MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3015, 28 February 1917, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL CASES. Mr. W. G. Kiddell, S.M., presided over the civil business in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. . JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. Judgment by default of defendants was given for plaintiffs in the following case's:—J. G. Rshio and So"hs v. Lieut. Oakey, .£lO fls. nd., and costs £1 12s. Gd.; W. J. Udy v.Gcu. l'hilp, £.1 12s. lid., and costs 125.; A. Heather and Co. v. A. Scoullar, ,£l3 lis. 4A., and costs ,£1 lls.'Gd.'; Fleming and Co. v. Thos. Johnston, £1 12s. 5d., and costs 125.; AVm. Walter Clifford v. Xeith James M'llvride, 3s. costs; Public Trusteo v. Jno. Duggah, lis., and costs 75.; Excelsior Laundry, Ltd., v. Wm. Samuel Hurcoinbe and Ellen Hurcombe, £1 155., and costs .£1 Bs. Gd.,- Wilford, Levi,- and Jackson v. E. H. Daveney, .£B7 lis. Id., and costs £i 13s. 9d.; Phelps, Wilson and Co. v. Wm. Roxburgh, • .£ls 18s. 10d., and costs .£1 10s. (k!.: John Chambers and Son, Ltd., v. "West Coast Times" Co., .£3 lis. 7d., and costs 10s.; Bahnatyne and Hunter, Ltd., v. J. M'Cleary, ',£lO 16s. 9d„ and costs ,£2 45.; Agnes Mottram v. W. Thompson, £2, and costs 65.; Joseph H. E. Heath v. Wm. Jno. Hague, MS 25., and costs £3 Gs.; Wm. Campbell, Ltd., v. 15. Phelps, 8.1. Gd., and costs 55.; David Eobertson v. Cnas. Angell, .£l3 35., and costs £1 10s. Gd. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. ' Judgment summons cases'- were dealt with as under:— Ernest H. Dodd was ordered, to pay Jno. Bryant Lane ,£H ss. 9d. by instalments of .£1 10s. per month. W. Thompson was ordered to pay A. B. Greenfield £3 3s. by March 13, or serve three days' imprisonment. Walter- Austin was ordered to .pay Wm. J. Haines ss. by instalments of Bs. per month. Hugh' Cameron was ordered to pay W. Wylie''£t : 'is.'.9d. by March 18, or serve five'days' imprisonment.

DEPENDED ACTIONS. Judgment for plaintiff was given in the case, Bristol Piano Co., Ltd.,- v. Mrs. Jacobs, a claim for the possession of a piano. Defendant was ordored to return the piano, and also to pay costs amounting to .£5. The Scottish Society and the Pipe Band of Wellington proceeded against Mrs.' Mary Sproiile with' a claim for i£so or the return of a drum-major's outfit, which had been Totiiued bv the defendant as security for a certain account owing to her by an ex-drum-major of the band. The latter had led the defendant to understand that the outfit wa3 his .own. His Worship made an order for the- Teturn of the outfit. . Henry Brown, boardinghouse proprietor,, of Willis Street, claimed' from John Langford Pegg the sum of £16, made up chiefly of a charge for board and residence. Judgment was given tor' the plaintiff for with costs £G 12s.