COURT NEWS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2311, 2 December 1925, Page 2

COURT NEWS

JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT. A civil sitting of the Palmerston North Court w'as held yesterday, Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., presiding'. Judgment for plaintiff w r as entered in each of the following cases;—The Commissioner of Taxes v. Norman Harold Benton, £1 6/3, costs 13/-: same v. H. A. and G..E. Simmons, £J 8/11, costs £1; same v. Alfred Henry Whitehead. £3 6/-, costs 12/-; Statt Advances Superintendent v. Ernest Ed. win Thompsom £33 9/8, costs £1 11/-, W. F. Joynt (Mr. Oakley) v. J. I. Fox, £7 1/8. coats £2 IS/6; Commissioner of Taxes v. Ernest Hugh Crabb, £8) 8/-, costs £2 2/-; same v. Herbert Douglas Smith, £l4 4/5, costs £1 5/-; same v. David D. Currie, fIS 1/10, costs £1 5/-: H. L. Young, Ltd. (Mr. Grant) v. P. W. Mills, £2l 3/5, costs £4 13/0; J. Dunne (Mr. Ongley) v. J. Taylor, £ls, costs £3 7/-; F. W. Pullyn (Mr. Laurenson) v. George Morris, £l7 12/-, costs £3 1/-, and order for possession of house; Fitzsimmons and Cowling (Mr. Laurenson) v. J. H. Dooley. £2 15/-, costs £1 4/6; C. H. Whitehead (Mr. Laurenson) v. J. Bresnehan, £3 8/-, costs £1 3/6; J. H. Gilchrist (Mr. Laurenson) v. J. Beard, £29 19/7, costs £4 1/6. Judgment Summons. Alfred Coley, carrier, was ordered to pay Ivan Wilson, medical practitioner (Mr. Clayton) £5 3/-, In default seven days’ imprisonment. Maintenance. An order W'as made against Ernest Bacon for the payment of 10/ -a week toward the maintenance of his child, with £lO medical expenses, witness’ expenses £1 and solicitor’s fee £2 2/Land Agent’s Commission. Reserved judgment was given in th» case where Jabez B. Wilton, lane, agent, of Palmerston North, proceeded against H. Meredith Garner and May M. Garner (Miss), drapers of Palmerston North, for £B7 15/- as commission allegedly due on the disposal of a lease. Mr. Stout said that in his opinion the arranging for the lease was nil essential part of the contract . It was the consideration on the goodwill; no goodwill would have been payable on a more sale of goods. He accepted the plaintiff’s evidence that defendants offered to pay commission on the lease. Judgment was entered for £SB 10/-. (five per cent, on £1170) and costs.