Debtors Sued in Magistrate's Court

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5609, 25 March 1931, Page 12

Debtors S ued in Magistrate's Court

YESTERDAY’S LIST Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., was on the bench at yesterday’s sitting of the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court, when civil business was dealt with. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases: Manawatu Machinery Exchange Co., Ltd. (Mr. Gordon) v. W. Hcrmanscn, £6 13/-, costs £2 2/0; Commissioner of Taxes v. R. A. McKenzie, £lB9 1/11, costs £3 2/-; Reo Motors, Ltd. (Mr, Grant) v. G. Carian, £O7 10/-, costs £5 1/0; N. Rasmussen (Mr. Rodgers) v. V. Bayliss, £1 15/-; Midland Brewery Co., Ltd. (Mr. Onglcy) v. J. H. Banson, £3 15/-, costs £1 10/0; D.0.A., as assignee of Max Anderson (Mr. Laurenson) v. J. J. Purcell, £4 10/5, costs £1 4/0; E. G. Barnett (Mr. Sinclair) v. N. S. Barrett. 17/1, costs 11/-; dodder and Tolley, Ltd. (Mr. Cooper) y. W. J. O’Doiioghue, £1 costs 12/-; Reid and Gray Agency Co., Ltd. (Mr. Cooper) v. G. 11. McMccking, 19/0, costs 12/-; E. C. Barnett (Mr. Sinclair) v. F. Liddell, £1 1/-, costs 8/-; Haywood Vulcanising Works, Ltd. (Mr. Sinclair) v. J. Johnston, £1 17/3, costs 9/-; W. N. McKinnon (Mr. Cooper) v E. Stanley, £0 10/3, costs £1 10/0. Judgment Summonses D. Worsi'old was ordered to pay Buttonvorth’s, Ltd. (Mr. Onglcy, ~3_ 5/1, in default 28 days’ imprisonment. K. S. Pearson was ordered to pay the Reid and Gray. Agency Co., Ltd. (Mr. Cooper) £l9 1/2, in default -J days’ imprisonment. R. J. King was ordered to pay tffic New Zealand Farmers’ Dairy Union £l7 15/3 in monthly, instalments of £2, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. L. Martin was ordered to pay W. E. Johnston (Mr. Cooper) £SO 18/-, in instalments of £1 per month, in default 28 days’ imprisonment. J. Evans was ordered to pay the Midland Brewery Co., Ltd. (Mr. Ongley) £1 11/-, in default two days’ imprisonment. N. Ash was ordered to pay S. T. Murphy (Mr. Ongley) £ll 4/6, in default seven days’ imprisonment. Edward Armstrong was ordered to pay Agnes Armstrong (Mr. Ongley) £l6 6/- in instalments of £1 per month, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. V. M. Rowlands’ application for a re-hearing of two cases in which judgment summonses had been made against him was refused. It was pointed out by the Magistrate' that defendant had not seen fit to attend the Court when the orders were made and had applied several months later for a rc-hcaiing. Such applications, he added, should be promptly made, and a good cause would have to be, shown, failure to attend when summoned amounted to contempt of Court.