MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18183, 2 March 1921, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, March 1. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) Judgment by default was given in the following cases:—J. Lindsay and Co. (Mr Fairmaid) v. George Brown, claim £l2 6s Id, balance owing for chaff sold and delivered (costs £2 16s); W. A. Scott and Sons (Mr Moore) v. W. J. Dailey (Ashburton), claim £B7 3s, ?yole accessories supplied (costs £5 3a 6d); W. B. M'Alister (Mr Moore) v. Tolmie and Mulholland, claim £2O 10s 9d, firewood supplied (costs £4 8s). A Motor Car Deal.—The case in which the Dominion Garage (Mr Irwin) sued Alex. Clark (Mr Hay) on a claim for £l3 2s 3d for repairs, petrol, and commission on sale of defendant’s car was completed, Mr Hay tendering! further evidence for the defence, calling William Wifson, John Clark (nephew of defendant), Charles Legg, and Henry Smith M'Nichol.—After counsel had addressed the • court, the Magistrate said that with regard to the counter-claim for £lO, he could not draw the inference suggested by counsel that the car had been used while in plaintiff’s garage for other than trial purposes for sale, the evidence not being strong enough to warrant such. With regard to the petrol, repairs, and commission, he considered that plaintiff was entitled to succeed. Judgment was entered accordingly for the amount claimed, with coats, to bo fixed by the otek of tno court.