RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3366, 19 November 1872, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

MONPAV, 18th NOVKMHKII. (Hefoie A. G. Strode, Esq., 11.M.)

Miller i\ Anderson.- Claim of £10 \Gs, balance due on a dishonoured acceptance. Judgment for plaintilfin the amount claimed, together with costs. Soares o. A. M'Donald.—Claim of £0 17«, ■for straw supplied. Debt admitted, hutin.ability to pay at present pleaded. Judgment by consent for plaintiff in the amount ■claimed, together with costs. Hogg c. (Sriitt.-Claim of £4 (in od, for HtirviceH rendered in making dresses for defendant. Judgment by default for plaintiff in the amount claimed, together with costs. Mouaon <>. Tundervolt.-- Claim of £2 2>>, balance of account for rent and damage done to premises. Mr Sanders for plaintiff; Mr Stout for defendant. A set-off was put in for work and labour done by defendant's wife for plaintiff. A great deal of evidence as to the state the houno was in when possession was taken, and the Btate in which it wiw when it was left, was given. His Worship thought from the evidence that the defendant wan indebted 14s for rent ; ."is for timber which he had turned to his own use ; and 5h for damage done to the lire place. Tin's amounted to £1 4«, and the act off, which he allowed, being la in excess of this, judgment would be for the defendant. Mr .Stout asked for costs. His Worship considered each party was to blame, and directed that each should pay his own costs. Ileceivcr of Land Revenue v. Pcddy.— Claim of £3 5)8, fees due on Crown grant of which defendant, John Peddy, was grantee. There was no appearance of defendant, who -was ordered to pay the amount claimed, together with coats, forthwith. Receiver of Land Revenue v. Power.— The plaintiff mentioned that this case had been before His Worship three or four weeks ago, and that he then agreed to have it postponed, in order that some arrangement might -be come to with defendant. During the interval a Mr Anderson had stolen a march by paying the fees to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and so obtained possession of the grant. Plaintiff now withdrew the case, because, the money having been paid, he could not proceed any further, but wished it to be understood that this had been done without his consent. It should not have been done while the matter was nuh judke. His Worship : 1 should think not.

The case was withdrawn

Dick and Others (trustees in the estate of Allan, deceased) v. Hughes.—Action to recover possession of certain premises the rent of which was in arrear. The defendant did not appear. Mr G. Cook -appeared for the plaintiffs. His Worship made an order that possession be given to plaintiffs in four weeks, unless the rent in .arrear be in the meantime paid, and that defendant pay the cost of the proceedings.