MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1282, 10 November 1911, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) CIVIL BUSINESS. PARTNERSHIP DIFFERENCES. Judgment was delivered in tho Cii.se nf Halph Manning v. Alexander Simmomls. Tho parties hail heen in partnership, and differences arose and were submitted to arbitration. The award was made, and it was admitted by the defendant, who stated that ho would pay half tho costs and £2"i 1?. 5r1., but submitted that tho Court had no jurisdiction. This his Worship considered was not tenable under tho agreement entered into by tho parties. Judgment v.-as given for plaintiff for -C 35 ss. 5(1., with costs .£1 2s. Air. J. J. M'Grath was counsel for tho plaintiff, and Mr. V. W. Jackson counsel lor the defendant. ENGINEERS' CLAIM. Stevenson and I'ergusou, of Cornhill Street, Wellington, engineers, sued Charles J. Drowitt and 11. J. Bull ford, carrying on business at 101 Lambton Quay, Wellington, under tho stylo of the New Zealand Electrical Fitting and Accessories Company, to recover XG'J 7s. Id., alleged to bo duo for engineering work done ar.d goods and material supplied to the order of defendants. Mr. A. Dunn represented tho plaintiffs, and Mr. Willis appeared for tho defendants. The case lasted from tho morning till after 5 p.m., and was then adjourned till Monday. DEBT CASES.

In the following cases judgment was entered for the plaintiffs by default:— W. and G. Turnbull and Co. v. J. E. Griffiths and Co., JO7l 17s. Gd., costs £i 10s. Gd.; New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., v. K. L. Armstrong, JCI 55., costs 55.; Charles Que v. G. T. Mitchell, lis. Gd., costs !)s.; W. H. Nash v. G. W. Bopcock, £i lGs. 2d., costs 10s.; Novelties, Ltd., v. A. C. Stansell, .£5 125., costs .£1 Bs. Gd.; The Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Co., Ltd., v. Mrs. C. Jackson, £25 Gs. 5d., costs ,£1 55.; same v. Maltby Jackson, sen., .£35 Os. G<l., cost ,£1 55.; Edwin Arnold v. Bella Sage, =£1 5., costs 95.; same v. Henry Cochrane, .£2 17s. 6d., costs 55.; Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Co., Ltd., v. Peter Sorenson, £21 Gs. 9d., costs JCI 35.; The Wellington Publishing Co., Ltd., v. C. Ellison and Co., X 8 135., costs Bs.; same v. George Moss, £o, costs Us.; N.Z. Times Co., Ltd., v! Ellison and Co., £7 195., costs £1 3s. Gd.; Katherine Breeze v. Thomas Gordon, Bs., costs Bs.; J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., v. W. H. Wilson, 35., costs 125.; W. H. Tisdall, Ltd., t. T. O'Connor, 155., costs 55.; Castlo Tea Co., v. H. R. M'Gregor, jun., »CG 10s., costs .£1 3s. Gd.

B. E. Keesing was ordered to pay .£ll Bs. to H. N. Jladdox and Co. by November 23, in default 11 days' imprisonment. William Nelson was ordered to pay .£l3 3s. Gd. to Schlaadt and Co., by November ber 23, in default 11 days' imprisonment. Thomas Hodges was ordered to pay £3 Bs. Gd. to George R. Rogers by November 23, in default three days' imprisonment. Frank Keo was ordered to pay Alexander Sample XI ISs. by November 23, in default seven days' imprisonment. POLICE BUSINESS. (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) William M'Leod was charged with the theft of a silver watch, valued at £i, the property of Enrick Tenney. Ho pleaded guilty, and was sent to prison for a month.