MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 1 September 1911, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

JUDGMENT DKTJVEIiED. (llpforo Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., delivered judgment in tlie case of Miller and another <Mr. Fitzgibbon) v. awl another (Mr. Arnold), in which tho plaintiffs claimed to recover .£(ifi 5?. Id., ;1s the balance due for material furnished and work and labour done in connection with the election of a dwelling at KiJbirnie. Tho defendants disputed the plaintiffs' claim, and sot up a counter-claim. ITin "Worship disallowed an item for ,ClO in the plaintiffs' claim, and gave him judgment for ss. Id. On the counterclaim he allowed 15s. (id. for papers supplied, for lining papers omitted, and .-£1 10s. as difference allowed on ceiling, totalling .120 ss. (id. CLAIM I'Oli POSSESSION. The case of Charles .Searle, commission agent, v. Leonard C. Coker, hairdresser, Lyall Day, an action for the recovery of possession of certain furniture, was continued. .Mr. l-Viir represented the plaintiff, and Mr. Jliwlmarsh the defendant. Defendant claimed that Searle owed <£21 for board and lodgings, and lie claimed in addition <£25 as damages. Judgment was given for plaintiff for possession, and for defendant for ,£2O is.

CONTRACT CLAIM. (Before Mr. AY- Oj. Riddell, S.M.) 1 Richard White sued Leslie H. Chaffey for .£26 10s. for work and services in connection v;ith draining, concreting, etc.. ■ at Kataitai. Defendant counter-claimed for .£25 damages for assault. _ ■ Mr. M'Grath appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Young for the defendant. The case was partly heard, and then adjourned. DEBT CASES. (Before Dr. M'Arttmr, S.M.) In tlio following cases judgment was given for plaintiffs by default: —Alexander Dunn v. C'. 11. .1. Anderson. .£l2 19s. Sd., costs JC2 lis.;. H.M. the King v. A. F. F. Dittmer, i!l6 13s. 8d„ costs .£2 Is. 6d.; Elias Jos. Hyams v.- Lyndon H- >\nson, i£l2 195., costs <£1 10s. 6d.; G. A. Hacllvride v. AY. Thos. Cronin, .£l9 55., costs .£1 Os. Gil.; A. Scoullar v. Reg, Staples, ,C 1 10s-, cost? 55.; Ross and Glendinning, Ltd., v. William Nelson, .810 13s. Bd., costs .£1 10s. 6d.; Wollerman and Co., v. Chas. Ilerdman, £2 lis., costs 195.; Robert Hunt v. J. AY. "Williams, £bt 19s. 3d., costs £2 175.; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., v. Atholc S. Lamb, £1 3s. Id., costs 55.; Jos. I.<Mvis v. Albert B. Bacon, 155., costs 55.; Milton Porter v. F. W. Mills, .£5 55., costs .CI 3s. Gd.; Job C'has. Mabey v. Richard Hall, -Co, costs .CI os. Gd.; New Zealand Acctvlenc Gas Co., v. James AVallock. ISs. Id., costs £1 os. Gd.; Alfred Lindsay v. Alfred Floyd, .£3 2s. Gd., costs 135.; S. S l . AVilliams, Co., Ltd., v. Mrs. AA. A. AA'atson, wCI Is., costs Gs.; same v. Mrs. L. Kenny, .£2 17s. Gd., costs 125.; Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., v, Ritson and Dietuck, .C 73 lis. id., costs Jd ls. Gd.; Samuel Danks and Son v. G. A . Kowsley, ,£3 lis. Sd., costs ,£1; AVellington Lean Co., Ltd., v. W. Ogier and J. AVilliams, .£5 lis., costs .CI Gs. Gd.; Chilton Hy. Dukerson v. 11. J. Stanlake, *£16 7s. 4d., costs .£1 10s. 6d. Justin F. H. M'Cartliv was ordered to pay ,£l2 2s. to the South Pacific Mortgago and Deposit Co., Ltd., by September 14. In the case of Thos. Inglis v. Charles Young, a claim for .£29 ss. Gd., defendant was ordered to pay the amount by September Id. AA r . T. Rhodes was ordered to pay .£7 12s. 6(1. to Adams, Ltd.. by September 14. Thos. Hill was ordered to pay to Kirkcaldio and Stains, Ltd., .£2 os. Sd. by Septomber 11.

POLICE CASES, (Deforo llr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) John Hansen was fined .€2 for breaking a prohibition order, and. £'2, in default 14■ days' imprisonment, for committing an indecent act.