MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 423, 14 June 1922, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

( I. MM liV IiOAKL'IXCHOI'SEKEEPER. i„ ill,. Magistrate's Court yesterday aftor,,oon .Mr .1.'1.. Stout, S.M.. hoard further ovidenc; in the rase Mrs H. Kelly, ol Wellington, v. Mr- A. 1.. Russell, ol I'alineistou North. Both parties wore boardinghouse keepers, and ihe ad ion was n claim for £SO 2 s oil, arising out of the ssilo ol a boarding establishment in I'almerston Norlli. ° Tin? plaintiff, for whom Mr O'Donovan, of Wellington, appeared, alleged thai the amounl claimed was ihe balance owing by defendant on groceries, phis ■in,",','-; thereon. A counter-claim was broiigl'ii b\ defendant, who was represented bv M' Oaklev. the sum of £135 3s being claimed for alleged damages, Joss and misrepresentation. (lis Worship held that defendant liad not established a prima facie case on. the counter-claim and she would be non-suited. Plaintiff would be given judgment for £45. uiih costs and expenses amounting to £24 16s Bd.

CLAIM'FOR DAMAGES. Xiirs-3 Wilhelminn Simpson proceeded against Dennis Murphy, of Pahnerston North, for ihe sum of £8 Bs, allegedly due us damages consequent upon failure io employ plaintiff after an engagement had been made. Mr Abraham appeared for plaintiff! and Mr Cooper for defendant. Plaintiff deposed particulars concerning the alleged engagement, and stated thai she had losl money by reason of the fact tha, she could have been in attendance at other eases. The defence was a denial of the alleged engagement. Judgment was given for the defendant, with costs.

ACTION DISMISSED. A claim bj A. R. Molloy, of Palmersion 'North, who whs repreu-nted by Mr Merlon, brought against 11. Ulecnynden, of Pa liners lon Norilij for whom Mr Cooper I appeared, was dismissed on the grounds of insiiflieiont evidence. The action was for I £lO, allegedly due as commission on the I sale of a motor-car.