LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3383, 15 January 1919, Page 35

LAW QUERIES.

[Answered by a solicitor of the Saprieae Ocurt If New Zealand. Letters and Telegram* must ba tddroaed to "LSX," o/o Editor, oto<o Witaeaa, pwMdtau]

Anxious. —(1)' The receipt is in ordsr. (2) The brother cannot legally claim the articles in question. (3) You are entitled to one calendar month's notice in writing. (4) You '■should retain possession of the articles. Sanitation. —If the property is within the drainage board area, the board oan insist on ■ the premises being drained! to it? requirements. , : ' Son-in-law.—The daughter's husband and family come first in the case cited. Farmer. —You. may restore the animal to the owner and may demand 'and, in case of non-payment recover in a summary way before any two justices, from the owner of the animal trespass rates as if the animal were impounded, together with the charges of driving the animal to the residfe-nce of ' the owner. Fairplay.—(l) As -the furniture belongs to you, it'should be insured in namle. (2) As the new furniture was*t>urchased with your own-money, no one else oan legally claim it. (3) As you are the legal owner of the furniture, no transfer is necessary. Old Subscriber.—The Mortgages Extension Act does not protect mortgagors of life insurance policies. '