MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 69, 14 December 1917, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL ACTIONS.

Mr. W. G. Riddell. S.M., presided over most of the civil business.

Judgment by default was given for the plaintiffs in the following cases:— Karori Borough v. Newton Gillett, £7 ss. 9d., costs £2 18s. 6d.; Walter 0. Burd v. E. French, £6 2s. 6d., costs £1 ss. 6d.; Karori Borough v. Leonard Barber, £2 4s. 3d., costs £2 55.; samo v. Paul Bidmead, £4 7s. 10d., costs £2 55.; Laery and Co., Ltd., v. J. Byrne, £16 Is. 6d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; William J. Miller and H. G. liutter v. Thomas William Welch, £85, costs £2 145.; Mrs. Grey v.. Mrs. Shew, Bs. Id., costs 55.; Dr. J. S. Elliott v. John Edward Harry, £3, costs 125.; Blundell Bros., Ltd., v. A. D. Anderson, £1 10s., costs 55.; Veitch and Allan v. Mrs. A. Jackson, £2 15s. 3d., costs 10s; Commercial Agency and H. C. Gibbons and Co., Ltd., v. L. Schwass, £2 Is. 6d., costs 125.; John Itigg and Co. v. Allan Talbert, £2 Bs., costs 103.; Westport,Coal Co. v. Horace 11. Plunimer, £1 35., costs 75.; Charles E. C. Milner v. Bert Mason, £3 10s., costs lis.; The Wellington Gas Co., Ltd., v. Mnp. Caroline Douglas, £8 14s. 9d., costs 12s. In judgment summons cases the following orders were madeH. Y. Wynyard was ordered to pay George and. George £1 19s. 113: by December 27, or serve twenty-four hours' imprisonment; Thomas Tyrell to pay Wallace and Gibson £3 15s. by the same date, or serve»three days' imprisonment. J. and M. Hawkins, proprietors of the London Pie Shop, were lined £2 for breaches of the award applying to their employees. Michael O'Connor sued Joseph Angus for £4 ss. for two years' storage of harness and furniture in a stable. The defendant counter-claimed £10 4s. for alleged damage to the goods, and wrongful occupation of the stable by the plaintiff. The Court gave judgment for O'Connor. Edwin James Beavis recovered £20' 17s. Id. (rent) and possession of a tenement from F. Young.