OLD LADY’S LAWSUIT

Inangahua Times, 22 August 1931, Page 1

OLD LADY’S LAWSUIT

CLAIM FOR RINE FARTHINGS "MAY LAST FOR YEARS” A 74 ' ear-old Paris woman, who lives in the Pace St. Sulspice, has discovered somewhat late io lfe that o ""' '^ n ■ get a good deal of fun ou of lawsuits Sne h s just begun an action agams hcr andlord tor 2*d ioterest on rent paid in advance. , , ... The lady does not greatly care about the 2*d, for the case at the outset cost her in preliminary fees to the Court ( £2 10s quite apm from lawyers ex- j penses. But she is app rent y well con j fen- for ih - case, it :s prophes ed, may I last fur several years. Shoudshe mail. | she will o obably be awarded the-cos plus compound interest on he ‘ •“* ;* 1 The w iole case arose out of -he fact that when the woman took a lease i her litr e mom at about 10s a quar er | she not o -<*y paid the rent n adv.tree | but a’so 3s 4d more as security. Her . claim IS that on this 3s 4d she is entid td to tece.ve interes ai the rate o b per cent per annum s nee, while she regubr'y paid her rent, th s sum nas . it .* thp once s-ion of the 111 Jin 3a ; r maintd mine poss b ion ge s of the bu ldiog in which she lives.