CIVIL JURISDICTION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 25, 31 January 1911, Page 7

CIVIL JURISDICTION.

CLAIM FOR COMMISSION FAILS. Dr. M' Arthur, S.M., gave reserved judgment in the claim for commission made by Evenson and Jackson, hotel brokers and commission agents, trading as the Wellington Business Exchange, of Wellington, against William J. Williams, settler, of Ka-raka Bay. The amount involved was £75, which plaintiffs alleged ttej earned in the negotiations and sale to one Pedersen of the lease and goodwill of the Empire Hotel, FeSding, the property of defendant. After reviewing the evidence and citing authorities, the magistrate stated that he did not think plaintiffs had executed their part of the contract. The judgment was in favour of the defendant, with usual costs. Mr. A. Gray appeared for the plaintiffs and, Mr. T. Young for defendant. CLAIM FOR GRAZING FEES. EdwarU Phillip Levien, flax merchant, of Oroua Bridge, sued Charles Bell, settler, of Otaki, recover £34 17e as fees incurred through defendant's horses grazing on plaintiff's land. Mr. Ward appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. F. H. D. Bell for defendant. After partial evidence had been heard by" Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., the case was adjourned till the 14th February, plaintiff to pay costs. JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. Plaintiffs were given judgment by default of defendants in the following civil cases, before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M. : i — Wellington Traders' Agency (as assignees of Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'s N.Z. Drug Co., Ltd.) v. P. Gal•vin, 19s, costs ss; Herbert Price v. Frank Lind, £1 14s 6d, costs ss; John Morris v. William Henry Morris, £5, costs £1 0s 6d; Henry Savage v. W. Trethowan, 15s, costs 7s; Public Trustee (as executor of will of Charles Bradshaw, deceased) v. Herjina Kani Hori, £15 10s, costs £1 15s' 6d ; Ena Gambrill v. Henry Nicholas Martin, £30, costs £2 14s. . JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Ernest Edward Edmunds was ordered to pay £5 14s to W. C. R. Gardener on or before the 14th February, in default to spend seven days in prison. Reginald Weston was ordered to pay £12 4s 6d to Annie Pufflett on or before the 14th February, in default fourteen days' detention. In the case of Lionel Caselberg v. Charles Savage, a claim for £12 13s 6d, defendant was ordered to pay the amount on or before the 14th February, or spend fourteen days in gaol.

Defendant in a judgment summons heard at the Magistrate's Court to-day by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., was a middleaged man, who said he was in receipt of a quarterly remittance of* £48. His Wife had an income of £300 a year. The judgment creditor was a grocer, suing for payment of an account for household goods supplied. The debtor had no one depending upon him, but, according to his own statement, he had to borrow money to pay interest on mortgages. Recently the mortgagees foreclosed upon a property he owned at Woiser Bay. He had to pay £30 odd to a loan company a few days ago. "I've no doubt you did," observed counsel for the creditor. Defendant was ordered to pay the account by the 14th February, or undergo seven days' detention. Messrs. Br-ophy and Mowlem, of Palmerston North, advertise a 164-acre^farm for sale.