MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Evening Star, Issue 20128, 19 March 1929, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY, MARCH 19. (Bcl’orc Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) DEFAULT CASES. Judgment for plaintiffs was given in the folloAving undefended cases;—New Zealand Express Co., Ltd. v. J. P. Coulson (Hokitika), .Cl Is Id, for services rendered; J. and A. P. Scott, Ltd. v. James Bonnie, £lO, for Avork done and goods supplied; Petrous Tile Co., Ltd. v. Stuart Lawson (Geraldine), £7 19s Id, for goods supplied; Ford Motors (Dunedin), Ltd. a*. Thomas Adams, £2 Ds 2d, for balance of account; Edmund J. Smith and Lousley v. Alexander Brown, £8 7s, for services rendered; F. Y. Milnes v. H. Robinson (Mount Cargill), £8 18s sd, amount owing; Paterson and Barr, Ltd. v. D. Lament, £ll 7s 2d, for goods supplied. J UDG MENT SUMMONSES. A. J, Vidal and Son. (Hastings) proceeded against D. AV. Winter on a judgment summons for the recovery of £4 Os Gd. The defendant did not appear. and judgment for plaintiff for this amount, with costs (8s), Avas given, the penalty for defendant being four days’ imprisonment. Messrs Laurenson and Son claimed £5 Gs 8d from T. L. Johnston on a judgment summons. There Avas no appearance of the defendant, and an order for payment of the amount was made, _ with costs (11s), in default six days’ imprisonment. P. Fraser and Sons. v. J. O’Keefe, claim £8 IGs Gd on a. judgment summons. No order Avas made. DAMAGE TO CAR. Sidney George Karetai proceeded against Walter Lewis for £5 9s Gd, the cost of repairing a motor car alleged to have been damaged through tho defendant’s negligence, Mr B. S. Irwin appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr F. G. Duncan for the defendant. Mr Irwin said that the defendant was operating a quarry on the Hooper’s Inlet road, nd the plaintiff was driving past in iiis motor car. It seemed that as a result of a blast some large stones were throAvn out on the road the plainti i : fame upon them suddenly and damaged his car to such an extent that it had to be repaired. In part, the evidence for plaintiff was to the effect that no red Hags were seen in the vicinity of the quarry. Mr Duncan contended that if the defendant had shown ordinary care in driving he Avould have found plenty of room in which to pass. AValter John Lewis stated that there Avero red flags on the job, roughly a chain and a-half on each side of the quarry. There Avas no blasting going on, and tlie stones had been gathered out of the bank. The plaintiff was nonsuited.