MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 12

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) UNDEFENDED CLAIMS. . Judgment', with costs, was given lor plaintiffs in the following cases;— Queen Cycle Woiks v. A. E. Smith, juii. (Duntroon), Ills, goods supplied; Paterson and Barr, Ltd., y. L'. E. Yales, £6 5s sd, goods supplied; Dunedin branch Amalgamated Engineering and Allied Trades Union of Workers v. W. Robertson, £3 2s, balance of subscriptions duo; D.S.A., Ltd., v M. Thomson, 8s 6d, costs only; Andrew Lees, Ltd., v, W. M'lntyrc, £J os, balance of account; John M Tvoeliy, liquidator of Dunedin-Wanaka Motors, Ltd., v. Archibald Campbell (W niton), £d 7s (id, accommodation charges; Watkins and Neilsoii, Ltd., v. Horace Wilsen. £9 3s 3d, clothing supplied; Mrs E. M. Squire v. John Jeffrey, £ll 18s, rent and damage to property; U. M. Brown v. Ellen Rim ey (separate estate), £2 2s balance due for photographic services. , CLAIM FOR FURNITURE.

'Alexander Wilson M'Karlane (Ifinlield), sheep fanner, last week succeeded in a. claim lor the .return ot furniture held -by his cx-wifo, Mary 'Vllcwvn Parkcs M'Farlanc. rhe parties had been divorced. An order was then made for the delivery ot the goods within a week. , , , Mr A. C. Hanlon said the goods had not been returned, and he accordingly n;kcd for an order. Mr W. In Moore (lor defendant) said that, as frequently happened in such cases, his client would not listen to him last week, and she had not implied' to his telegram urging her to consent to the order. In making on order lor the return of the articles, the Magistrate said that it might bring defendant to hei Se Mr S Hanlon asked that only nominal damages for retention be made, so that he could apply for a warrant. Damages were fixed at L--