MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7976, 6 December 1911, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5.

(Before Mr W 7. G. Riddell, S.M.)

John Coll inti, for assaulting Laurence J. Crawford, wiis fined A 3. . , Patrick Beattie was, l fined JH, m default idurteea days' mixirisoiunent, i°r using obscene language.

(Before Dr. A. McArthur, S.M.) WORK TO A MOTOR CAR.

A claim for i!l:l 15s Vd was made by Thomas mgLs, motor oar importer, can ying ou buoijiOos under the stylo oi High* Ljvs., w uilingiun, against Herbert A. Fan lice, surgeon, Upper WiUis street, vVeiixiigton, in respect to goods alleged to havo been eold and work clone to defendant's motor car. Tne mum pomis of tue action were whether Uk> repair workmanship was good and whether Uic time taken over tnc job was reasonable Plaintiff was represented by Mi’ H, Jj. Von liaast, and ueienuant by Mr r. u. IXilzicll. . . . , , Alter tho case for plaintiff had been partially heard an adjournment uas made until to-day. UNDEFENDED OASES. Judgment by default was given for plaintiff in the following undeiendea R, Jerusalem and Son v. Charles Moore, X2 17s 3d, costs <£l 7s; A. tj. Healing and Co. v. B. Byrn, JA Us Id, costs Lis; Jane Hamilton Baiilxe v. Douglas Hollis. X2G 17s 3d, costs .£2 Us; Samuel Blown, Ltd. v. John VV aEei Williams, X 1 17s, costs ss; John Woods v, Felix 11. Barrett, JA Us sd, costs 10s; Karon Borough Council v. Freak. G. Brace, 17s fid, costs ssthe Arcadia Taxi Cab and Touring Service J. Collins, 10s, cotite ss; Walter if ell y» Robert Allison Mclntyre, XU 2s, cosm 11s; Shariand and Co., Ltd., v. L. Caselborg and Co., Ltd., Xls 7s Od, costs XI 10s ed; 11. W. Davies and Co. v. Isaac Clark, fte Id. costs Gs; Van S'taveren Bios. v. Albert R. Durrant, .£6 Ls 9u, costs 8s; Thomas Pago v. Thomas Inca, X2, -costs 10s; James Siddall, Julia Davidson and Elizabeth Hoad v. Charles Aylmer Pownall, .£lO3 7s, costs <£s 13s 6d; Whitcomb© and Tombs v. J. S. Fawcett, .£2 19s 2d, costs .£1 8s; G. Hardt and Co. v. John Haggle, XG IGs fid, costs XI 3s 6d; A. Paterson and Co. v. A. K. Boyd, .£l2 12s &d, costs XI 12s 6d; Iho Commercial Agency, Ltd., v. Arthur Bailey, .£2O. costs X2 Gs; same v. Geo. L. VVakelin, costs 18s; fiat Box Mercery Co. v. Geo. Gunster, T7s Bd, costs ss; Wellington Publishing Co., Ltd., v. Charles E. Young, -XG 4s 3d, costs XI 3s Gd; William Alfred • Brown v. Harry Hayward, 13s fid, costs 7s; William Alfred Brown v, Thomas Arthur Baylis, 3s 7d, costs 10s; Kitto and Graham v. David Taylor, X 3 15s, costs 10s; Jansen Bros. v. William A. Allan, X 4 15s 2d, oos’ls 11s; H. W. Davies and Co. v. Wm. Smith, X 23 14s, costs' <£2 Us Od; H. W. Davies and Co. v.' H. L. Leggett,- costs 10s; D. P. Matthews v. Norton and Amelia Smith, .£32 7b 6d, costs «£2 14s. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.':’

William Neville Ward wafi ordered to pay X 7 18s to Anne Amelia H. Kerr on or before December 19th; in default to undergo seven days' detention. In the case of Alfred Lindsay v. Alfred Floyd, a claim for. ,£4 6s Gd, defendant was ordered to pay tho amount by weekly instalments of 10s. William Wilson was ordered to pay Blake and Carlisle the sum of X 8 16s by December 19th; in default seven, days’ imprisonment, Thomas Gordon was ordered to pay Catherine Breeze 8s by January Bth.

Henry Mitchell was ordered to pay Thomas Pago X 3 12s Cd by December 19fch, or undergo three days' detention. P. Easterfurd was ordered to pay Isidore Jacobus £o 8s in weekly instalments of ss.

(Before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M.) CONTRACT SET UP.

Reserved judgment was given by Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the case in which Charles Phillips, of Wellington, claimed from Edgar Kane, of Wellington, X3U, amount alleged to have been agreed upon between plaintiff and tho defendant for the purchase of plaintiff's share of certain furniture -and other effects situated in the Chalet, -Sievcrston terrace.

ilis Worship said that there was an agreement of some kind, and he held that there was a. contract set up by plaintiff.- Judgment was for plaintiff for the amount claimed, and costs X 5 2s.

At the hearing Mr E. J. Fitzgibbon appeared for plaintiff and Mr C. R. Dix for defendant.

SOLICITORS' CLAIM SUCCEEDS. Before Sir W. G. Riddell, S-M., Fitzgibbon and Perry, barristers and solicitors, of Wellington, claimed from Thomas Riddler, importer, of Victoria street, Wellington, the sum of X 9, lawcosts, Mr H. F. O’Leary appeared for plaintiffs and Hr P, W. Jackson for defendant. „

The claim arose out of an action. Green v. White, heard some time ago, in. which it’was contended that Riddler was the principal party, having given instructions to the solicitors, to whom he agreed to pay costs. Defendant denied that he had undertaken to pay any costs at all, but after hearing evidence his Worship gave judgment for plaintiffs for the amount claimed, and costs XI -19 s.