MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
PALMERSTON NORTH —TUESDAY. (Before Mr E. Pago, S.M.). by-law breach. Percy Rudd was charged with leaving his motor cycle on a bicycle track with* out a light attached. Ho was fined £1 with costs 7/ on the charge of having no light attached and 10/ with costs 7/ fur obstruction. CIVIL CASES. R ESEI; VE D JI J DGMENTS. Reserved judgment vas given in the case of the Man a wain Machinery Exchange Co. (Mr Fletcher) v. H. V. Hamniond, ;ik iii k iii, fiJ'r Blonncr-Has-sett), in a claim for £36 1.1/4 in respect of a ica.por and binder sold to defendant by plaintiff. Judgment was foxplaintiff for £3O 10/, with costs £7. In the case of Mantorah Norman (Air H. R. Cooper) v. E. J. Milverton (Mr J. B. Beale), in which £2O was claimed as damages by defendant for injuries received through being knocked down by defendant’s deg. reserved judgment was given for plaintiff fulfill 12/0, with costs. -j UNDEFENDED CASES. i Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following undefended eases:— Bott and Bayly v. J. Miehie, £4O 11/0, with costs £4; W. I*. Henderson v. W. M. Turner, 6/6, with costs 7/; , It. E. French v. W, Magill, £0 4/1, with costs 23/6; Ivess Bros. v. P. Mansfield, 6/11, witli costs 5/; L. W. Holland v. P. L. Mansfield, £3 5/8, with costs 5/; Daniel Fabling v. Phillip Tillet, £4 5/, 1 i with costs 10/; C. W. Clausen v. C. Hen- ; rickson, 10/, with costs 5/; W. E. Jones and Co. v. G..T. White, £2B 10/, with costs £3 4/; Margaret Purser v. E. H. Balt, £2 5/, with costs 10/. } JUDGMENT SUMMONS. ‘ H. Lower was ordered to pay J. Donaldson £5 13/ forthwith in default six days’ imprisonment, the order to be suspended, provided £2 per month is paid off. H. de C. Martelli was ordered to pay O. P. Ronberg £ll 3/6 forthwith ixt default 13 days’ imprisonment, the order to be suspended, provided defendant pays £3 monthly. A. H. Parish proceeded against J. Mann on a judgment summons for the sum of £lB 13/. Defendant stated he was an old-age pensioner and had xio other source of income. No order was made. John Burns and Co_ (Mr Fitzherbert) claimed £34 0/10 from O. A. Jorgensen on a judgment summons. Defendant stated lie always endeavoured to meet his liabilities and gave evidence to show ho had earned only £ls in the last four months. No order was made. CONCERNING A MOTOR CAR. W. W. Martin (Air H. E. Cooper) claimed from R. 0. Wilson (Air Onglcy) the sum of £52 1/6 alleged to be damages done to a motor car through faulty repairing in that a loose nut had been left in the deferential gear-box. For the defence Air Onglcy claimed that plaintiff should be non-suited on the grounds that the evidence had not disclosed negligence on the part of the defendant. ' Mr Cooper, for plaintiff, claimed that the car had been put in the garage for an overhaul, and that the deferential gear-box should have been looked into. His Worship adjourned the case to secure further evidence.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14138, 11 June 1919, Page 2
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