MAGISTRATE'S COURT. CIVIL CASES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 51, 2 March 1909, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT. CIVIL CASES.

Judgment was entered for plaintiffs in the following undefended cases, heard before Dr. M'Arthur to-day : Universal Supply Co., Ltd., v. Mrs. Clair Davidson, £10 5s lid and £1 10s 6d; ..ew Zealand Times Co., Ltd., v. Walter Jefferson Leslie, £3 12s 6d and lls ; W. and G. Turnbull and Co. v. Andrew Quinlan, £8 12s and £1 lls 6d ; John R. Barley v. Hermann Stephens, £5 9s 8d and £1 3s 6d ; Joseph Herbert Knight v. Oscar George Trench, £5 and £1 Is 6d ; Bates and Lees v. James. Steele, £3 17s 6d and 10s; Wellington Timber Industrial Union of Workers v. Wm. Hawthorne, £1 16s 6d and ss ; Richard Walters v. Oscar G. Trench, £10 3s and £1 lls 6d ; Alfred Coy v. Evelyne Flood, £15 4s 4d and £1 10s 6d ; Christina Morris v. Frederick | Toomer, £10 17s lid and £1 10s 6d ; j Bates and Lees v. William Whishaw, I £18 3s 3d and £1 10s 6d ; John Thomas Benge v. Isaac Benge and Agnes Colgate, £22 10s and £2 14s ; New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., v. A. Peters and Son, 13s lid and ss; B'orde and Co. v. Wm. Edward Topward, £7 16s and £1 15s 6d ; M. A. Downie v. Wm. Stevens, £1 6s and 6s; Nicol, Stringer, and Eoberts, Ltd., v. M. Eiler and Co., £2 14s lid and 10s; His Majesty the King (State Coal Mines) v. Hans Peter Mortenson, £6 17s and £1 6s 6d ; Annie Sinclair v. Wm. Fitzpatrick, £6 5s and £1 3s 6d ; United Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., v. Henry E. Whitentan, 9s lid and 13s ; Edward Philip Levien and Robert Wm. Shallcra,ss (trading as Levien, Shallcrass) v. Wm. Alfred Boulton, £10 15s 7d and £1 10s 6d ; Conrad Christian August Wilkening v. Wm. M 'Alley, costs only, 19s ; David Morris Owens v. Bernard Diederich, £8 10s and £1 3s 6d. On a judgment summons Arthur Beechey was ordered to pay Forde aod Co. £o 3s 6d on or before 16th March, or in default undergo seven days' imprisonment in Wanganui gaol. Before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., to-day, Wm. Webb, cab proprietor, sued Michael Lane, cab proprietor, for a sum of £15 — £5 wrongful detention of a horse, and £10, tore value of the animal. Evidence had been called previously. The defendant's counsel contended that Webb obtained the defendant's horse from the pound by paying 16s 6d, poundage fees, on representing to Lane that the horse, which had been injured, was in a bad state. An hour after Webb took the animal home, said counsel, Lane visited plaintiff's stables and took the horse, which was not nearly so badly injured as plaintiff had made Lane believe. Next morning the defendant put the horse in a gig and drove it to Maranui and back." For the plaintiff, Mr. Toogood denied these allegations. Lane had asked Webb about, the horse's condition, and the latter had merely answered his questions. There was no misrepresentation on his client's part, and that being so, the contract should hold good. His Worship reserved his decision till 11th March. In the case Mabel L. J. Lane v. Wm. Webb, a claim for £11 10s, in which evidence had been taken previously, decision was also reserved. Mr. M'Orath appeared for Lane. In a case heard before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., Stanley Chisholm, clerk, was sued by John Nicol, plumber, for £13 15s,' for some plumbing work said to have been performed by plaintiff at Chisholm's house in Island' Bay. After hearing evidence judgment was entered for defendant, with costs £3 7s. Mr. Anderson appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Neave for defendant.

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