WELLINGTON DIVORCE COURT.

Mataura Ensign, 15 May 1912, Page 5

WELLINGTON DIVORCE COURT.

1 PEE UNITED PKESS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON, May 1-1. I The divoiee case, John McVicar v. Emily Sarah McVicar, 011 the ground lof desertion, was to have come before IMr Justice Chapman and a jury to- ] day. The petition was filed four years -|ago, when the respondent, obtained an -'order for security for her own costs, which was never complied with. The 3' respondent was not herself in a posir turn to take any action until recently, r when she waive*} the order and filed her c answer, asking for a dissolution on the j ground l of desertion. 3 Mr I'. \Y. Jackson, counsel for poti- { , tioner, said the matter was of so 1.-mg ' - ago that lie had got out of touch with j - the husband. He had now located hi>ll ) at Napier. They were in coinmunica- { tioji, and counsel was awaiting a letter, j He mentioned that McVicar might not j | desire to go on with the petition, in, which case the wife's prayer for relief would be hoard as an undefended case. The matter is to be mentioned again. The case in which Cray and Jackson, solicitors, sued Oliver Mewhinnpy for £254 os 2d, the balance of Mrs Mewhinney's costs subsequent to the granting of a decree nisi, was concludedl before Mr Justice Cooper. The court's judgment was as follows: Judgf ment for plaintiffs. The bill of costs > (his Honor said ho could not fix the > amount) was ordered to bo referred to - the registrar of the court for taxation • up to the making and taking of orders j of June D, 1910, and anything arising sj therefrom, but excluding the costs of I j the appeal, the parties to have the 01s' dinary right of review 011 the regis"ltrar's taxation. The question of costs 51 of the present action was reserved.