs entailed through the alleged negligence-of-the lessee. Mr. Levy appeared for the. plaintiff, mid Mr. Johnston for the defendant. It seemed from tho statement' of , counsel for the'., plaintiff that tho defendant took th 4 lease of the house in question at a rent of £98 a year, on tho understanding that the plaintiff "would erect a schoolroom and'dormitory as soon as possible. Tho plaintiff was absent for somo time in England, arid on his.return he found that Mr. Walton had left' the house in a bad condition. It was contended for the de-: fence that the schoolroom had not. been'built-,: ■ and that the dormitory was so ; badly constructed as to leak, and that tho delay'in erecting the' schoolroom Jiad inconvenienced the defendant. \Lengthy evidence was heard, and His Worship reserved his decision. ' CLAIM FOR. STUD FEES (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S M) Thomas M'Grath,' of 1 ' Tnita,-: a farmer, claimed. .£3 UOs.; from"' Willia!h'i/Aiibrfej'.'fo'r stud foes. Mr. J. J. M'Grath appeared: forplaintiff. The defence was' that plaintiff ! had guaranteed. a foal. His -Worship said there was lack- of corroborative evidence'for- the de!-' fondant,, and gave judgment: for the amount claimed, with £1 12s. costs. :. . '.