LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Antwcied by a Solicitor of the Supreme C«nrt si liiw Z»»i*nd. Letters ur.d Tek-jianii muat b« »ij7« s <.ed to " LHX," c/j Editor, Otajo WiSotw, ' Wife. — No The marriage revokes the will. J B — You are personally liable in both instances J F M. — Ko Your remedy is to sue your neighbour for damages for breach of agreement. I il. B — The butcher may claim the full amount. unle=s> you have conclusue evidence to prove that there was short delivery _____ <— j Fahmep, — No. You are liable only for rates becoming due while your r.ame appears on the rate book as occupier of the land. Qx r EENSTOWN. — If your neighbours have no prescriptive right to xh'e ac&ess of light and. air, you may erect the bo&rd-ed fence to any height j Tekapo. — (1) Ye=. it the employee is not dis- ' chained for misconduct. (2) If the employee wrongfully leaves the employer's service j without notico he forfeits wages accruing , due j S. P D. — The farmer is only liable if the relationship of master and servant exist? between him and tho owner of the plant. , He is not liable if the relationship is that of employer and contractor. Member of Committee.— (J.) You omit to I state the statutory authority under whioh you a-r e acting. A form of debenture is sot forth in the second schedule to " The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908," which may possibly bs adapted to the circumstances j (2) The two trustees in whom the property is vested should be authorised to sign the debentures Constant Eeader. — (1) Notice of the intended mariiage must be gi yen 1° the regiSterar of marriages The form of j notice is supplied at the registrar's office. (2) One of the contracting parties must • have dwelt within the registrar's district for not less then thiee days. (3) The fees I amount to £2 2s 6d. (4) It is only necessary to have two witnesses. New Chl t m — (1) The area of the dam site | is set forth in the license granted by the | ward-en. (2) Neither a dam site license I nor a wa,ter-race license confers on the j <icensee the right of grazing cattle on the land occupied under license (3) The ranholder*niia.y claim damages foi trespass. (4) A miner's right does not entitle the holder to graze cattle on a run. j Rimu — The girl is herself liable under sec+ioii 1 42 (subsection 3) of " The Public Health I Act, 191)6," which runs thus. — "The reason- j able expense of maintaimrg and treating , in a hospital any patient who i= not 0j j pauper ehall b 3 deemed to be a debt due from the patient to the local authority, . trustees, or other body, by which the ' hospital is maintained, and maf be recovered accordingly.'' Wire Nuttino.— (l) If the land is so badly j infested with rabbit 3 aa to make rabbit- • proof fencing an imperative necessity^ you tnav compel your neighbour to contribute towards the cost of the conversion, of tk«

fence into a rabbit-jrroof fencs. (2) A fetoco ' may be converted into a .abbit-proof fence by aitpching thereto galvanised wire-netting firmly affixed to wires and securely fastened to the- ground, or sunken therein not less than 6in ; such wire netting to be not less than a total of 42m wide, 16 gauge, and not. larger than l£m mesh. Netting of a less width may. however, be affixed in the case of an existing fence en which netting as described cannot be stretched. (3) Notice to convert th' fence into a rabbitproof fence must be given in the form presenbad by the Fencing Act. j