MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Evening Star, Issue 22326, 30 April 1936, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY, APlili'. 30. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) DEFAULT CASES. Judgment by default, with costs, was given for the plaintiffs in the following undefended casesM'Cracken Bros. ,v. Neil Bradley, £ll 4s 6d, goods supplied; Gibb and Holland l v. B. Tait, £2, goods supplied; John Beale (Green Island) v. Leonard Nelson, £2 10s. money lent; Stone, Son, and Co. v. Mary Goodwin (Masterton), £2 2s, advertising cost; same v. John Burns (Wellington), £1 7s, subscription due; same v. Horace Stanley Papps (Timaru), £1 3s Id, subscription due: Albert Victor Grindley v. D. Isbister, £9, goods supplied; James’s Jersey Dairies v. A. E. Beckinsale (Outram), £2 8s 2d ’ goods supplied; Dunedin City Council v. Mary J. Duffy, £2l 3s 9d, rates due. ' JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Thomson, Bridget-, and Co. Ltd. proceeded against W. Shearer (Wingatui). An order was made for the payment of 6s lOd, the amount still owing, in default one day’s imprisonment. After hearing evidence the Magistrate refused to make an order in the case in which Aspro Ltd. (Wellington) proceeded against Keith J. Wilson on a claim to recover the sum of £26 14s 6d. Janies Cunningham was ordered' to pay W. N. Ellison (Pine Hill) the amount claimed, £1 6s sd, with costs (9s), in default two days’ imprisonment. No order was made in Janies Strachau’s claim for £ll 2s 6d from Arthur Goughian. MOTOR .COLLISION. Bing, Harris, and Co. Ltd. proceeded against the Texas Company (Australasia) Ltd., of Wellington, and George Philip Sage claiming the sum of £l2 18s 3d, damages as the result of a collision between two motor cars.

Mr A. W. Buchler appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendants were represented by Mr J. C. Mowat.

The statement of claim set out that on January 12, 1935, a motor car belonging to the plaintiff company, and driven by an employee, was proceeding along Surrey street when at the intersection of that street and Macandrew road a motor belonging to the defendant company, and driven by the defendant Sage, collided with the plaintiff’s car. The collision and the resulting damage were duo to the negligence of defendant driver. As a result of the collision the plaintiff’s car was damaged, the cost of repairs being £l2 18s 3d. _ Evidence was given by Arthur M, Mills, who was driving the plaintiff’s car when the collision occurred, and William Hugh Sanders, who heard the impact and afterwards went to the scene of the accident. (Proceeding.)