MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16399, 2 June 1915, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, June 1; (Beforo Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) Judgment was given for the plaintiffs, in default of appearance, in the following cases: —H. Wise and Go. v. A. W. Whitehouse (Christehurch), claim £3 3s, goods supplied (costs 10s]; same v. John H. Terry (Petonel, claim £3 18s, goods supplied (costs 10s); same v. William A. Parker (Wangarei), claim £4 lis 6d, amount oi dishonoured cheque (costs 10s); same v. Dunn Bros (Taumarunui), claim £7, goods supplied (costs £1 2s 6d); same v. M'Donald and Cochrane (Te Kuiti), claim £5 ss, goods delivered (costs £1 3s 6d); William Taylor and Sons (Ltd.) v. James Deuchrass (Hastings), claim £11, balance duo for goods supplied' (costs £1 10s 6d); Susannah Hutchings v. John Smith, claim £3 8s 6d, rent due (costs 10s). Judgment Summons.—ln the case of James Peebles and James Halligan v. John Campbell, the debtor did not appear, and was ordered to pay forthwith £5 4s lOd, the amount of judgment remaining due, with 8s costs,, in default sir days' imprisonment. A Costumier's Claim.—Miss Margaret H. Broome, a George street dressmaker, for whom Mr J. S. Sinclair appeared, sued Mrs Janet Blyth for £3 19s, the price of a costume supplied.—The plaintiff, in her evidence, stated that in December last she took an order from Mrs Blyth for a black' costume, and delivered it at the date agreed on. The defendant complained that the dress did not fit, and alterations were made according to her desires. The plaintiff said she had been in bttsinees as a dressmaker for the past 20 years; and had never had such a statement as the present brought against her before.—Employees of the plaintiff were called to show that the dress supplied was a proper fit.—Mr Aspin all put the defendant into the Ijox, and she said that, notwithstanding alterations made, the costume never did fit and had never been worn. It was too long in the front, too short in the back, and too tight in the sleeves. —Mr Aspinall said the defendant was quite willing to have the costume tried on and judged by experts, and asked for an adjournment to that end.— The case was adjourned until Tuesday next for the purpose of calling expert evidence, defendant to pay plaintiff's costs (£1 7e). Interpleader Case.—ln this case Mrs Martha Kerr claimed furniture, valued at £10 19s 9<l, seized by the bailiff on behalf of the judgment creditor, G. Methven and Co. (Ltd.).—Mrs Kerr, in her evidence, said the furniture was her's, and had been bought with her money in 1903.— Her son, James H. Kerr, living with his mother, also deposed that the furniture seized belonged to his mother.—Mrs Kerr, in her evidence, admitted that she was an oldage pensioner. The official applications for her pension were produced in which she stated that her son kept her and that she had no furniture. An insurance policy produced claimed that the furniture was insured in the son's name.—Judgment was given for the judgment creditor for £12, and the bailiff was ordered to sell the furniture in dispute. Costs (£1 Us) were given, the same to bo levied hy execution. —Mr J. B. Callan appeared for Methven and Co., and Mr D. D. Macdonald for the interpleader.