MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Evening Star, Issue 19856, 3 May 1928, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY, MAY 3. (Before Mr J, R, Bartholomew, S.M.) DEFAULT CASES. Judgment by default was given for the plaintiffs in the following cases:— Galder’s Quarry Syndicate v. James Patrick, £ll 9s, goods supplied; William E. Mathews v, Mrs J. Reid (Waitati), £1 9s 6d, goods supplied; Calder’s Quarry Syndicate v. A. M'Kay, £9 IDs 6d, goods supplied: Butterworth Bros., Ltd., v. W. H. Dann (Thames), £lO6 19s 6d, promissory note and interest; Williamson. Jeffrey, Ltd., v. F. G. Smith (Christcnurch), £8 12s lid, goods supplied; Keith Ramsay v. William T. Wood, £ll 13s 6d, goods supplied: the King v. Reginald William Fisher (Lawrence), £3, balance owing on loan; New Zealand Refrigerating Co.. Ltd., v. N. W. Shields (Kennington), £36 3s Id, goods supplied; Ernest Oscar Nees v. James Robert Dunnett (Hastings), £25 13s 9d, promissory note and interest; New Zealand Refrigerating Co., Ltd., v. Malcolm M'lntyre (Grove Bush), £l9 Is 3d, goods supplied; R. _B. Denniston and Co. r. Radio Service, Ltd., 17s 3d, goods supplied; R. B. Denniston and Co. v. Motor Service, Ltd., £l9 7s, goods supplied: Mills, Dick, and Co., Ltd., v. Murdoch UTquhart (Lower Shotover), £3 17s 7d, goods supplied; Otago Hospital Board v. Robert Gooding (Eltham), £l3 14s 6d, board, lodging, and maintenance in the Dunedin Hospital; Exhibition Demolition Co., Ltd., v. G. Stevenson, 18s 9d, goods supplied. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. A. M'Culloch was ordered to pay Ogilvie and Co. £3 8s 6d, with costs Bs, for goods supplied, in default four days’ imprisonment. CARGO PILLAGING CASE. The magistrate gayo his reserved decison in the case in which Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., proceeded against the New Zealand Shipping Company in a claim for £99 18s 4d, in respect of goods missing from a case shipped under a bill of lading by the Rirautaka from London. Mr Bartholomew reviewed the evidence in detail, and stated that his conclusion was that it had not been shown that the case was landed in other than apparent good order and condition. Judgment would therefore be entered for the defendants, with witnesses expenses £3 and solicitor’s fee £4 19s 6d. Security for appeal was fixed at £2O.