LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2923, 23 March 1910, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Answered by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. . .Letters and Telegratau-- must ba addressed- to "LEX," c/o Editor, Otago Witness, Dunedin.]

An Old Subscriber. —(1) You cannot make the husband pay yon in the absence of any agreement on his part to do so. (2) Yes. A schoolmas+'jr has power to punish a pupil for misconduct committed after leaving the school grounds. A Subscriber. —D's rights are- clearly defined in the Mining Act. No license is deemed to confer any right to the us© c-f water as against any - person requiring a reasonable quantity for his own domestic use; and if any question arises as to what is a reasonable quantity, the warden decides the matter upon proper application. Permission to divert the water must be obtained from the warden. Backblocks asks:—"Can a member of a school committee tender for any work such ps is required by the committee to ba done? (2) Can a policeman arrest a. bluejacket in the street without a warant from his (the bluejacket's) officers?" —Answers: (1) and (2) Yes. Dipton writes:—"l am the owner of a section of freehold in the centre of a pastoral grazing run in Otage-. Ii the runholder will, not purchase the section at a valuation, is he lwtble for trespassing and • taking the use of same?"— Answer: Yes. Horse-breaker writes: —" If I break in a young horse for a party, and when the horse is broken the owner can't pay for the breaking, and leaves horse on my hands for four or five months, then' sends me word he has put horse in agent's hands to cull at ascertain date, (1) can I hold horse . till I am paid for the breaking; (2) can I claim for the grazing from time 1" gave

owner notice to take delivery tip till he does take delivery?"—Answers: (1) and (2) Yes. T and Q write:—"P was the owner of some shares in a private company, and Q bought same an the understanding that P could produce satisfactory payable balance sheet. A few months later, when first balance sheet was prepared, it showed that the concern had gone back considerably on first sbc months' working. Q thereupon called upc-n P to cancel sale on the score of misrepresentation. Is he justified in do'ing so?" —Answer: Yes. J. D. asks:—"lf a man has been owing a storekeeper £6 for over six years, can the storekeeper summon for the full/amount?" Answer: Yes. But the debtor may defeat the claim by pleading the Statutes of Limitation. Subscriber (Roxburgh), Boat-hook Bob, and Netting.—Your letters came to hand too ' late for reply in this week's issue.