MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Star, Issue 19722, 24 November 1927, Page 12

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) DEFAULT CASES. Judgment by default was given to the plaintiff in the following cases:— Briscoe and Co., Ltd., v. Jacob Facoory, £5 15s Bd, balance due_ on goods supplied; Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants y. J. Hollander, £2 ss, arrears in subscriptions j Queens-; land, Insurance Company, - Ltd., v. James Bennie, £ls 17s, premium duo under a policy on, a motor lorry; Reddells, Ltd., v. E. E. Patterson (Bluff), £0 4s, goods supplied; K, Wcbling and Co., Ltd., v. 0. .0. Empson, £lO 9s lOd, goods supplied; Vacuum Oil Company v. J. W. Smith (Tahakopa), £l4 12s 3d, goods supplied; South Island Traders, Ltd., as assignees of D.S.A., Ltd., v. A. M. Cadogan (Alexandra). 16s sd, goods supplied; Iron “and Steel Company of New Zealand, Ltd., v. J. Middleton (Mcthvcn), £2l ISs Bd, goods supplied; A. S. Higginsou v. J. Barbour (Roxburgh), £2 IC.s 2d, goods supplied; A, S. Higginsou v. James Wlielan, £3 8s od, goods supplied. JUDGME N T SUMMONS. J. J. M‘lvor and Sons, Auckland (Mr 1). Taylor), proceeded against Arthur Bertram Taylor (Mr C. J. L. White) in a claim for £24 15s on a judgment summons, the balance of monevs due for undertaking work. The defendant said that ho had been a draper and had had a serious tiro in May. He was not in debt at that time, but now owed money to the extent ol £l5O. The judgment was varied, and the defendant was ordered to |*iy 10s a week, the first payment to'he made in ono week’s time. SEQUEL TO MOTOB COLLISION. The magistrate' gave his reserved decision in the case in which C. W. Massingham proceeded against A. V. Turner in a claim for £.TS 7s 2d, as damages sustained to _ the plaintiff’s car after a collision with the defendant's on a road near Brighton on December 25. Th'e plaintiff alleged that the defendant drove negligently and unskilfully. Depreciation of £lO .was included in the claim. The magistrate hold that the claim for depreciation could not ho allowed, as the damaged parts of tho car had been completely replaced. The cost of tho repairs was £25 7s 2d, and judgment for this amount was given to tho plaintiff. The sum _of £1 _los was 1 allowed for the uso of a service truck and a .mechanic’s time, with costs £l. solicitors’ fees £2 12s, and witnesses’ expenses 15s,